His Majesty's Airship R100 was a British rigid airship designed and built privately by the Airship Guarantee Company, a subsidiary of the armaments firm Vickers-Armstrongs, as one half of a two-ship competition under the Imperial Airship Scheme. Barnes Wallis headed the design team, with Nevil Shute Norway as senior stress engineer. It was built at the former airship station at Howden in Yorkshire, was driven by six Rolls-Royce Condor petrol engines, and first flew on 16 December 1929. In July and August 1930 it made a return crossing of the Atlantic to Canada, reaching St-Hubert, Quebec, in 78 hours. After the government-built R101 crashed in October 1930 the Imperial Airship Scheme was ended, R100 was grounded, and in December 1931 it was broken up and sold for scrap.
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Top Speed (km/h) EngineSix Rolls-Royce Condor petrol engines 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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R100 was built by the Airship Guarantee Company, a specially created subsidiary of the armaments firm Vickers-Armstrongs
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a privately designed and built British rigid airship
Design and development, Propulsion
six reconditioned Rolls-Royce Condor petrol engines
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R100 first flew in December 1929
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R100 was broken up for scrap
Specifications
Empty weight: 236,365 lb (107,215 kg)
Specifications, top speed
Maximum speed: 81.5 mph (131 km/h, 70.8 kn)
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R100 was built by the Airship Guarantee Company, a specially created subsidiary of the armaments firm Vickers-Armstrongs
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