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Photos show when Barrow crowds stopped to watch airships overhead
['Erin Gaskell']
The Mail | News
Vickers Airship, R80, Walney Island Landing, between Jul 1920 and Feb 1921 (Image: Sankey Archive)The Vickers Airship, R80, drifting in to land at North Walney between 1920 and 1921.
The Forward Gondola, 1920 (Image: Sankey Archive)The forward gondola of the R80 is shown in close detail in 1920, with an inflated landing buffer beneath it.
R80 in flight, between 1920 and 1921 (Image: Sankey Archive)Airship R80 is seen in flight near its shed on Walney Island between 1920 and 1921.
This imposing skeleton is the airship shed under construction, destined to be used for the construction of the naval airship HMA No.
Vickers Airship, R80, over Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, between Jul 1920 and Feb 1921 (Image: Sankey Archive)The Vickers airship R80 is seen flying over Duke Street between July 1920 and February 1921.