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R 101 Airship
circa 1929: A broadside view of the Airship R101, at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Storm Clouds
1929: The British airship R-100 flies through a thick layer of cloud. She was scrapped after the crash of her sistership, the R-101, in 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

R101
4th October 1930: R101 at its moorings in Cardington, Bedfordshire prior to its departure for India. It crashed en-route. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship R 101
1929: R101, a British airship, which was built in 1929 and was 221 metres (724 feet) long. The airship had dining, sleeping and recreational facilities for 100 passengers

R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire
1929: The R101 airship in a hangar at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The R101 was 221 m (724 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 140 million litres (5 million cu ft)

Completed R100
HM Airship R100 nears completion at the Royal Naval Air Service Air Station near Howden in Yorkshire, November 1929. An extendable fire ladder is used to put the finishing touches to the linen fabric

R101 Airship
2nd October 1929: An R101 Airship in its hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship
July 1919: The arrival of the R34 airship at Pulham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship
17th October 1929: The tail-end section of the giant airship R101, riding on the mooring mast at Cardigan, Bedford. The R101 was part of a British government programme to develop civil airships

Zeppelin Over Berlin
The Graf Zeppelin, the worlds most successful airship, flies over the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Metal Airship
Crowds gather to view the first all metal dirigible airship. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Monck Masons Airship
The Victoria, an early airship built by English aviator Thomas Monck Mason, 1843. American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Fly! Airship! Fly
March 1919: Airship R33 during its take off for its maiden flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship R33
March 1919: The British airship R33 in its hangar as it prepares for its first ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Balloon
circa 1920: An observation balloon in the War Museum at Crystal Palace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

R-101 Mooring
17th October 1929: An R101 airship on the mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship R-101
October 1929: Airship R101 passing over St Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Journey Under the Stars Alt Horizontal Version
A majestic hot air balloon soars under the stars of the Milky Way, over the desert - Mesquite Dunes of Death Valley National Park

MontgolfiAšre, wood engraving, published in 1877
Montgolfiere. Woodcut engraving from the book " Das Buch der Erfindungen, Gewerbe und Industrien, 2 Band (The book of inventions, commerce and industries, 2 Volume)"

First ballon flight, Jean-FranAzois PilAtre de Rozier (1783), published 1877
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (French physician, 1754 - 1784) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742 - 1809) during the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783

Owens Valley Hot Air Balloon Night Light
A hot air balloon between the White Mountains soaring over Owens Valley; located near Bishop California, USA. Dramatic skies, storm clouds, and sunset light create a ethereal mood

Early Steerable DIrigibles In Flight
Illustrated postcard depicting two early dirigibles in flight, designed by Haenlein, Renard and Krebs, France, 1870s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

A majestic hot air balloon soars under the stars of the Milky Way, over the desert - Mesquite Dunes of Death Valley National Park

Illustration of a scene inside the Hindenburg airship

Balloons, Airships and Flying Machines Engraving from 18th Century France
Engraved Illustrations of Hot Air Balloon Engraving from the 18th Century in France, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Hot Air Balloon Over Lochan na h-Achlaise
A majestic hot air balloon soars over the spectacular moody atmosphere of the Mountains of Loch na h-Achlaise. The tranquil water of the loch reflects the distant mountains, islands of trees

Cross section illustration of Zeppelin and scale of model of airship compared to commercial aircraft

Zeppelin Construction
October 1934: The vast and intricate framework of the new Zeppelin LZ 129 under construction at Friedrichshafen, Germany. With a gas capacity of 7, 070, 000 cubic feet

Nulli Secundus
Britains first military airship, Nulli Secundus, 110 ft in length, 28 ft in diameter. Suspended from the balloon by a network of cordage is a framework of bamboo and aluminium

Graf Zeppelin
September 1928: The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

A Dirigible
February 1923: A helium filled US Navy dirigible, Los Angeles, is at her mooring mast. Formerly the ZR3, built by the Germans as part of their war reparations

First Zeppelin
2nd July 1900: The first airship, the LZ1, produced by the Prussian Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838 - 1917) on its maiden flight over Lake Constance with Zeppelin at the controls

Norge In Norfolk
The Italian-built airship Norge arrives at the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) airship station, Pulham, Norfolk, from Rome, 11th April 1926

Siege of Paris by the prussians engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Captive balloon at the Tulleries engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Ballon transportation in france engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

J. Montgolfier engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Balloon with parachute engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Balloon descending on the sea engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Aerostat using hydrogen engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Balloon dirigible of Giffard engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Aerostat of Rozier engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Balloon dirigible of Dupuy engraving 1881
Le Monde Physique par Amedee Guillemin - Paris / Librairie Hachette et Cie 1881

Aeronautics balloon engraving 1878
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition Vol I New York, Samuel Hall 1878

The Great Nassau balloon engraving 1878
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition Vol I New York, Samuel Hall 1878

Balloon of Renard and Krebs
Antique illustration of balloon of Renard and Krebs

Charles and Robert brothers balloon
Antique illustration of Charles and Robert brothers balloon

Giffard airship
Henri Giffard hydrogen-filled airship, from 1852

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