The British airship R101 was the “Titanic” of the skies, a steel-framed giant nearly 800 feet long. On the evening of Oct. 4, 1930, the R101 set off from Cardington, north of London, en route to an ...

Aviators and those readers intrigued by the airships of the 1920s and ’30s will thoroughly enjoy S.C. Gwynne’s newest tome, “His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest ...

A new play tells the story of the building and tragic maiden voyage of the R101 airship 95 years ago. Bedford Drama Company has created Seizing the Skies, being performed from 14-18 October, about how ...

For Americans, the Hindenburg is perhaps the definitive image of crashing and burning. But the fiery crash of the British airship R101, seven years earlier, killed more people. Forty-eight lives were ...

We all know the story of the Hindenburg, but long before it ever flew there was the British R 101, the largest flying craft in the world at the time of its construction in 1929. Much like the ...

THE Report of the R101 Inquiry, to which reference was made in NATURE of April 11, represents the unanimous finding of Sir John Simon and his two assessors, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon and ...

It’s been nearly a century since airships floated by the Empire State Building. But now that the aluminum airship of the future is here and almost ready to carry passengers, it’s high time that we ...