text His Majesty's airship : the life and tragic death of the world's largest flying machine
- Summary
- "The tragic story of the British airship R101--which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later--has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty's Airship, his... Read more
- Contents
- Dreams, pipe dreams, and imperial visions -- Brief history of a bad idea -- Night and storm -- Flying death trap -- "The feeling of utter loneliness" -- The idea that would not die -- India seems a very long way -- She floats free -- Trial by erro... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- x, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Scribner 2023
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 363.12 GWY in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 363.12 GWY in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
R101 (Airship)
Airships England History 20th century
Aircraft accidents England History 20th century
Air travel England History 20th century
Baron Thomson, Christopher Birdwood 1875-1930
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Baron Thomson, Christopher Birdwood 1875-1930
R101 (Airship)
Air travel
Aircraft accidents
Airships
England
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