R101: A Pictorial History
Walmsley, Nick
ISBN 10: 0750925027 ISBN 13: 9780750925020
Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
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His Majesty's Airship R101 was intended to be an aerial flagship, connecting the far-flung outposts of the Empire in a fraction of the time it took to make a sea voyage. Her story is one of grand dreams and fine ideas, brilliant technology, political and romantic intrigue, human weakness, heroism and ultimate tragedy. The ill-starred career of the gigantic airship and her horrific fiery end on a French hillside exert the same kind of fascination reserved for the Titanic and the Hindenburg. Her loss in 1930 sent the nation into shock, marking the end of Britain's interest in airships and even perhaps representing the death throes of the imperial dream. This pictorial history of the airship is based on the archives of the Airship Heritage Trust. These include the records of the Royal Airship Works, which built the R101 and have previously denied all access.
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Title: R101: A Pictorial History
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good