Changes: Dirigible

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“	It's a dirigible!...Airplanes are a thing of the past!	”
–Izzy Buttons to Rick O'Connell, The Mummy Returns

The dirigible was an aircraft that was constructed by Izzy Buttons, who acted as its captain, and was employed by Rick O'Connell and Evelyn O'Connell to retrieve their son from a group of cultists.

History

After Izzy Buttons had lost his airplane in a poker game, he had been compelled to find another means of transportation, which lead to the creation of the dirigible. The dirigible was moored at what was once the Royal Air Corps headquarters (since Izzy Buttons had come along, the Royal Air Corps head quarters had become the Magic Carpet Airways), and was tested by Izzy himself, who claimed that the airship was faster than it appeared and was quiet enough to sneak on people from above.

Izzy Buttons was approached by Rick O'Connell, an old acquaintance of his from years before, who sought a transport that would take O'Connell, along with his wife Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and a warrior named Ardeth Bay, to Karnak so as to rescue O'Connell's son Alex O'Connell from a group of cultists headed by a reanimated mummy called Imhotep, but due to certain events in the past that had led to Izzy being shot in the hindquarters, Izzy declined. O'Connell bribed Izzy at first with money, which he turned down, until O'Connell offered Izzy a certain golden sceptre, which changed his mind quickly. Taking the travellers to the hangar where the aircrafts were kept, Izzy showed O'Connell the dirigible, which O'Connell derided, but was convinced to to board when he learned that it could travel quickly and make no noise with its engines, enabling it to sneak up on people.

The dirigible left the airfield with O'Connell and the others, with Izzy at its helm. The dirigible reached the pyramids at Giza and many miles of Egyptian land; one night, as the dirigible flew in the skies, Evelyn O'Connell, who was aboard the craft, was caught in a trance when she had been placed under and almost fell from the dirigible to the ground far below. The other passengers helped her back up before she fell completely, and began to understand why Evelyn was having her visions: Evelyn O'Connell was a reincarnated ancient Egyptian princess named Nefertiri many years ago, and the events in her vision had occurred when she was princess.

The dirigible flew on before finally reaching Karnak, where it moored, and continued its vision once a clue to the whereabouts of Alex had been found; the clue took the form of a small sand castle and indicated that he was being taken by the cultists to the temple island of Philae. The dirigible and its passengers had reached Philae and found the next clue: a sand replica of Abu Simbel, which was visited by the dirigible before being directed to the next clue: a replica of the Blue Nile. The dirigible and its passengers had reached a series of canyons carved by the river and noted that they were far out of modern Egypt, though still in what was once the ancient Egyptian kingdom, indicating that the Oasis of Ahm Shere, their final destination, was close by.

Design and appearance

“	...a gold-hued dirigible-small for a dirigible, but looming just the same. The blimp floated, held down by mooring lines, and slung to its underbelly was a decrepit fishing trawler that had seen two centuries-an airplane propellor extended itself rudely from the rear of the boat engine.	”
–The description given of the dirigible, The Mummy Returns (novelization)

The dirigible was constructed in a makeshift manner, with several different patches of fabric stitched together to construct the blimp, which was filled with gas rather than hot air; though gas was needed to lift the dirigible, hot air could be substituted, though many cubic metres would be needed for it. The basket of the dirigible was the remains of an old fishing trawler that was about two hundred years old, and was strewn with frayed fishing nets. The dirigible was powered by an airplane propellor that stuck out far from the boat's engine.

