Sources

IMAGE sources:

R101 at Cardington Tower 1929 - Source - Martin Edwards, Roll of Honour & Bedford Borough Council Virtual Library
R100 over York Minster 1929 - Source - Gary Hodgkinson IMA-GEN Productions 2009
R101 at Cardington Mast - Source - Airship Heritage Trust
R101 Dining Room - Source - Picture: Central Press/Getty Images
R101 over London - Source - Airship Heritage Trust
R100 Approaching Toronto - Source - City of Toronto archives
R100 over Toronto 1930 - Source - City of Toronto archives
Cardington Shed No. 1 - Source - Courtesy of Simon George
R100 at Cardington Tower - Source - Netherlands archives
Passengers on the promenade deck aboard R100 - Source - Picture: A R Coster/Getty Images
U.S. Macon under construction - Source - U.S. Government Archives
Passengers boarding R101 - Source - Public domain

The next day, after her blessing at St Mary's, Airship Cardington R101 rose into the air in perfect weather conditions watched by an enthusiastic crowd. The ship, under the command of Captain Irwin, made a short flight around Bedford and on towards London. When the airship passed over Bedford, Charlotte came out into the street with other nurses to catch a glimpse of her. To most who saw her, the airship appeared as a thing of awesome beauty and indestructibility. But to Charlotte, the thing filled her with dread. The Airshipmen

Farmers bring in the hay while Howden R100 silently waits at Cardington Tower 1930

While The Airshipmen and The Ghost of Captain Hinchliffe are based on real events, characters, characterizations, incidents, locations and dialogue have been invented and fictionalized in order to dramatize the stories. The fictionalization of events or inventions or relocations of such events is for dramatic purposes and not intended to reflect on actual historical characters, history, entity or organizations, past or present. These novels are not intended to right any wrongs or set the record straight, but intended to entertain. I would encourage readers to research the vast array of books on the subjects from which I have drawn the essence of events and characters.