An inquiry at the time determined that the disaster had resulted from a failure of the outer cover, leading to the collapse of one or more of the forward
gasbags.
Paul Ross, trustee of the Airship Heritage Trust, looks at the tragic crash of the diesel-powered R101, which caused the deaths of 48 of those on board
Pressure garment "
gasbag" keeps blood from boiling.
Wear the right stuff: spacesuit science. (Cover Story)
1 I AM TRUE BOGEY (Spider-man actor passes on his web) 2 HE'S PETTY SNOB (Die Another Day and Jane Eyre actor) 3 RIOT
GASBAG (Sweeney Todd character) INITIALLY YOURS Which film, TV programme or musical number do these initials stand for?
BRAINTEASERS
He succeeded, delivering succinct responses that drew upon his long experience in the Senate without coming across as a
gasbag.
No game-changer
I firmly believe that the word 'gas' in British Gas has been misinterpreted and that it is a shortened version of '
gasbag'.
Problems with British Gasbag
He can be a bit of an old
gasbag at times and has a habit of contradicting himself, but talk Ryder Cup to him and you are talking to an informed zealot.
GOLF: Leading lights continue to shine
When Senator Dianne Feinstein warned that fields could be fallowed voluntarily with compensation, or by force and without, an IID board member called her a "bureaucratic
gasbag, pig-eyed sack of crap." In September the state suspended a law that barred the killing of thirty-seven endangered species.
Go west, old man: where the American dream goes down the drain. (Letter From California)
Of course, the official
gasbag of the kook right is Rush Limbaugh.
Sunshine patriots: stupidity doesn't stop at the water's edge. (GAZETTE)
The maestro recounts it all...but by this time one is sick of the
gasbag.
HOWLING WOLFE
Richard Branson still has a lot to do if he is to persuade the public that the great balloonist is more than just a
gasbag when it comes to running a railway.
Passengers go off the rails over daft train delay excuse
He was followed by Caroline Aherne and
gasbag granny Mrs Merton.
GAYLE BRINGS ON A SHOWER; TELLY TALK: LAST NIGHT'S VIEW
Nothing annoyed our troops more than this clumsy looking
gasbag. The enemy, it was thought, were really overdoing things, as they already had sufficient observation from the top of the hill.
Fusiliers so courageous in adversity; Today we return the battlefield of France to tell of exploits with the Nazi blitzkrieg with an extract from a story first told in 1941 in the Evening Chronicle by James Brunskill
I suppose this is what makes me such a
gasbag when I do speak with other people.
Events get in the way of a potential profit from Corus; INVESTMENT: Optimism given a bloody nose with an announcement on tariffs
It was good to see the ratchet-voiced
gasbag back and proved the scriptwriters were wise not to have killed her off like they have with Coronation Street's dopey Derek.
DOT LIGHTS UP THE SQUARE; LAST NIGHT'S VIEW
It's easy enough to see how Peckinpah tempts such macho-romantic malarkey: he affected the
gasbag sagacity of a low-rent Norman Mailercum-Norman Bates.
"If They Move ... Kill 'Em!": The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah