Picture No | 10472283 |
Date | 1930 |
Description | Diagram of R101 crash |
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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.
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Source | Illustration by D Macpherson in The Sphere, 8th November 1930 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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