Behind the Scenes

The dirigible was made possible by constructing a fishing trawler that the actors would stand and act in, while the craft was

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 After Izzy Buttons had lost his airplane in a poker game, he had been compelled to find another means of transportation, which lead to the creation of the dirigible. The dirigible was moored at what was once the Royal Air Corps headquarters (since Izzy Buttons had come along, the Royal Air Corps head quarters had become the Magic Carpet Airways), and was tested by Izzy himself, who claimed that the airship was faster than it appeared and was quiet enough to sneak on people from above.
-Izzy Buttons was approached by Rick O'Connell, an old acquaintance of his from years before, who sought a transport that would take O'Connell, along with his wife Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and a warrior named [[Ardeth Bay]], to [[Karnak]], but due to certain events in the past that had led to Izzy being shot in the hindquarters, Izzy declined. O'Connell bribed Izzy at first with money, which he turned down, until O'Connell offered Izzy a certain golden sceptre, which changed his mind quickly. Taking the travellers to the hangar where the aircrafts were kept, Izzy showed O'Connell the dirigible, which O'Connell derided, but was convinced to to board when he learned that it could travel quickly and make no noise with its engines, enabling it to sneak up on people.
+Izzy Buttons was approached by Rick O'Connell, an old acquaintance of his from years before, who sought a transport that would take O'Connell, along with his wife Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and a warrior named [[Ardeth Bay]], to [[Karnak]] so as to rescue O'Connell's son [[Alex O'Connell]] from a group of cultists headed by a reanimated mummy called [[Imhotep]], but due to certain events in the past that had led to Izzy being shot in the hindquarters, Izzy declined. O'Connell bribed Izzy at first with money, which he turned down, until O'Connell offered Izzy a certain golden sceptre, which changed his mind quickly. Taking the travellers to the hangar where the aircrafts were kept, Izzy showed O'Connell the dirigible, which O'Connell derided, but was convinced to to board when he learned that it could travel quickly and make no noise with its engines, enabling it to sneak up on people.
-The dirigible left the airfield with O'Connell and the others, with Izzy at its helm. The dirigible reached the pyramids at Giza and many miles of Egyptian land before finally reaching Karnak, where the dirigible finally moored
+The dirigible left the airfield with O'Connell and the others, with Izzy at its helm. The dirigible reached the pyramids at Giza and many miles of Egyptian land; one night, as the dirigible flew in the skies, Evelyn O'Connell, who was aboard the craft, was caught in a trance when she had been placed under and almost fell from the dirigible to the ground far below. The other passengers helped her back up before she fell completely, and began to understand why Evelyn was having her visions: Evelyn O'Connell was a reincarnated ancient Egyptian princess named Nefertiri many years ago, and the events in her vision had occurred when she was princess.
+The dirigible flew on before finally reaching Karnak, where it moored, and continued its vision once a clue to the whereabouts of Alex had been found; the clue took the form of a small sand castle and indicated that he was being taken by the cultists to the temple island of Philae. The dirigible and its passengers had reached Philae and found the next clue: a sand replica of Abu Simbel, which was visited by the dirigible before being directed to the next clue: a replica of the Blue Nile. The dirigible and its passengers had reached a series of canyons carved by the river and noted that they were far out of modern Egypt, though still in what was once the ancient Egyptian kingdom, indicating that the [[Oasis of Ahm Shere]], their final destination, was close by.
 ==Design and appearance==
 {{Quote|...a gold-hued dirigible-small for a dirigible, but looming just the same. The blimp floated, held down by mooring lines, and slung to its underbelly was a decrepit fishing trawler that had seen two centuries-an airplane propellor extended itself rudely from the rear of the boat engine.|The description given of the dirigible|The Mummy Returns (novelization)}}
-The dirigible was constructed in a makeshift manner, with several different patches of fabric stitched together to construct the blimp, which was filled with gas rather than hot air; though gas was needed to lift the dirigible, hot air could be substituted, though many cubic metres would be needed for it. The basket of the dirigible was the remains of an old fishing trawler that was about two hundred years old, and was strewn with frayed fishing nets. The dirigible was powered by an airplane propellor that  stuck out far from the boat's engine.
+The dirigible was constructed in a makeshift manner, with several different patches of fabric stitched together to construct the blimp, which was filled with gas rather than hot air; though gas was needed to lift the dirigible, hot air could be substituted, though many cubic metres would be needed for it. The basket of the dirigible was the remains of an old fishing trawler that was about two hundred years old, and was strewn with frayed fishing nets. The dirigible was powered by an airplane propellor that stuck out far from the boat's engine.
 ==Behind the Scenes==