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) heading south) for about 1 Km up to the junction with the R513 East (Sefako Makgatho Drive, Formerly Zambezi Drive), where it becomes 1 road again to the north. Going North, It intersects with the R566 Road At Onderstepoort before crossing the N4 Platinum Highway. The R101, The R566 And The M1 Form A Ring-Road Around Annlin West (Separating Pretoria North and Wonderboom Airport). After Crossing The N4, the R101 becomes Old Warmbaths Road and follows the Apies River North-North-East for 27 Km, through Pyramid, to Hammanskraal. 6 Km North of Hammanskraal, just before Carousel Hotel, the R101 enters the