{"product_id":"9780861547081","title":"His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's LargestFlying Machine","description":"Author: Gwynne, S.C.\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780861547081\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jan 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rise and fall of the world's largest airship.\u003cbr\u003eThe R101 was the ship of empire, meant to dazzle the world with her technological advancement and immense size. Faster than a plane, more luxurious than an ocean liner, the R101 would connect the furthest reaches of the British Empire. It was, however, not to be.\u003cbr\u003eThe spectacular crash of the British airship R101 in 1930 changed the world of aviation forever. While most people have heard of the fiery crash of the Hindenburg, a German ship that went down in New Jersey seven years later, the story of R101     whose downfall killed many more people     has been largely forgotten. At the time, however, the outpouring of national grief in Britain was equalled only by what happened after the sinking of the Titanic.\u003cbr\u003eIn His Majesty's Airship, S. C. Gwynne recounts the epic narrative of the ill fated airship and her eccentric champion, Christopher Thomson. With characteristic verve, Gwynne paints a luminous portrait of interwar Britain and reanimates the intrepid world of early aviation.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636902809758,"sku":"UBD-9780861547081","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780861547081.jpg?v=1774399319","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780861547081","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}