Podcast: The final flight of the ‘airship of dreams’

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Guest authors

Author Cecilia Thornton speaks to the Australian Aviation Podcast about the disaster that claimed her grandfather’s life and spelled the end of the British airship age.

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