What is R101?
[[File:R101.jpg |right|200px|The R101 airship|thumb]] The '''R101''' was an [[airship]] which crashed in 1930 in [[France]], killing 48 people. English [[socialist]] government of the time had planned to build airships for the imperial route [[London]]-[[Cairo]]-[[Bombay]]-[[Canada]]-[[Australia]]-[[New York City|New York]]-London. It was an ambitious project that allowed save travel time by sea, also competed with Germany and the Graf Zeppelin airship supremacy. R.100 series was planned in 1925 and projected 4 aerostats, the R.101 R.100 and would be built simultaneously to be the top seed of the project. {{transport-stub}} [[Category:1930s in France]] [[Category:Airships]] [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents]] [[Category:Disasters in the 1930s]]