1930 headline newspaper R-101 Largest British airship DIRIGIBLE explodes -46 die

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1930 headline newspaper R-101 Largest British airship DIRIGIBLE explodes -46 die:
$33.00

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This newspaper contains a bold baner headline and \"first report\" of the explosion and crash of the R-101, the largest dirigible in the world at the time. Forty-six were killed in the explosion and fire of thei hydrogen fueled airship.

Great display headline on what was at the time the worst airship disaster in aviation history. The loss of life was greater than in the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 and was second only to that of the USS Akron crash in 1933.

R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. It was designed and built by an Air Ministry-appointed team and was effectively in competition with the government-funded but privately designed and built R100. When built it was the world\'s largest flying craft at 731ft in length, and it was not surpassed until the Hindenburg flew seven years later.

After some trial flights, and subsequent modifications to increase lifting capacity which included lengthening the airship by 46ft, it crashed on 5 October 1930 in France during its maiden overseas voyage, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, and other senior officials, including the airship\'s designers. The crash of R101 effectively ended British airship development, and was one of the worst airship accidents of the 1930s. The loss of life was greater than in the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 and was second only to that of the USS Akron crash in 1933.

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