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title: "Airship on a Shoestring the Story of R 100 Hardcover – Illustrated, January 28, 2014"
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# Airship on a Shoestring the Story of R 100 Hardcover – Illustrated, January 28, 2014

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## Customer Reviews

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    a good basic history of a little known story
  

*by W***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2017*

Unless you're into airships, you've likely never heard of the R-100. It was a British Zeppelin built in the 1920s. The R-100 was built by private industry, its rival, the R-101, was built by the government. Both airships construction was funded by the government. the R-101 crashed on its first flight to India, killing 48 of the 52 onboard, including Lord Thompson the British Air Minister. Its story is much better known.If you're interested in the story behind the R-100, this book delivers. If you're the kind of person who wants the engineering side of the story, that is here, as Anderson covers the problems that had to be overcome to get the R-100 airborne. if you're interested in the people behind the machine, Anderson gives you that as well. There's quite a cast of characters here, including Nevil Shute Norway, later to become famous as the author of On The Beach. Shute was deeply involved in the building of the R-100, initially as the chief stress engineer.Like any good history, Anderson gives a taste of the background of his story. This is not a flashy book, but it is solid, and if you are interested in airships you ought to add it to your library. Even if your interest in history is more general, this is worth reading.

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    A Long Needed Account
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2016*

A wonderful study of R.100. While Slide Rule gives Norway's remembrances 30 years after the facts, Airship on a Shoestring is a well researched account of the airship not tainted by nostalgia or bitter feelings. Add R100 in Canada by Barry Countryman and you have the best picture of the R.100 availably. For perspective I will also recommend The British Rigid Airship, 1908-1931: A Study in Weapons Policy by Robin Higham.

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    Fascinating Story of the R100
  

*by P***B on Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014*

In this book John Anderson presents many technical details of the R100 never before widely published.  It includes many pictures and diagrams which are very interesting.  When you look at a picture of the nearly completed rigid frame and then look at a close-up of one of the numerous joints in the structure, you get some feel for the magnitude of the whole undertaking. The diagrams of the passenger and crew quarters clearly show the limited, Spartan accomodations which required a 700 foot airship to get them off the ground. The section based on Nevil Shute Norway's log of the flight to Montreal is most enlightening. While includiong a good introduction to the British hopes for airships in the 1920s, the book probably is of more interest to those with some familiarity who want a more detailed trestment of the R100.

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