R100 Lighter Than Air Aeronautics Aerospace
British airship scrapped in January 1931. Often referred to as the "capitalists ship" it was Vicker's answer to the competition of the Cardington Royal Airship Works R101.She made one trans-Atlantic flight.
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See Also:
- Nevil Shute's Engineering - Short article by John Anderson with photos.
- Airship Heritage Trust - R100 - Features plans, interior details, photos, flight log, crew r100 list and lighter than air planned improvements to the ship.
- Historical Howden R100 - Provides article about the rivalry with the R101 project and about the Howden airship station.
- The R100/R101 Airship Experiment - Short article about the political basis for the aeronautics selection of lighter than air the contractors.
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