R101 lengthening the ship by to add another gasbag, the R101 crashed in France during its maiden overseas voyage on 5 October 1930, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers killed were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, senior government officials, and almost all the dirigible's designers from the Royal Airship Works. The crash of R101 effectively ended British airship development, and was one of the worst airship accidents of the 1930s. The loss of life was more than the 36 killed in the highly public "Hindenburg" disaster of 1937, though fewer than
R101 (South Africa) Johannes Ramokhoase Street (formerly Proes Street) westwards (To the Struben Street junction from Paul Kruger Street). As Paul Kruger Street, the R101 goes north, Bypassing Pretoria Zoo, through Capital Park and Mayville. Just after Mayville, The R101 cosigns with the M1 Municipal Route of Pretoria until the next junction, where the R101 becomes Lavender Road (The road to the right), The road separating Wonderboom South and Pretoria North. At the next junction with Steve Biko Road (M5), Lavender Road divides into Lavender Road West (For vehicles heading north, By way of a left turn) and Lavender Road East (For vehicles