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THE suddenness of the catastrophe and the terrible death roll have directed the attention of the whole world to some aspects of airship construction. With the airship Britain and America have lost many valuable lives and a great amount of personal knowledge irreplaceable at short notice. A tribute to the bravery of the crew can be given with all sincerity, for some at least were aware of the fact that the airship was a great experiment, and on some important points designed without sufficiently exact knowledge of the conditions to be met. Not that anyone anticipated a collapse so complete and immediate as that which occurred, when the first warning was too late to enable experienced members of the crew to use the parachutes provided.
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The Disaster to the Airship R38. Nature 108, 17–18 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108017a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108017a0