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EPW029993 ENGLAND (1929). The R101 moored at Cardington for its test flight, 1929

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Title	[EPW029993] The R101 moored at Cardington for its test flight, 1929
Reference	EPW029993
Date	14-October-1929
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Place name	SHORTSTOWN
Parish	EASTCOTTS
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Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	507870, 246964
Longitude / Latitude	-0.42464306202045, 52.110056122463
National Grid Reference	TL079470

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Mooring Tower. The attached composite photo of the tower and workmen dismantling it in 1943 was made from two photos from the www.ampthillimages.com web-site.

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No doubt where these two are looking. I would have been more interested in the airship and the rather splendid cars.	clippedwings	Tuesday 4th of August 2015 09:35:18 PM
There is more on the R101 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101.	melgibbs	Monday 9th of March 2015 06:39:33 PM
Worked at RAF Cardington for a number of years and 217 MU was charged with many a job for our on site museum and one was for the restoration of the R101s steering wheel as seen in the picture...that me in the middle...	Peter the Poet	Monday 3rd of December 2012 07:21:24 PM
Worked at RAF Cardington for a number of years and 217 MU was charged with many a job for our on site museum and one was for the restoration of the R101s steering wheel as seen in the picture...that me in the middle...	Peter the Poet	Monday 3rd of December 2012 07:18:42 PM
Of the four cars seen in this shot, the two below the haystacks are local: TM is a Luton registration. The other two - that on the left and the other, extreme right, have registrations EL [probably] and PR. These are both registered as Bournemouth vehicles. Is that significant?	MB	Friday 2nd of November 2012 10:37:12 PM