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Skybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships

Step back in time and soar through the clouds with our captivating collection of historical airships.

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Explore the fascinating history of aviation with this collection of old photos that feature famous airships like the R-100 and Zeppelins. Watch as these early aviation marvels soar through the heavens, their majesty and beauty evident. From the era of transatlantic travels to the pioneering days of rigid airship design, every image captures the spirit of exploration and ingenuity that characterised this period. Relive the thrill of the early aircraft enthusiasts who pushed the limits of human achievement by setting off on risky transcontinental voyages. These classic pictures provide a window into a time of exploration and adventure in the past, when airships were the height of luxury travel and technological innovation.

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Skybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: R 101 Airship

R 101 Airship Collection
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Airship R-101
October 1929: Airship R101 passing over St Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire

R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire
1929: The R101 airship in a hangar at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The R101 was 221 m (724 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 140 million litres (5 million cu ft)

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Storm Clouds
1929: The British airship R-100 flies through a thick layer of cloud. She was scrapped after the crash of her sistership, the R-101, in 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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R 101 Airship
circa 1929: A broadside view of the Airship R101, at its mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Historical balloons and airships, wood engravings, published in 1893

Historical balloons and airships, wood engravings, published in 1893
Historical balloons and airships: 1) Balloon by Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753 - 1809) with flapping wings and parachute (1784); 2) Montgolfier brothers balloon (1783); 3

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R 101 In Hangar
1929: The nose of the rigid airship R101 airship seen through hangar doors. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Airship R 101
1929: Airship R101 at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Airship Construction
1927: Airship R101 under construction. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Petrol Tank
31st May 1928: One of the stream-lined petrol tanks to be carried externally on a non-rigid airship currently under construction, designed to fly from London to Australia in 12 days

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Model Zeppelin
German boys playing with a toy Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Dirigible airship, Montgolfier`s Flying Balloon

Dirigible airship, Montgolfier`s Flying Balloon
Illustration of a Dirigible airship, Montgolfier`s Flying Balloon

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Hindenburg Landing
May 1936: Ground crew help pull the German-made dirigible Hindenburg to the ground at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

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Zeppelin Viewing
Members of the Reichstag watch the Zeppelin LZ-3 prepare to launch from Lake Constance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Zeppelin Building
The aluminium frame of a Zeppelin being constructed at Short Brothers Works. One of the many gas cells needed to contain helium can be seen to the right. (Photo by A R Coster/Getty Images)

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R34 Airship Landing
The R 34 airship landing at Pulham, Norfolk on its return from the first two-way crossing of the Atlantic. (Photo by Jimmy Sime/Getty Images)

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R 101 Engine
1929: Inspecting the engines which hang below an airship, in this case the rigid airship R101. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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R-100 Airship
December 1929: The British airship R100 on her maiden flight at Cardington. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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R100 Airship
November 1929: Passengers on board the lounge promenade of the R-100 Airship at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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R 101 Dining Room
Members of the Dominion Legislative Conference dine on board the luxurious R101 airship. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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R 100 Dining Room
The elaborate dining room on board the British R100 Airship, built to compete with the great ocean liners. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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Dining Aloft
November 1929: Passengers in the dining room of the R100 airship. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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Female Dixon Pilot
The first woman to navigate a dirigible solo was an (unknown) American woman, piloting the airship Dixon. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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R100 Moored
The R 100 Airship at her mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Edward G Malindine/Getty Images)

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R-100 Construction
19th October 1929: Fitters and crew on top of the airship R100, during construction at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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R33 Salvage
17th April 1925: Enthusiastic volunteers dragging the damaged R33 airship back to Pulham, Norfolk, after 28 hours alloft. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Airship Lounge
29th November 1929: Passengers in the observation car and lounge aboard the airship R-100. The lounge contains Lloyd loom furniture. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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R-101 Airship
2nd October 1929: Members of the Air Ministry examining one of the R101 Airship engines at the Royal Airship works Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Fuelling The R38
1st August 1928: Handing up petrol cans in preparation for the flight of airship R 38 to America. (Photo by Lawrence/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Tea On The R-100
Tea being served on the R100 airship during its construction at Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, July 1928. The aircraft made its maiden flight in December 1929

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Baby Airship
11th September 1929: A privately owned baby airship being moored in a field near its hangar at Cranlington. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Flying Machines
The Spencer airship, on its first flight across London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

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Zeppelin LZ 127
February 1928: Interior of the bridge of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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R 101 Airship
September 1928: The giant rigid British airship the R101 under construction at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Zeppelin In Flight
18th September 1928: The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, on its first trial flight over Friedrichshafen

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Great 20th Century Explorers
The semi-rigid N-class airship Norge (Norwegian for Norway ), which was used by the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition to fly over the North Pole, lies on its side and deflates after landing

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Great 20th Century Explorers
Russian rescuers inspect the downed Swedish Fokker ski-plane at Red Tent camp where the surviving crew of the ill-fated semi-rigid N-class airship Italia lived during the seven weeks between their

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Graf Zeppelin
September 1928: Skeleton of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 under construction. It was designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Zeppelin LZ 127
September 1928: One of the internal gangways of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 airship. It was designed by the German airship pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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R 101 Airship
August 1928: The giant rigid British airship the R101 under construction at Cardington, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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The Graf Zeppelin
1928: The underside of the airship The Graf Zeppelin, in Germany. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Airship Illustration
airship, blimp, color, dirigible, high res, nostalgia, sky, transportation, travel, Airship, 87685321

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Henri Giffard's steam-powered dirigible by Louis Figuier

Henri Giffard's steam-powered dirigible by Louis Figuier
Henri Giffard, 1825-1882, 19th century, steam-powered, steam powered, dirigible, airship, aviation, Louis Figuier, Les Merveilles de la Science, engraving, vintage, archival, outdoor, day, flying

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Zeppelin and searchlights

Zeppelin and searchlights
zeppelin, dirigible, airship, World War I, aviation, air combat, flight, midair, flying, searchlights, illuminated, lit, 1910s, nobody, outdoor, night, vintage, archival, Airship, 92830988

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Postcard of Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont's airship and Eiffel Tower

Postcard of Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont's airship and Eiffel Tower
Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1873-1932, aviation, aviator, Brazilian, airship, dirigible, Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, October 1901, 1900s, postcards, chromolithograph, vintage, archival, midair

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Cigarette card of British military dirigible i Secundus

Cigarette card of British military dirigible i Secundus
i Secundus, dirigible, British, military, airship, army, 1905, 1900s, aviation, flight, cigarette card, advertisement, text, words, chromolithograph, vintage, archival, flying, midair, outdoor, day

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Cartoon portrait of Alberto Santos-Dumont

Cartoon portrait of Alberto Santos-Dumont
cartoon, portrait, caricature, one person only, adult, African descent, Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1873-1932, Brazilian, aviation, pioneer, sitting, half-lenth, airship, dirigible, number six, winner

Background imageSkybound Chronicles: A Journey Through Vintage Airships: Henri Dupuy de Lome Navigable Balloon, First Design (October 1870) - 19th Century

Henri Dupuy de Lome Navigable Balloon, First Design (October 1870) - 19th Century
Henri Dupuy de Lome Navigable balloon first design date October 1870 from Magasin Pittoresque. Vintage etching circa mid 19th century



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