Giles Camplin's guest appearances

Giles Camplin

AeroSociety Podcast

Charles Lindbergh

John Green

Matt Wallace

Alan Mulally

Amy Johnson

John Glenn

Chuck Yeager

Andrew Warner

John Kennedy

Charles Davis

Michael Knight

Charles Masefield

Peter Masefield

Keith Hayward

Mike Hirst

OwlTail

Peter Davison

The dreams of British airship designers literally went up in smoke when the R.101 crashed, killing 48 onboard, including the Air Minister Lord Thomson and Sir Sefton Brancker, the legendary Director of Civil Aviation. After taking us through the development of the British airship programme, Peter Davison &amp; Giles Camplin discuss the R.101 development programme, the run up to the airship’s departure on 4 November 1930 and their view of the events that happened in the early hours of 5 November.Peter Davison &amp; Dr Giles Camplin addressed a meeting of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Historical Group on 4 November 2010 and the podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS.

The dreams of British airship designers literally went up in smoke when the R.101 crashed, killing 48 onboard, including the Air Minister Lord Thomson and Sir Sefton Brancker, the legendary Director of Civil Aviation. After taking us through the development of the British airship programme, Peter Davison &amp; Giles Camplin discuss the R.101 development programme, the run up to the airship’s departure on 4 November 1930 and their view of the events that happened in the early hours of 5 November.<br><br>Peter Davison &amp; Dr Giles Camplin addressed a meeting of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Historical Group on 4 November 2010 and the podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS.

Rewind - The R.101 Airship Disaster - 80 years on by Peter Davison & Dr Giles Camplin