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The R101 airship was thought to be the model for the future, an amazing design that was 'as safe as houses. . .except for the millionth chance'. On the night of 4 October 1930 that chance in a million came up however. James Leasor brilliantly reconstructs the conception and crash of this huge ship of the air with compassion for the forty-seven dead, including a cabinet minister - and only six survivors. One of the biggest disasters of British aviation history, which marked the end of commercial airships as a serious form of transport, this book also reads as a textbook of how state attempts to manage commercial ventures so often end in a disaster of one kind or another.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Leasor, James
- ISBN: 9781908291202
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 0.44
- Number Of Pages: 208
- Publication Year: 2015
Language:
English