Forward section of R33 airship control gondola displayed at RAF Museum Hendon. R33 class of airships were built for the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I, but completed after the war. The lead ship of class R33 (total only two-R33 and R34), built by Armstrong Whitworth, was nicknamed the “Pulham Pig”. First flew in March 1919, in 1920 demilitarised and civil registred G-FAAG. She was experimentally tested for carrying pilotless Sopwith Camel and in 1926 successfully lanched a pair of Gloster Grebes fighters. In 1928 was R33 broken up. | Rob Vogelaar