R101 Disaster witness interview 1930

[oldfart387]

Had never heard about this event. Thanks bomberguy!

[witchman67]

So British, to be so calm when describing such a horror.

Thanks for the post.

[48alfaone]

My Great Uncle "Major G.H. Scott" died in the R-101 crash. He was Captain of the Famous R-34 Airship that was the first air crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. "W.R. Gent" also went down with the R-101 and died, he was from the crew of the R-34. These guys were Great Airmen! Thanks for this video!!

[cailleanmc]

@48alfaone Major Scott was indeed a great aviator! Poor Scotty, sacrificed to Lord Cardington's ambitions, as were they all

[FetidToecheese]

wow - the voice of The Past coming straight out at you.  Eerie

[frio109]

Amazing film

[MEOWOJ]

Masz niezłe filmy oszołomie.

[houseyuk]

There is of course nothing like a sweeping generalisation from the position of ignorance to make you look a fool. Well done Mike for ably demonstrating that point...

[CanadienMike]

"Being an Englishman".. hahahahaha Typical  Brit full os S....

[593OLYMPUS]

Luckily you aren't typical of the wonderfull Canadian people,at least not the one's I have met ! You have one comment on your homepage I see, it says "You Suk"! Sums you up in one.

Great upload Bomberguy.

[2206411411]

Certainly they were more effective at getting things done, especially in times of trouble and crisis. You can hear this man being very detached, very calm, as he speaks about a scene of terrible destruction, of being very practical when there. He likely paid a very high price for that practicality, as did many back then. It is a shame society has not yet learned how to reduce the cost without reducing such a spirit.

[TheDoyleClan]

I get very angry with people that don't vote and say to me, "Why Should I Bother!"

[denberg2]

Keep 'em coming, Bomberguy!

[whizbang47]

Control surfaces were undersized, hence not effective enough. This was just as true on the R100 which weighed a lot less. The crew almost lost it in a downdraft on the Montreal flight. More control surface area would have required a whole hull redesign with more lift aft. LTA could make sense now that we have satellite weather.

[SnowBuoy]

Hey there whizbang - the doped linen failed on a copulpe of control syrfaces on R-100 and was repaired in-flight. not the same prob!

[usmctanks1]

R-101 was a bad design, overweight, badly stressed when it flew, they were warned not to undertake the flight, but did anyway. Aviation History has a great article on the R-101 what a tragedy! where do you get these videos??