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R-100
G-FAAV
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SOUTH CAROLINA
1670
1970
OF THE RIGID AIRSHIP
H.M.A. R100
COMES TO YOU FROM THE
51ST ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF
WING FOOT LIGHTER-THAN-AIR SOCIETY
THE BRITISH AIRSHIP, R100, MADE THE FIRST CROSSING OF
THE ATLANTIC FROM ENGLAND TO CANADA, DEPARTING
CARDINGTON AT 3:50 A.M., JULY 29, 1930 AND ARRIVING
AT MONTREAL 78 HOURS AND 51 MINUTES LATER. DURING
HER FORTNIGHT STAY IN AMERICA, SHE FLEW TO OTTAWA,
TORONTO, NIAGARA FALLS AND INTO NEW YORK STATE.
THE RETURN FLIGHT TO ENGLAND TOOK ONLY 51-1/2 HOURS.
THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE R100 AT HER MOORING MAST.
THE AIRSHIP WAS POWERED BY 6-700 HP ROLLS-ROYCE CON.
DOR ENGINES GIVING HER A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 81 MPH
AND A 70 MPH CRUISING SPEED. OTHER DIMENSIONS WERE
LENGTH 709 FEET
MAXIMUM DIAMETER - 131 FEET
GAS CAPACITY - 5,150,000 CUBIC FEET
THE CANADIAN ROUND-TRIP VOYAGE PROVED TO BE HER
LAST. THE R100 WAS DISMANTLED IN 1931, AFTER THE DIS-
ASTROUS CRASH OF HER SISTER SHIP, THE R101.
(THIS CARD IS EIGHTH IN A SERIES)
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RUBBER CITY
STAMP.CLUB
3.C. S.C
NOV
10
1973
AKRON
STA.
