Portrait Aircraft Airship Air Collection

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)

R101 Airship
2nd October 1929: An R101 Airship in its hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Puttnam /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

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)

Willows Airship
25th August 1910: The Willows airship which made the first channel crossing is parked at the Crystal Palace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Watching Airship
22nd July 1905: A crowd at Alexandra Palace, north London, watching the Barton-Rawson airship prepare to ascend. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Barton Airship
1906: Doctor Bartons airship tethered in Alexandra Park, north London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship
27th October 1926: US Navy airship anchored at the Ford Airport, Detroit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Zeppelin Airship
August 1924: Zeppelin Airship ZR3, later called Los Angeles, Gas bags after 3 hours of inflation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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