R36 (airship)

R36
General information
TypePassenger airship
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerBeardmore
Primary userAir Ministry
Number built1
History
Manufactured1921 delivered
First flight1 April 1921
RetiredJune 1926
Developed fromType U Zeppelin L49

R.36 was a British airship designed during World War I, but not completed until after the war. When she first flew in 1921, it was not in her originally intended role as a patrol aircraft for the Royal Navy, but as an airliner, the first airship to carry a civil registration (G-FAAF).[1]

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