London from an Airship
Once again eBay throws up an incredible treasure – The Sphere magazine for 6 November 1920. In it is a reproduction of a painting by Alfred Egerton Cooper showing NS11 flying above London. Not only is this a fantastic work of art; it is also the first visual record we found of NS11 having flown over the capital. The original painting is now in the Cranfield University Collection. To view the painting and find out more about the artist go to London from an Airship.
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The Norfolk Heritage Centre at the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library has provided a newspaper story on the loss of NS11 from the Norfolk Chronicle of 18 July 1919. The article provides a good deal more detail than the stories in many other newspapers as well as the home addresses of each of the crew members. As well as some of he more widely-published eye-witness accounts there are also several that seen exclusive to the Norfolk Chronicle. We would like to thank the Norfolk Heritage Centre and Peter Franzen, Editor of the Eastern Daily Press and Archant Norfolk for giving us permission...
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NS11 – As Bright As Day is very much a work in progress and has been made possible by the generous and enthusiastic support of many individuals and organisations. If you have any information, records or material relating to British NS Class airships we would be very interested to hear from you – especially anyone related to members of the crew of NS11 or any airship of the class during their service with the RNAS or RAF during and beyond WWI. 
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