"Oh, the humanity!" This was the unforgettably emotional phrase exclaimed by radio reporter Herbert Morrison as he witnessed the crash and burn of the mighty airship Hindenburg in 1937. Thirty six ...
If a Ferrari and a Tesla rolled in the dirt, the resulting lovechild would look like this: the R101 UTV from startup Battle Approved Motors. Or BAM, for short, because it goes better with the ...
The R101 at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedfordshire, before its maiden voyage on 4 October 1930 A new play tells the story of the building and tragic maiden voyage of the R101 airship 95 years ...
Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer. During World War One, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and ...
In the late 1920s, Britain set out to rival Germany’s success with airships. The result was the Imperial Airship Scheme and its flagship vessels, R100 and R101. But design compromises, rushed testing, ...
Monday marks 85 years since the crash of R101, the ill-starred flagship of the British government’s dirigible program. Rushed into its first official flight, a planned round trip to India — the ...
The 90th anniversary of the maiden flight of what was the world's largest airship will be filled with "hope and sadness", an artist commemorating the tragic journey said. The R101 set off for India on ...
Two French firemen holding a tattered Royal Air Force flag in front of the wreckage of the R101 airship A film is set to be made about the story of a giant airship that crashed on its first long ...
Sitting quietly with glue and paint brushes, schoolboy Bruce Dickinson would patiently assemble models of the historic doomed airship R101 – and dream. To a child enraptured by all things airborne, ...
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