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Retired from a Public Service Career. My wife and I found the perfect place to live on Vancouver Island. We enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking and gardening.
About R-100
With Barnes Wallis using new design techniques assisted by Nevil Shute Norway as his chief calculator. Construction of the R.100 began at the Howden construction facility in 1927, the ship being designed to only just fit within the existing shed. Construction of the ship was slow due to innovations being added, such as rainwater collection devices along the top of the ship. Also, the contract with Vickers was for a ship to be constructed at a fixed contract price. It had been remarked that there was rivalry between the R.100 and R101 design teams, fuelled by comments made by Nevil Shute Norway, but recent research is contradicting the these views. As part of the original design concept, Barnes Wallis had designed the R.100 to be built from as few different parts as possible, with as few machines, to cut down the need for additional costs. The plan was to design, and build a ship to fit the planned contract.
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