AM. On the outskirts of the village of Allonne, about 4 kilometers southeast of Beauvais, northern France.The British airship R101 slowly struck the ground at the edge of a forest.The speed of the col ...
On October 7, 1930, just two days after the airship R101 caught fire and exploded, it is recorded that the spirit of the deceased captain, Flight Lieutenant H. C. Irwin, suddenly possessed the medium ...
The R101 at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedfordshire, before its maiden voyage on 4 October 1930 A new play tells the story of the building and tragic maiden voyage of the R101 airship 95 years ...
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The R101 disaster: How Britain’s airship program failed
In the late 1920s, Britain set out to rival Germany’s success with airships. The result was the Imperial Airship Scheme and ...
Monday marks 85 years since the crash of R101, the ill-starred flagship of the British government’s dirigible program. Rushed into its first official flight, a planned round trip to India — the ...
Two French firemen holding a tattered Royal Air Force flag in front of the wreckage of the R101 airship A film is set to be made about the story of a giant airship that crashed on its first long ...
An exhibition about the R100 and R101 Airships at Cardington is to open at the Bedford Gallery. The exhibition, which opens on 2 October 2010, will coincide with the 80th Anniversary of the R101 ...
The 90th anniversary of the maiden flight of what was the world's largest airship will be filled with "hope and sadness", an artist commemorating the tragic journey said. The R101 set off for India on ...
Two French firemen holding a tattered Royal Air Force flag in front of the wreckage of the R101 airship A film is set to be made about the story of a giant airship that crashed on its first long ...
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