This book explains how airships work and how they can be advantageous compared to regular aeroplanes. The focus is made on the model R-100, a privately designed and built British rigid airship, aim to develop a commercial airship service.

Characteristics

Book cover finish Stapled
Condition Used good
Number of pages 32
Published date 1983
Language English
Size 14 x 21 x 0.5 cm
Editor Airship Guarantee Company Ltd

Description

CONTENTS 

 


 

ABOUT THE R-100

 

 

His Majesty’s Airship R100 was a privately designed and built British rigid airship made as part of a two-ship competition to develop a commercial airship service for use on British Empire routes as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme.

 

 

R100 was built by the Airship Guarantee Company, a specially created subsidiary of the armaments firm Vickers-Armstrongs, led by Commander Dennis Burney. The design team was headed by Barnes Wallis, later famous for his invention of the bouncing bomb. The design team also included Nevil Shute Norway as the senior stress engineer.

 

 

R100 first flew in December 1929. It made a series of trial flights and a successful return crossing of the Atlantic in July–August 1930, but following the crash of R101 in October 1930 the Imperial Airship Scheme was terminated and R100 was broken up for scrap.

 

 

 

(Source : wikipedia.org)

 

 

 

 

Condition
Mint second-hand condition. Please see pictures.

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