also have worked on a musical video of the R101 with Ian Hubball, set to Ian's music final flight cant leave a link so you'll have to search R101 AIRSHIP
this year is the 80th anniversary of the R101 airship disaster, events will be happening around bedford, keep up to date on the Airship Heritage Trust face book group.
@cooey1166 Hi, I have written a film script about the R-101. All of the survivors feature in the film, who was your grandfather? I would love to be in touch with your family to let you know about the film's progress. I hope to do some publicity around the anniversary on October 5th. Lucinda Spurling
I have the book on the R101 by Nick Walmsley...The R101 A Pictorial History published by Sutton. This really is an amazing source of wonderful pics and well documented accounts of that most beautiful of all dirigibles. I wish he would do another on the R100. There are so many great pics and videos of that ship as well.
I live at Beauvais, where the R 101 crashed in 1930 ; this is really a very emotional footage. Many documents exist about the disaster, you know, but this event has been forgotten by most of the people of my town ; witnesses are dead or about to be ;
Wow. I have often wondered if something marks the spot where the R101 went down. Est-ce qu'il y a qq chose pour marquer où le vaisseau est tombé ? Une plaque, par exemple?
What is so sad, it that just because the RAE's R101 airship crashed, the successful R100 was scrapped. It could have been a wonderful age of airship travel of Brittania.
Actually the R100 was not airworthy when it returned from its maiden flight to Canada. It did not have enough support for the skin and the skin was damaged in the wind from flapping back and forth.
Both ships were flawed. Apart from trouble with the fabric covering, R100 also had a structural failure in the tail area which was redesigned, to Wallis's fury, by Richmond the designer of R101. R101 was arguably the best looking of all the airships but sadly a mass of mistakes from beginning to end. Read "Slide rule" by Neville Shute and "To Ride The Storm" by Peter Masefield for all the info.
Thanks for the info. I will get both books, a fascinating subject indeed. About 30 years ago I read Neville Shute's "No highway in the Sky", look forward to reading "Slide Rule".
also have worked on a musical video of the R101 with Ian Hubball, set to Ian's music final flight cant leave a link so you'll have to search R101 AIRSHIP
trevorcardington 1 year ago
this year is the 80th anniversary of the R101 airship disaster, events will be happening around bedford, keep up to date on the Airship Heritage Trust face book group.
trevorcardington 1 year ago
Nice job.
My grandfather was one of the 6 R101 survivors.
cooey1166 3 years ago 2
@cooey1166 Hi, I have written a film script about the R-101. All of the survivors feature in the film, who was your grandfather? I would love to be in touch with your family to let you know about the film's progress. I hope to do some publicity around the anniversary on October 5th. Lucinda Spurling
Lucindaspur 1 year ago
ah airships ... the good ol days
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago 2
I have the book on the R101 by Nick Walmsley...The R101 A Pictorial History published by Sutton. This really is an amazing source of wonderful pics and well documented accounts of that most beautiful of all dirigibles. I wish he would do another on the R100. There are so many great pics and videos of that ship as well.
rhodesiahouse 3 years ago
I live at Beauvais, where the R 101 crashed in 1930 ; this is really a very emotional footage. Many documents exist about the disaster, you know, but this event has been forgotten by most of the people of my town ; witnesses are dead or about to be ;
Thanks for remind it.
GentilPascalou 4 years ago
Wow. I have often wondered if something marks the spot where the R101 went down. Est-ce qu'il y a qq chose pour marquer où le vaisseau est tombé ? Une plaque, par exemple?
NullAleph 3 years ago
Tout à fait, il y a un monument commémoratif sur le territoire de la commune d'Allonne et une stelle marque l'emplacement exact de la catastrophe.
GentilPascalou 3 years ago
LOL what are the odds of a +1,000foot+ ship going 2miles per hour hitting a small building in braud daylight
mcarneiro93 4 years ago
bummer
danny2k8 4 years ago
What is so sad, it that just because the RAE's R101 airship crashed, the successful R100 was scrapped. It could have been a wonderful age of airship travel of Brittania.
Humbertusmarius 4 years ago
Actually the R100 was not airworthy when it returned from its maiden flight to Canada. It did not have enough support for the skin and the skin was damaged in the wind from flapping back and forth.
tomsriv 4 years ago
So Barnes Wallis' design wasn't so perfect after all. A pity. Thanks for the info, I had no idea.
Cheers
Humbertusmarius 4 years ago
Both ships were flawed. Apart from trouble with the fabric covering, R100 also had a structural failure in the tail area which was redesigned, to Wallis's fury, by Richmond the designer of R101. R101 was arguably the best looking of all the airships but sadly a mass of mistakes from beginning to end. Read "Slide rule" by Neville Shute and "To Ride The Storm" by Peter Masefield for all the info.
spitfireJEJ 4 years ago
Thanks for the info. I will get both books, a fascinating subject indeed. About 30 years ago I read Neville Shute's "No highway in the Sky", look forward to reading "Slide Rule".
Humbertusmarius 4 years ago
A new book on R101 called "R101 - a pictorial history" came out a few years ago, and is also very good, with scores of rare photos.
By Nick Walmsley I think.
RCBPearce 4 years ago
cool!
aquammles22f 4 years ago
Sorry, no. It is Carlos' interpretation of Purcell's 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary'. Beethoven is not even close.
hmoll 4 years ago
ah airships ... the good ol days
silvereagle2061 5 years ago
love the clockwork orange music
hobojobozo 5 years ago
IIRC, that's Walter Carlos interpreting Beethoven's 9th on the synthesizer.
btw, Walter is now Wendy Carlos.
VladDImpala 5 years ago