R101 Despite the lack of full endurance and speed trials and the fact that a proper investigation of the aerodynamic consequences of the extension had not been fully completed by the N.P.L., a Certificate of Airworthiness was issued on 2 October, the Inspectorate expressing their complete satisfaction with the condition of the R101 and the standards to which the remedial work had been carried out. The actual certificate was handed over to H. C. Irwin, the ship's captain, only on the day of her flight to India. R101 departed from Cardington on the evening of 4 October 1930 for its intended
1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash airliner's two pilots, five prominent Italian journalists, and seven Caproni company mechanics – were on board. Later sources place the death toll at 15 and 17 without further explanation. 1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash On August 2, 1919, a Caproni Ca.48 airliner crashed at Verona, Italy. All aboard died, with various sources placing the death toll at 14, 15, and 17. It was Italy‘s first commercial aviation disaster and one of the earliest heavier-than-air airliner disasters in history. The Caproni Ca.48, owned and operated by the Caproni company and flown by two Italian military pilots, took off from the companys