Hi-Tech Safari's

The BAe Business Jet Explorer concept is designed primarily for charter explorer trips for those who have everything.
Imagine Colonel Blimp of the British army on Safari in Africa with an army of porters who set up a luxury tent each night so the Colonel can sip his gin and tonic in total luxury. There you have   the basic concept.
This had to be a British idea. Campers are one thing but I could not imagine anyone but the Brits coming up with a camper in this format.
The concept even includes the Colonel and his entourage having four luxury bedrooms whilst the crew sleep ‘below stairs’ in the forward hold compartment. The more things change the more they stay the same.
The flying Blimp mobile has its own slide out balcony that looks just like the Colonels little camp site. The one thing missing is the mosquito nets. I think that is an oversight by BAe unless they have a hi-tech way of keeping insects at bay.

The explorer concept can be built into two basic BAe airframes, the BAe 146 or Avro RJ airframe. It is one of five concepts being produced for BAe by Q-concepts.
Even though the basic airframes have good short field characteristics tour operators would be limited in locations. They are not exactly SUV’s.
That highlights another problem. How do the super rich explorers go traveling in the bush? The Blimp mobile would need to carry a SUV or have one waiting at the destination.
This is where the Blimp Mobile concept falls apart. If there has to be so much infrastructure, airstrips and SUV's, why not just build a luxury mock camp at the destinations and scrap the limitations of the concept.
It might fit the uniquely British Aristocrat Psychic but it would be so limiting.
Still, I would’t mind flying into Oshkosh for AirVenture and watching the action from the balcony whilst sipping a few Fosters.