Docking station for Airship model
Object No. H3461-2
Notes on file say: The model represents the 200foot lattice steel tower erected at Cardington in 1926 complete with fuel, gas and water as well as electric mains, an enclosed towerhead and a new swivelling attachment designed to overcome weakness in the old Pulham design.
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Summary
Object Statement
Docking station for Airship model, 'R101', scale 1 foot : 100 feet, metal, model maker and place of manufacture unknown, made 1929-1930. Model based on the rigid airship designed by Major G H Scott and Lieutenant Colonel V C Richmond for the Imperial Airship Scheme, England, 1929.
Physical Description
Docking station for Airship model, 'R101', scale 1 foot : 100 feet, metal, model maker and place of manufacture unknown, made 1929-1930. Model based on the rigid airship designed by Major G H Scott and Lieutenant Colonel V C Richmond for the Imperial Airship Scheme, England, 1929. Conical tower of lattice metal.
DIMENSIONS
Height
600 mm
Diameter
250 mm
SOURCE
Acquisition Date
17 November 1930
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