Cardington Collection

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)

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)

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

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)

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

Dirigible Duo
26th April 1930: The Graf Zeppelin under Dr Eckener arrives at Cardington airfield, Bedfordshire, where another ship, the R100 is already moored

R33 Returns
April 1925: A landing party follow the airship R33 into its hangar at Pulham, Norfolk after a successful flight from Cardington in Bedford

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

R 101 Moored
October 1929: Airship R101 moored to a control tower at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Ill Fated R-101
1929: The airship R101 at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedfordshire. It crashed on its maiden voyage to India while over northern France. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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