A Son of the Rock

A plaque at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, commemorates the airship R34 which flew from there on 2/7/1919 to make the first crossing of the Atlantic from east to west (landing on Mineola, Long Island on 6/7/1919) and subsequently made the first double crossing by returning (to Fulham) on 13/7/1919:-

The airship’s mooring block is still in evidence:-

Information Board:-

Model of R34. Sorry about the reflectuons. he model is behind glass and not well lit:-