tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post1363135340310910017..comments2024-03-17T09:11:00.390-04:00Comments on Toronto Then and Now: # 25 ~ His Majesty's Airship R100 Over Toronto, Then and NowRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813036591019788715noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-15664288807107934482017-04-26T21:55:31.249-04:002017-04-26T21:55:31.249-04:00Does anyone know where I can get a high res image ...Does anyone know where I can get a high res image of the airship flying over the Toronto skyline from the harbour? I have tried Toronto Archives and Harbour Commission Archives and they do not have it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15631823369738419128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-14605907491881607692016-10-04T21:08:31.880-04:002016-10-04T21:08:31.880-04:00My grandmother always spoke about looking out her ...My grandmother always spoke about looking out her hospital window and seeing the Hindenberg fly over Ottawa. I began to research the Hindenberg routes to see if I could figure out when this might have been and why she was in hospital. Of course, I soon discovered the Hindenberg never made it to Ottawa, but the R100 did! In fact, my grandmother must have been in hospital recovering from giving birth to my mother on August 7, 1930 a few days before the R100 flew over Ottawa. Either she just thought she'd seen the Hindenberg or her account was garbled in later years. Thanks for clearing up this family story.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07713942867241761886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-57530776234870088682015-10-29T10:17:35.779-04:002015-10-29T10:17:35.779-04:00I am about to publish THE AIRSHIPMEN a novel surro...I am about to publish THE AIRSHIPMEN a novel surrounding the 1920-1930 British Airship Program which I believe your readers will find interesting. It should be available on Amazon during the next two weeks. david of Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169494740129388683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-19574994577009079452013-09-17T01:57:19.701-04:002013-09-17T01:57:19.701-04:00The Hindenburg never flew to Toronto, if they did ...The Hindenburg never flew to Toronto, if they did see an airship it was likely the R-100. It is also not sensible to think they would be afraid to see a swastika in 1936-37 Germany was not our enemy and the swastika was considered a benign if not lucky symbol even in Canada were numerous sports teams used it as there emblam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernie_SwastikasIan Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262776801522439960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-91677519882661552572012-07-10T09:58:34.310-04:002012-07-10T09:58:34.310-04:00Thanks for your comments! Interesting how memorie...Thanks for your comments! Interesting how memories blend over time. Maybe he read a story about the other one.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813036591019788715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-3160587507025670572012-03-17T07:52:26.926-04:002012-03-17T07:52:26.926-04:00P.s. he also told me it exploded. Clearly memory h...P.s. he also told me it exploded. Clearly memory has gotten embellished over time. I live in Nepean near Ottawa, not Toronto.NorthStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108527566882215819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-50918545816677125922012-03-17T07:50:09.750-04:002012-03-17T07:50:09.750-04:00I was chatting with an old fellow in mcDonald'...I was chatting with an old fellow in mcDonald's this morning. He told me he lived on Concord St. just off Bloor, as a boy and he said he was born in 1929. He remembers being out in their narrow yet long back yard, and suddenly his mother grabbed him and clutched him to her chest. There was an airship going over, in Toronto. He remembers it being huge, and he told me it had a swastika on it.<br />Well, I googled this just now when I got home. And thank you for your informative site.NorthStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108527566882215819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316604154163888979.post-65676442828330556822011-08-11T19:06:11.277-04:002011-08-11T19:06:11.277-04:00Wow! I didn't know this.Wow! I didn't know this.Teena in Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875608173791872449noreply@blogger.com