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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorBritish airship R101 went down in a hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930. R101 was the lynchpin of a British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire, from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. Gwynne’s chronicle features Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme, and Herbert Scott, a national hero who had made the first double crossing of the Atlantic in any aircraft in 1919. These figures — and the ship they built, flew, and crashed — come together in a tale that details the rocky road to commercial aviation.

His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

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A sturdy, well-paced contribution to aviation history.”

Gwynne delivers a fascinating account of the bad decisions, distractions, naivete, and sheer incompetence behind the crash of the massive British airship R101 in a field outside Beauvais, France, in October 1930. Meticulously researched and vibrantly written, this is an immersive and enlightening account of how hubris and impatience can lead to disaster.”

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