The British Imperial Airship Scheme was a 1920s project to improve communication with the far corners of the British Empire by establishing air routes using airships. This led to the construction of two large and technically advanced airships, the R100 and the R101. The scheme was terminated in 1931 following the crash of R101 while attempting its first flight to India.
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