Chapter 2: Airborne at Last

Download this audiobook, view the figures in the print version, or read the appendices at http://www.engineerguy.com/airship. Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship is written by Bill Hammack and read by the author.

An episode of the Fatal Flight podcast, hosted by engineerguy, titled "Chapter 2: Airborne at Last" was published on June 28, 2017 and runs 30 minutes.

June 28, 2017 ·30m · Fatal Flight

Summary

Figures and Appendices Figure 1: Relative Sizes of the Hindenburg, Graf Zeppelin, HMA R.101, and USS Akron Figure 2: Inside His Majesty’s Airship R.101 Figure 3: R.101’s Proposed Route to India Figure 4: The Mooring Tower at the Royal Airship Works Figure 5: Route of R.101 on its First Flight over London Figure 6: The First Forty-Five Minutes of R.101’s Final Flight Figure 7: Route of R.101’s Final Flight Appendix A: British Passenger Airships Prior to R.100 and R.101 Appendix B: Passenger and Crew on Board R.101’s Flight to India Appendix C: Flight of HM Airship R.101 to India: Notes for Press Use Appendix D: Report on Flight in the Graf Zeppelin and Visit to Friedrichshafen by Lieutenant-Colonel V. C. Richmond and Squadron Leader F. M. Rope Appendix E: Manufacture of the Gas Bags of R.101 Appendix F: Colmore Report on R.101’s Lift November 1929

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