R101: A Pictorial History
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (512 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752456830 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorNick le Neve Walmsley edited the internationally respected Dirigible, the house magazine of the Airship Heritage Trust, for many years. He is an acknowledged expert in lighter-than-air travel, having acted as a technical adviser on the subject for the BBC, Anglia TV, and Channel 4.
He is an acknowledged expert in lighter-than-air travel, having acted as a technical adviser on the subject for the BBC, Anglia TV, and Channel 4.. Nick le Neve Walmsley edited the internationally respected Dirigible, the house magazine of the Airship Heritage Trust, for many years
A timely reprint of an airship classic Up until now readers who wanted to buy a copy of Walmsely's iconic pictorial history of the British airship R 101 had to shell out serious bucks for an out-of-print copy. Thankfully, that has all changed with this reasonably priced and attractive paperback version. The photographs - there are hundreds of them - are taken from original prints in the archives of the Airship Historical Trust in England. There is also, thankfully, a good deal of text which ably covers the magnifi. History Made Alive Donald M. Mackay The idea of a pictorial history is wonderful. Through this book the reader can feel he is right back in the R101 time. I loved the pictures of the major personalities and the hundreds of workers who contributed to this amazing ship. I also loved the pictures of Michael Rope's amazing inventions. The R101 is worth every ounce of study because she is a perfect example of pushing the envelope of technology for all ages. Thank you for adding light to the bittersweet story of R101. She flies again! M. V. Ralph This is a wonderful reprint of an earlier work that has been unavailable for years. Updated and improved with clearer photos and corrections and wonderful photos and diagrams of this tragic dirigible. For those of us who are interested in these great leviathans of the air, R101 A Pictorial History is a most welcomed addition to our libraries!
But that unclouded vision was fatally colored by personal ambition, heroism, weakness, and political intrigue that touched many lives and reached a terrible climax on a storm-lashed hillside in France in the early hours of October 5, 1930. This book is the first to tell her story through contemporary photographs and actual material used during her construction. At the time of her construction in the late 1920s, His Majesty's Airship R101 was the largest flying object ever made—as big and luxurious as an ocean liner, a Titanic of the skies designed to link the far-flung corners of the British Empire within days. As Britain recovered from t