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With the end of the First World War, economic depression and changes in Treasury policy, the early years of airship production were full of uncertainty. A number of airship contracts were cancelled, hampering the construction of the R38 and disrupting life in general at the Cardington works.
Airship ambitions were revived in the mid 1920s when the Imperial Airship Scheme was devised and requirements for a ship that could carry 200 military troops or 5 fighter craft were outlined. A race between public and private industry was announced and whilst the R101 was constructed by the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, its rival ship, the R100, was built by a privately funded design team led by Barnes Wallis. More
