Fatal Flight

By Bill Hammack

The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship... more

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June 28, 2017Closing Credits
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
...more
1min
June 28, 2017Epilogue: Stories of the Survivors and the Fate of British Airships
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
...more
11min
June 28, 2017Chapter 10: The Causes of R.101's Crash
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
...more
29min
June 28, 2017Chapter 9: To Ride the Storm
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
...more
27min
June 28, 2017Chapter 8: Depature for India
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
...more
25min
June 28, 2017Chapter 7: Radical Surgery
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
...more
20min
June 28, 2017Chapter 6: The Airship Flies Again
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
...more
20min
June 28, 2017Chapter 5: Problems with the Cloth Cover
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
...more
20min
June 28, 2017Chapter 4: Inside the Great Airship
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
...more
34min
June 28, 2017Chapter 3: An Inept Commander Takes Charge
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
...more
22min

FAQs about Fatal Flight:

How many episodes does Fatal Flight have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.