The naming of airships has been a topic of interest over the last few years, with the British being the only country that did not name their ships. The Germans named their commercial ships after great leaders; however, following a comment made to an AHT member that the R101 was due to be named “King George V”, interesting discussions continued about whether the British ships were to be named. Finally, on a recent visit to the Public Records Office in Kew, we discovered a file which provided a fascinating insight into the future of British Commercial Airships. The correspondence is between A M S R and the Secretary of State. The following is a transcript of the contents of file AIR 2/399.