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The creation of the R101 was the result of a competition between the private company of Vickers and the British government's Air Ministry. Vickers was to produce the R100 airship and the Air ministry, the R101. Two of the engineers working for Vickers were Barnes Wallis the designer and, as chief calculator, Nevil Shute Norway, a future author who later wrote about the case.

The building of the R101 began in 1926 at the Royal Airship Works in Cardington near Bedford, England. Due to a failed attempt to create hydrogen-using engines and several other new design concepts, the project's end was delayed from 1927 to 1929. The R101 was meant to have a useful lift of 60 tons but ended up having only 35. It had two decks and a dining room for 60 people and it was fitted with heavy diesel engines. Its gas bag valves may have also been defective, which led to the continual decrease of lift in flight.

The stability of the R101 was in doubt. During its flight at the Hendon air show in 1930, it almost plunged to the ground and kept trying to dive during the return flight. Its gas bags also developed numerous leaks. Despite this, it was given a Certificate of Airworthiness. Engineers added another gas bag, reversing propellers and replaced the outer cover. After that the ship's volume totalled 5.5 million cubic feet (about 157,000 m³) and it was 777 ft (237 m) long.

The Air Ministry pressured the engineers to finish the project. The final trial flight of the R101 was originally scheduled on September 26, 1930 but an unfavourable wind delayed it until October 1October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). There are 91 days remaining. Events 331 BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Arbela 959 Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England 965 John XIII becomes Pop. It returned to Cardington after a flight of 17 hours.

The R101 departed on October 4October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining. Events 610 Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, otherthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. 1582 Pope Gregory XIII implements the at 6:24 PM for its intended destination in IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy. via a refuelling stop at Ismalia in Egypt under the command of flight lieutenant Carmichael Irvin. Passengers included Lord Christopher ThomsonChristopher Birdwood Thomson 1st Baron Thomson ( 13 April 1875 5 October 1930) British military officer later Labour minister and peer. Born in India to a military family Thomson attended Cheltenham College and Sandhurst before joining the Royal Engineers, Secretary of State for Air, and Sir Sefton Brancker , Director of Civil Aviation. It had to drop 5 tons of water ballast to lift off.

Over France the R101 encountered gusting wind and crashed into a hillside near BeauvaisBeauvais is a city of northern France, prefecture (capital) of the Oise departement''. Population (1999): city: 57,355 beauvaisiens ; city and suburbs: 59,003; urban area (in French: aire urbaine : 100,733. It lies about 90 kilometers north of Paris., north of ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to. 46 of its 54 passengers and crew were killed. Two men who escaped the crash died later in a hospital bringing the total to 48 dead. According to survivors, the top layers of the outer cover and some of the forward gas bags had been torn in the wind thus causing a loss of the flammable lifting gas hydrogen which was ignited by the hot engine exhausts and electrical sparking from torn wiring.

The R101 spelled the end of the British attempt to create lighter-than-air aircraft. Its competition, the Airship R-100, despite a much more successful development program, and a safe transatlantic trial flight, was mothballed immediately after the R101's crash. It was sold for scrap in 1931.

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