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A splendid spent today at @NtlMuseumsScot National Museum of Flight, the former RNAS airship base where HM Airship R.34 was stationed. A veritable cornucopia of #R34100 delights to see there, including this memorial plaque for R.34’s Atlantic crossings 
Also delighted to see one of the RNAS airship and aeroplane station’s gates and, behind it, some original panels of glass from the rigid airship shed windows. Tinted glass was used to prevent sunlight causing photolytic degradation of the airships’ outer skin
Nice illuminated map showing the WW1 layout of RNAS East Fortune including, on the right of the picture (north side of the base), the enormous rigid airship shed & two smaller coastal airship sheds. The hydrogen generating plant also nearby. #R34100
This item was the absolute highlight of my visit to the Museum of Flight today: the nosecone plate from R.34. Pro Patria Volans - Flying for our country. The 1st part of R.34 to cross the Atlantic and enter American airspace! And a classy use of Roman numerals for 34. #R34100
Yet more genuine bits of #R34100 aviation history, quite literally, in the @NtlMuseumsScot Scottish National Musuem of Flight’s R.34 display, with sections of inner and outer skin & a piece of strut from airship R.34.
Another frankly thrilling bit of the Museum of Flight memorabilia from airship R.34’s Atlantic crossings adventure is the camera used by Maj. John Pritchard to take photos during the flight. Log: “3.30 a.m. Major Pritchard begins to get active with camera.” This camera! #R34100
Another part of Airship R.34 on display at the Museum is the altimeter dial from the control car, numbers showing altitude in thousands of feet, up to 6000 ft. The dial is seen in a photo in E.M Maitland’s log of R.34’s Atlantic flight, showing 1200ft. #R34100 @NtlMuseumsScot
One final piece of R.34 history from the Museum (for now!) is perhaps the most surprising to survive intact. A bottle of brandy from the medical supplies for the crossing, signed by the Captain & gifted to the E. Fortune station Medical Officer, Surgeon L. Wedderburn #R34100
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