R101 would generate favourable publicity for the airship programme. The final trial flight of R101 was originally scheduled for 26 September 1930, but high winds delayed the move from the shed until 1 October. That evening, R101 slipped the mast for its only trial flight before setting off for India. This lasted 16 hours 51 minutes and was undertaken under near-ideal weather conditions; because of the failure of the oil cooler in one engine, it was not possible to carry out full speed trials. The flight was curtailed because of the need to prepare the airship for the flight to India.
1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash 1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash The 1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash happened on 17 June 1929 when Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT suffered an engine failure and subsequently ditched in the English Channel off Dungeness with the loss of seven lives. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled flight from Croydon to Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. The accident aircraft was Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT "City of Ottawa", c/n W10-4. It had been delivered to Imperial Airways on 25 December 1925. G-EBMT was operating an international scheduled flight from Croydon Airport to Zurich Airport, Switzerland via Paris