CARDINGTON SHEDS

It wasnt a Zeppelin.

'Seizing the Skies' - a new play to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the R 101 airship - Bedford Independent At dusk on 4 October 1930, His Majesty's Airship R 101 slipped from its mooring at Cardington with 54 men on board, flew a circuit of...

A new play, exploring the truth behind the R 101 tragedy, opens at The Place Theatre on 14 October...

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95 years ago, the British airship HMA R101 crashed in the early hours of the 05/10/30.

Today, we remember those souls lost.

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There will be a church service at St Marys church this afternoon at 3 pm in memory of all those lost in this terrible accident 95 years ago.

The R101 airship disaster - BBC Sounds Sunday October 5th marks the 95th anniversary of one of the worst ever airship disasters.

The R101 airship disaster

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Graf Zeppelin, not R101

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The St Mary's Airship Museum 95th anniversary talks.

Airship R101 fact 1.

For more info visit St. Mary's Church Airship Museum, Cardington, @cardingtonsheds.bsky.social, The Higgins Museum, and Shuttleworth Collection for incredible R101 artefacts.

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Recent acquisition for the St Mary's Church Airship Museum. A massive ratchet spanner and massive nuts too.... matron

All from Cardington

But what was it for?

The R101 airship on its first test flight over Berkeley Square, Westminster, from the south, 1929. Buildings pictured below the airship, and clouds above.

The S.S. Stratheden ship in the Thames Estuary with Cliffe Fort, Kent and countryside in the background. Photographed in June 1947.

Several planes formation flying at the National Aviation Day in Hamsey Green, Surrey photographed from the north-west in April 1933. Rolling countryside behind and fields with roads below.

Railway Bridge and Transporter Bridge across the River Mersey, Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn and Widnes, photographed in March 1921. Industrial city in the background.

This new publication includes exciting contemporary photographs of aviation pioneers from the Aerofilms collection. The book includes 80 illustrations, a small selection of which can be seen here courtesy of the Historic England Archive:

@moffetthangar1.bsky.social so what are you not telling us Mr Moffetthangar1???? LTA maiden flight over you and your silent..... where's the pics? Video? Live stream? We all need a positive bot of LTA news!!!

You have hurt R36s feelings with that 😉

It ain't pretty. Rust is a nasty pest.

Well you seemed to forget the storm and low level turbulance and all the actual factors that brought her down.

R36 was the first, R100 flew after R101s maiden flight too. So in reality, R100 was the 3rd British passenger airship to fly.

One of the survivors was in that room during the accident, he broke through those walls with his bare hands, then tearing through other obstacles, he battled wis way out of the burning ship. It was in the lower floor of the ship, quite a distance from the Hydrogen.

You should see how many folk died in aeroplane accidents in that era, too. Early aviation was iffy whatever you went up in. Giant airships, of course, were a hell of a lot more noticeable and carried far more people at that time.

Any galvanised roof specialists out there? How long before the rust causes an issue with losing sheets off the roof of the Cardingtons Shed 2.

R101, Blake family archive. Animated AI photo

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Before the gas cells went in..... airship R101 airship animated photo

These never win. Sadly....

The nose of airship R101 under construction in Cardington.

Photo Animated by Ai

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But it's a bit wrong/lot wrong

ai animated photos
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Ai generated a composite image of R101.

Shed 1 completed 1917. Shed 2 didn't get here till way after shorts left. Shed 2 was rebuilt here in 1928. Moved from Pulham and enlarged to the same dimensions to Shed 1, which was also enlarged in 1926.

The Royal Airship Works, Cardington.

AI animated photo of airship R33 at Cardington.

AI animated photo of airship R101

Mooring mast head at Cardington with airship R101. ai animated photo.