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R101 Nick Walmsley

R101 By Nick Walmsley

R101 by Nick Walmsley


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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. This pictorial account shows its story of brilliant technology, human weakness, heroism and, ultimately, tragedy.

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R101: A Pictorial History by Nick Walmsley

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.

Additional information

GOR002293697
9780750925020
0750925027
R101: A Pictorial History by Nick Walmsley
Used - Very Good
Hardback
The History Press Ltd
20001019
160
N/A
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