Flight Log of H.M.A. R.101

Flight no.	Date	Departure	Arrival	Duration	Miles	Route	Details from records made by Ernie Watkins, R101 Engineer, personal Log and Sir Peter Masefield’s “To Ride the Storm”
1	14th Oct 1929	11.17 am	16.57am	5h 38min	108	Cardington -London return	Cardington – Bedford – Leighton Buzzard – Luton – St Albans London (West End) – City of London – St Albans – Harpenden – Luton – Cardington
2	18th Oct 1929	08.12am	17.50pm	9hr 38min	210	Cardington – Midlands return	Cardington – Bedford – Luton – St Albans – London – Croydon – Farnham – Portsmouth – Southampton – Isle of Wight – The Needles – Southampton – Basingstoke – Reading – Tring – Bedford – Cardington
3	1st Nov 1929	09.40am	16.55pm	7hr 15min	260	Cardinton – Norfolk return	Cardington – Bedford – Wisbeech – Sandringham – Kings Lynn – Cromer – The Wash – Out to Sea – Kings Lynn – Norwich – Pulham – Bury St Edmonds – Newmarket – Cambridge – St Neots – Cardington.
4	2nd Nov 1929	20.12pm	¬	.	.	Cardington –	Cardington-Crash at Beauvais, France
	3rd Nov 1929	.	10.14am	14hr 2min	380	South England return
5	8th Nov 1929	13.47pm	16.51pm	3hr 4min	52	Cardington -Local Bedford return	Cardington – Bedford – Wellingborough – Kettering – Cambridge – St Neots – Cardington
6	14th Nov 1929	13.34pm	16.43pm	3hr 9min	62	Cardington -Local Bedford return	Cardington – Henlow – Hitchin – Welwyn – Hatfield – Welwyn – Hitchin – Henlow – Cardington
7	17th Nov 1929	10.33am	¬	.	.	Cardington – Scotland- Ireland	Cardington – Bedford – Lincoln – York – Howden – Durham – Newcastle – Berwick – Dunbar – Edinburgh – Falkirk – Glasgow – Belfast – Isle of Man – Blackpool – Dublin – Bray – Holyhead – Anglesey – Llandudno – Chester – Licthfield – Cardington
	18th Nov 1929	.	17.14pm	30hr 41min	1,148	Midlands – Cardington
	30th Nov 1929 – 23rd June 1930	In Shed for Winter	(Altering of gas bag wiring)	.	.	.
8	26th Jun 1930	15.51 pm	20.26pm	4hr 35 min	217	Cardington – Test Flight return
9	27th Jun 1930	07.22am	19.50pm	12hr 33min	461	Cardington – London (Hendon) return
10	28th Jun 1930	07.25am	19.51pm	12hr 26min	435	Cardington – RAF Hendon Display-return
	29th Jun 1930 – 1st Oct 1930	In shed	(Fitting of extra bay)	.	.	.
11	1st Oct 1930	15.36pm	.	.	.	Cardington – East of England-
	2nd Oct 1930	.	08.27am	16hr 51min	637	North Sea – Cardington Return
12	4th Oct 1930	18.36pm	02.09am.	7hr 33min	248	02.09 am.	Cardington – Bedford – Luton – Kimpton -Bendish – Hatfield – Alexandra Palace – London – Shadwell – Greenwich – Sidcup – Bodium Castle – Hastings – Pointe de St Quentin – Verigies – North of Blicourt – Beauvais- Bios de Coutumes – Allonne
Total				127h 20min (5.3 days)	4,218	Total Passengers 186

We have also documented the dates and times the R.101 was moved from the Cardington shed, and the times taken to moor the ship on the Cardington mast

R.100 and R.101 Mooring times at the Cardington Mast