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On october the fourth, 1930, a 777 foot long airship, the largest thing that had ever flown, larger than the titanic by volume was about to take off on a trip from london to india. As part of a scheme hatched by the British Empire to connect the farflung pieces of the empire, it was a moonshot. A scheme you call it, one of your chapters is titled is dreams and imperial vision . S. C. Gwynne a nice combination of all of them, airships as it turns out were competing with airplanes in the early century, starting in the first decade. Nobody really knew what was going to be the future of aviation b...

On october the fourth, 1930, a 777 foot long airship, the largest thing that had ever flown, larger than the titanic by volume was about to take off on a trip from london to india. As part of a scheme hatched by the British Empire to connect the farflung pieces of the empire, it was a moonshot. A scheme you call it, one of your chapters is titled is dreams and imperial vision . S. C. Gwynne a nice combination of all of them, airships as it turns out were competing with airplanes in the early century, starting in the first decade. Nobody really knew what was going to be the future of aviation b...

both sides kept their word. >> i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. >> can both parties claim victory? i'll talk to democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and mike rounds of south dakota. plus, a crowded field. former vice president mike pence, former new jersey chris christie, and north dakota's governor are all set to officially announce their 2024 bid this week. meanwhile, the 2024 gop front-runners, ron desantis and donald trump begin to attack each other. donald trump, attack each other. >> he used to say how great florida was. his whole family mov...

a full report from idaho is just ahead. biden intends to visit the southern border for the first time since he left office. take a look at what biden said in the past about the border visit and the common sense department is wondering what changed. we begin in the nation's capital where they adjourn without electing a speaker for a second straight day. kevin cork is live in dc with the latest. >> three more failed votes today. a round of closed door talks to boot. and congressman-elect kevin mccarthy looks no closer to securing the speakership -- that's speaker of the house, if you h...

Went up in flames killing more people and destroyed 7 years later. Author sc gwynne opened book in england on october 4th, 1930, what was happening there that day . Well, in october 4th, 1930 a 770foot long air ship, largest thing that had ever flown, inow fact, something larger than the titanic by volume is about to take off from one trip in india as part of a scheme hatched by the british empire. It was for its they it was kind of a moon shot. A moon shot, a scheme that you call it. One of your chapters is called pipe dreams and imperial vision. How much was this airship . Actually a nice co...