June 28, 2017

Chapter 10: The Causes of R.101's Crash

28 minutes

Figures and Appendices

Figure 1: Relative Sizes of the Hindenburg, Graf Zeppelin, HMA R.101, and USS Akron

Figure 2: Inside His Majesty’s Airship R.101

Figure 3: R.101’s Proposed Route to India

Figure 4: The Mooring Tower at the Royal Airship Works

Figure 5: Route of R.101 on its First Flight over London

Figure 6: The First Forty-Five Minutes of R.101’s Final Flight

Figure 7: Route of R.101’s Final Flight

Appendix A: British Passenger Airships Prior to R.100 and R.101

Appendix B: Passenger and Crew on Board R.101’s Flight to India

Appendix C: Flight of HM Airship R.101 to India: Notes for Press Use

Appendix D: Report on Flight in the Graf Zeppelin and Visit to Friedrichshafen by Lieutenant-Colonel V. C. Richmond and Squadron Leader F. M. Rope

Appendix E: Manufacture of the Gas Bags of R.101

Appendix F: Colmore Report on R.101’s Lift November 1929

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By Bill Hammack

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