60 Langley, looking west from Riverdale.” His Majesty’s Airship R-100 over Toronto on Aug 11, 1930. (168/168)
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Nice! My dad saw this.
Riverdale. Look at the trees! Langley had the best chestnut trees in the area.
Almost EVERYBODY saw the R-100 over Toronto. My uncle took 2 photos of it flying above which I still have. I also have a photo of it (original) at its mooring mast in Quebec.
WOW!… now in case that you are INTERESTED… here’s the darn “STORY” one darn AMAZING PHOTO tho’
” Nevil Shute Norway later suggested in Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer that the success of R100’s Canadian flight indirectly led to the R101 disaster. Prior to the transatlantic flight, the Cardington team could suggest that neither airship was ready for a performance of such duration. However, when R100 returned in triumph they had to either make the flight to India or admit defeat – which would have meant discredit with the consequent danger of losing their jobs. He said that his team “guessed that their ship was a bad airship, but did not realise” (because of secrecy at Cardington) “how bad the other ship was.”