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267:"The route chosen to Rome is 1,000 land miles which is within the endurance of the ship. It is expected that the ship will fly at a maximum height of 2,000 ft. The route will carry the ship over south England, then over the English Channel to Paris on a direct route. The ship will then deliver mail and passengers, and then pass down in a continued south easterly direction towards Lyon. Passing over Lyon, the ship will turn south through the Rhone Valley and the continue to Nice. At Nice on the French Coast, the ship will turn easterly and skirt the coast and head towards Rome over the sea. The return course will be via the same route." 27: 103: 276:
The outer cover was completed in April 1920 and by June the ship was finished. On 19 July, R.80 emerged from its shed for its first flight. Unfortunately it was damaged on the trial flight as it had not been properly ballasted and the lifting gas heated causing the ship to rise too fast. The result
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stopped the work in the summer of 1919 as it was considered that the ship was no longer of military or commercial value. Vickers continued to fit out the ship with commercial objectives in mind but the scheme fell through. Co-designer H. B. Pratt completed a report envisaging an intercity European
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was extensive buckling of the framework. The ship was returned to its shed to be repaired, which took until January 1921. After further test flights the airship flew to the airship station at
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Although the trials had been successful it was too small for its intended use. Many lessons were learnt, and incorporated in the design for the
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during construction was the first use ever of colour-coded wiring for the electrical systems of an aircraft.
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Airship saga: The history of airships seen through the eyes of the men who designed, built, and flew them
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proved too small for this role and after being used briefly to train the
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Work progressed slowly due to labour shortages, and with the end of the
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Battlebags: British Airships of the First World War
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Henley-on-Thames: Foulis, 1961. 308: 335:70 ft 0 in (21 m) 101: 25: 502:Airship Heritage Trust R80 page 353:33,260 lb (15,100 kg) 347:85,680 lb (38,950 kg) 191:personnel who were to crew the 3058:Airships of the United Kingdom 204: 1: 662:23-class (23r, 24r, 25r, R26) 392: 667:R23X-class (R27,R28,R29,R30) 7: 497:Walney Island Airship Sheds 421:Barnes Wallis - A Biography 10: 3089: 209:Construction was begun by 3010: 2979: 2836: 2715: 2607: 2600: 2569: 2408: 2342: 784: 710: 542: 423:. London: Longman, 1972 371:) , 240 hp (180 kW) each 213:in their airship shed at 159: 154: 146: 134: 122: 114: 109: 100: 93: 451:. London: Conway, 2012. 34:This article includes a 3053:1920s British airliners 712:Imperial Airship Scheme 320:General characteristics 63:more precise citations. 269: 557:No. 2 (Willows No. 4) 265: 16:British rigid airship 2980:Military Transports 272:Operational history 110:General information 2778:C.O.W. 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Manufacturer
Vickers
Barnes Wallace
rigid airship
British Admiralty
United States Navy
ZR-2
Vickers
Walney Island
Barrow-in-Furness
Barnes Wallis
H. B. Pratt
R.37
R.27
R.29
First World War
Air Ministry
Zeppelin
Howden
R.38 (ZR-2)
RNAS Pulham
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