by Andrew Gill | Aug 28, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
This RAF recruitment poster probably dates from 1919 and includes an image of Airship R34. Dirigibles were used during the First World War for reconnaissance and were filled with hydrogen which was highly flammable and led to some serious accidents. R34 was the first... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 27, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
The RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) was the Royal Navy’s air department during the First World War. These pilots are a happy crew but they were flying early biplanes on very hazardous missions and their chances of returning to base must have been small. The... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 20, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
The R31 was a British airship built in 1918. It was designed (with the help of a German engineer) to provide air cover for our naval fleet during the First World War but by the time it was ready to fly, the armistice had been signed. On its first flight from England... 