EPW029994 ENGLAND (1929). The R101 moored at Cardington for its test flight, 1929
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| Title | [EPW029994] The R101 moored at Cardington for its test flight, 1929 |
| Reference | EPW029994 |
| Date | 14-October-1929 |
| Link | |
| Place name | SHORTSTOWN |
| Parish | EASTCOTTS |
| District | |
| 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. |
 melgibbs |
Monday 19th of October 2015 10:48:22 AM |
User Comment Contributions
There is more on the R101 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101. |
melgibbs |
Monday 9th of March 2015 06:40:18 PM |
 This photo is scanned from my grandfather's scrapbook and shows one of the Beardmore engines used on the R101. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 18th of June 2013 08:40:15 PM |
 This photo was scanned from my grandfather's scrapbook. Judging from the position of the mooring tower and the fence, it was probably taken from the A600 road which runs past the front of the hangars at Cardington. |
melgibbs |
Tuesday 18th of June 2013 08:36:00 PM |
Wikipedia has entries on the airship and its engines - here is the url for the Beardmore Tornado engines: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardmore_Tornado |
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Friday 2nd of November 2012 10:44:12 PM |