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Airship on a Shoestring the Story of R 100 (Hardcover)
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Airship on a Shoestring the Story of R 100 (Hardcover)
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After the First World War, airships were seen as the only viable
means of long range air transport for passengers and freight. In
Britain, this gave rise to the Imperial Airship Scheme of 1924 to
link the outposts of the Empire by an airship service. Conceived as
part of this scheme, the R.100 airship, built by private
enterprise, successfully flew to Canada and back in 1930. This is
the story of R.100, Britain's most successful passenger airship. It
is a tale of schemes and politics, over-optimism and rivalry. It
tells the full story of its design and construction under difficult
conditions, the setbacks and delays, personal antagonism and
financial constraint. Two years late and massively over budget,
R.100 flew and flew well, achieving her designer's ambition and
fulfilling the contract specification. Her Canadian flight in 1930
was the culminating success, but her ultimate fate was dictated by
the tragedy that befell her Government-built sister ship, R.101,
and economic expediency at a time of national economic depression.
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