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R101
The R101 airship

The R101 was an airship which crashed in 1930 in France, killing 48 people.

English socialist government of the time had planned to build airships for the imperial route London-Cairo-Bombay-Canada-Australia-New York-London.

It was an ambitious project that allowed save travel time by sea, also competed with Germany and the Graf Zeppelin airship supremacy.

R.100 series was planned in 1925 and projected 4 aerostats, the R.101 R.100 and would be built simultaneously to be the top seed of the project.

Images for kids

  • Cardington Shed BW

    One of the airship hangars at Cardington

  • R101-framework

    R101 under construction

  • R101 in flight

    R101 in flight

  • R101-at mast

    R101 at the mooring mast at Cardington

  • R101 wreckage

    The wreckage of R101

  • R101 Memorial, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England - geograph.org.uk - 528665

    R101 memorial in Cardington

  • R101 (32639637953) (2)

    A plaque in the Palace of Westminster commemorating the crash

  • R101-crash diagram

    NPL diagram of possible R101 flight path

  • Metal From R101 from the Collection of Stuart Lythgoe

    Dish made from salvaged metal from R101, created by Thos. W. Ward Ltd 1931.

See also

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