The R.33 class of British rigid airships were built for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, but were not completed until after the...
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the end of the conflict, two British airships of the R33 Class were nearing completion. R33 became a civilian airship, finishing her career doing experimental...
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1926, the Italian built semi-rigid airship Norge was the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole. The British R33 and R34 were near-identical copies...
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The R31 class of British rigid airships was constructed in the closing months of World War I, and comprised two aircraft, His Majesty's Airship R31 and...
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The 23 class were rigid airships produced in the United Kingdom during the First World War. Development of the 23 class began in August 1915 when Vickers...
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class of rigid airships were developed during World War I using the experience gained from the 23 class, but only two of the planned four R.23X class...
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R31 class airships R31 - first flight, July 1918. Scrapped February 1919 R32 - first flight, 3 September 1919. Tested to destruction, 1920 R33 class airships...
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Zeppelin (redirect from Rigid dirigible airship)
construction of Zeppelins, which was used in the design of the British R33-class airships. The next raid came on 1 October 1916. Eleven Zeppelins were launched...
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Airship No. 1 "Mayfly" His Majesty's Naval Airship No. 2 (Willows No. 4) No. 9r 23 class airship R23X class airship R.29 R31 class airship R33 class airship...
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German aeroplanes, and were the only Scottish company to build airships – the R33-class airship and the engines for the R101. By the end of World War II, Scotland's...
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with a great deal of information about airship construction, which was used in the design of the R33-class airships. The same night LZ 74 (L 32) was shot...
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construction of Zeppelins, which was used in the design of the British R33-class airships. One 250 hp (190 kW) engine recovered from the wreck was substituted...
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recovered by non-rigid airships Tc-3 and Tc-7 (1923) Several DH 53 Hummingbird monoplanes were launched and recovered by airship R33 (1924), followed by...
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from that time. Then in the 1920s, as part of the "Airship Development Programme", they used the R33 for experiments. A de Havilland Humming Bird light...
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armistice halted work. The idea was briefly revived in 1925 when the airship R33 was used to launch and then recapture a DH 53 Hummingbird light monoplane...
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experiments. Set several world endurance records. R34 British R33-class airship Military airship Royal Air Force 1919-1921 First-ever aircraft of any type...
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List of Zeppelins (category Airship transport in Germany)
constructed by the German Zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. Other rigid airships that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins but not built by Zeppelin...
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No. 9r (category Airships of the United Kingdom)
No. 23r R23X class airship R31 class airship R33 class airship R34 (airship) Higham 1961, p. 131 Higham 1961, p. 65 "HMA No. 9r". Airship Heritage Trust...
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Zeppelin (film) (category Fiction about airships)
film. The airships seen in the film include a 37-and-18-foot (11.3 and 5.5 m) models based on the plans of the R33 class of British rigid airship, which...
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Walter Wellman (category Airship aviators)
1944 from Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation of Houston, Texas. R33-class airship Stevens, George E. (Fall 1969). "From Penny Paper to Post and Times-Star:...
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It also had 300 cubic feet (8.5 m3) of luggage space. Above is the R33-class airship, built in 1918 and based on a wrecked Zeppelin. Following from the...
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Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft (section Airships)
Meteor produced as part of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft R25r airship R29 – airship R33 – airship Seaslug (missile) Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom...
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short series of experiments with "an obsolete underpowered type of airship", HMA R33 (known colloquially as the "Pulham Pig") in an attempt to develop...
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Zeppelin LZ 76 (category Accidents and incidents involving balloons and airships)
used the plans as a basis for the construction of airships R33 and R34. Data from Zeppelin: rigid airships, 1893–1940 General characteristics Crew: 17-19...
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over by the Admiralty as a space to assemble Gas Envelopes for their R33 Airship. Renovations in 1934 included a new sprung dance floor with 10,000 strips...
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the time of its introduction, the type was considered to be unique in its class. Principally designed as a freighter, the aircraft could also be used for...
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maiden flight; it was named Atalanta, which was later applied to the whole class as well. Flying testing revealed only minor difficulties, many of which...
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the Vickers Type 253 was replaced by one for 96 Wellesleys, which were classed as medium bombers, abandoning all the general purpose requirements of the...
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made were involved in experiments to launch and recover them from the R33 airship. In 2024, the Blackburne name was registered by Phil Bevan of Bevan Davidson...
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Force General Order No. 38, dated 29 August 1952. 16/17 April British airship R33 is torn loose from the mooring mast at RAF Pulham by gale force winds...
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