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| “ | We're not actually going inside the Spirit of Adventure itself? | „ |
| ~ Carl Fredricksen, before he and Russel board the famous airship. |
The Spirit of Adventure was the famous airship owned by Charles Muntz in the 2009 Disney/ Pixar film Up. Charles Muntz travelled around the world in the Spirit of Adventure. Muntz, along with his dogs, also lived in it.
Appearance
| “ | This lighter-than-air craft was designed by Muntz himself, and is longer than 22 Prohibition paddy- wagons placed end to end. | „ |
| ~ The newsreel announcer, about the Spirit of Adventure's vast size. |
The Spirit of Adventure was a large zeppelin with an elongated double- decker gondola.
The airship's name was written on both sides of the Spirit's hull, in large blue letters.
The airship was powered by eight engines- four on each side of the dirigible. These engines could be rotated 360 degrees.
History
Up
The Spirit of Adventure appeared in the newsreel at the beginning of Up. After he lost his membership at the National Explorer's Society, Muntz and his dogs returned to Paradise Falls in the airship, and were forgotten by civilisation for the next years.
When Cal and Russel met Muntz, the Spirit of Adventure was kept inside a large cave, which he used as a makeshift hangar.
Dug's Special Mission
When Alpha tells Muntz that Dug is a "bad dog", Dug looks up at the Spirit of Adventure, which is flying in the sky above him.
George and A.J.
The airship appeared in the short film, George and A.J. In the short, the airship returns from Paradise Falls, and Carl lands the airship on top of the Shady Oaks van, crushing it.
Gallery
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Trivia
- The design of the Spirit of Adventure is based largely on the German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, but with 8 engines on her hull that can be pivoted forwards and backwards, similar to the USS Macon's vectored thrust engines. The airship's aircraft carrying hull is based on that of the airships used by the US Navy, the USS Akron and USS Macon, and the large hooks on the upper wings of the biplanes it launched suggest similar hangar operation to these two ships.
- The airship also bears similarities with one of Goodyear-Zeppelin's later concept designs, the ZRCV (which was never built), which was to have an elongated gondola as with the Spirit.