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.
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