Airship R.36 Centenary

Airship R.36 First Flight Centenary. Inchinnan, Renfrew postmark 01.04.21.

The R.36 was a British rigid airship completed in 1921 by Beardmore and, while originally planned for military patrol duties, became the first airship to carry a civil registration (G-FAAF) and was configured with passenger accommodations for up to 50 people. Her operational life was short-lived, marked by a series of test flights and a notable assignment aiding the Metropolitan Police with traffic control, before she was critically damaged during a mooring accident in June 1921 and later scrapped in 1926.