Diagram of R101 crash
A diagram showing how the British R101 airship dived twice and crashed on a hillside of Allonne, near Beauvais, France on 5th October 1930 on its maiden voyage. Despite the giant airship being 777 feet in length, its altitude for much of the voyage was less than 1500 feet
Picture No
10472283
Media ID
46050118
Size
7855px x 2315px
(2.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by D Macpherson in The Sphere, 8th November 1930
Date
1930
