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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Dec 2014, 16:07

Replies: 25

Major G.H. Scott, CBE, AFC

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Posted By Footless Halls

Was going to say I think that's the Graf Zeppelin...

Was going to say I think that's the Graf Zeppelin but I didn't register that the Hindenberg was also represented.

I'm not going to be able to write a Major Scott book in the short term but on the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Nov 2014, 08:58

Replies: 25

Major G.H. Scott, CBE, AFC

Views: 9,338

Posted By Footless Halls

Thanks Genghis and Bob, I am really pleased that...

Thanks Genghis and Bob, I am really pleased that you share my interest in Major Scott and that we share an interest in the rigid airship saga. I need to keep working towards that big Premium Bond and...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Nov 2014, 21:03

Replies: 25

Major G.H. Scott, CBE, AFC

Views: 9,338

Posted By Footless Halls

No question. But the R101 was an air accident...

No question. But the R101 was an air accident just like any other and there was a 'Swiss cheese' effect. Political pressure was just one more factor tilting the odds against survival. I'm intrigued...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Nov 2014, 16:16

Replies: 25

Major G.H. Scott, CBE, AFC

Views: 9,338

Posted By Footless Halls

and I would love to write such a book simply to...

and I would love to write such a book simply to understand the man and how he and his crew (shipmates?) came to burn to death in a field outside Beauvais.

Apart from the obvious personal issues I...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Oct 2014, 19:35

Replies: 25

Major G.H. Scott, CBE, AFC

Views: 9,338

Posted By Footless Halls

Major G.H. Scott, CBE, AFC

I've always been rather intrigued by the figure of Major G.H, Scott, who died on board the airship R101 when she crashed at Beauvais. As a teenager I was fascinated by the airship story, and read...

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