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The R100, designed by Barnes Wallis, was the first to be finished in Howden, Yorkshire in 1929. The airframe was made of duralumin, an early aluminum alloy, and covered with a giant 5-acre fabric coating stitched together in pieces and stretched into place. Inside the cavernous 146,000 cubic meter shell, 17 gas bags made from oxen intestines provided the all-important buoyancy.
The bags were filled with a combined 500 million cubic feet of ultra-flammable hydrogen. The United States had a monopoly on helium, another lighter-than-air gas, and it wasn’t available in the qualities the UK required for their airship program.
In contradiction to the R100’s basic construction, the crew and passenger quarters in the rough center of the airship were luxuriously appointed. A double staircase led down to the interior dining room.
The dining and central space had galleries in which passengers could access the accommodation. Flanked on each side were two large panoramic windows allowing a two tier promenade deck giving the interior a large, open and light feel.
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