The R 101--a Great British Airship, 1929

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The R 101 was one of the largest lighter-than-air airships ever created.  The ship was still about a year away from its maiden flight when this popular survey was published in the Illustrated London News on March 29, 1929--unfortunately this flight would also be its last, finding disaster over France on October 5, 1930. The airship was 777' long, 140' high, and had a volume of about 5 million cubic feet, and operated with a crew of 42--a big object.  

And the detail of the sleeping quarters:

And the text: