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Airship Guarantee Co Ltd Biography Biography
The Airship Guarantee Co Ltd was created with the sole purpose of building the R100 airship. It was a subsidary of Vickers. Its Managing Director was Commander Sir Dennistoun Burney and the design team was led by Barnes Wallis.

Scope and Content
Reports and memoranda from the Airship Guarantee Company Ltd. design committee, including: - Resume of work done on R100 in the last year - Design committee minutes - Handwritten calculations - Memorandum on critical loading conditions - Aerodynamic measurements proposed on R33 - 11 reports on experiments on airship fabric The original file has also been retained
Extent
1 file
Language
English
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
Finding aids
BNW Box 9