R80
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R80 (airship)
The R80 was a British rigid airship, first flown on 19 July 1920 and the first fully streamlined airship to be built in Britain. Originally a military project for the British Admiralty, she was completed for commercial passenger-carrying purposes. However, R80 proved too small for this role, and after being briefly used to train the United States Navy personnel who were to crew the ill-fated ZR-2 airship she was retired, eventually being scrapped in 1925.
Development
Construction was began by Vickers in their airship shed at Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, in November 1917 to a design by Barnes Wallis and H. B. Pratt. Vickers had originally contracted to build R37, but due to a lack of vacant sheds and a war-time steel shortage preventing construction of a new larger one, the smaller shed at Walney was used instead. This had been used to build R27 and R29, and the size of the R80 was limited by the small size of the shed.
Work progressed slowly due to labour shortages, and with the end of the First World War, the future of military airships was reviewed. The Air Ministry stopped the work in the summer of 1919 as it was considered that the ship was no longer of military or commercial value. Vickers, however, continued to fit out the ship with commercial objectives in mind but the scheme unfortunately fell through. Co-designer H. B. Pratt completed a report envisaging an intercity European flight route, similar to that being run by the Zeppelin company:
R80 road
The R80 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Pretoria with Soshanguve. It is a dual carriageway freeway, with 2 or 3 lanes in each direction at different points.
It passes through the Theo Martins Gateway (Afrikaans:Theo Martins Poort), a mountain pass over the Magaliesberg mountains, and the northbound carriageway has an infamous rising hairpin bend, approaching the pass, as the freeway abruptly switches an from east-west to a south-north direction.
An interchange has been constructed that links the road with the N4 Northern Bypass, which is part of the Platinum Bakwena Toll Road.
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Kill Me In My Sleep
by: R24I’ve kept this all locked up inside,
No longer can reside.
I’m sick of you, never return
Listen, I won’t be unheard.
You’re not trustworthy
Always lying to me.
I cannot trust you.
Or ANYONE.
I’ve waited this long, to tell you, I HOPE YOU BURN!
Can’t take this anymore. I want you buried deep.
Can’t take this anymore, if this goes on, if this goes on, if this goes on, just kill me in my sleep.
You can’t tell me the truth.
Don’t know you anymore.
Gotten out of hand
This was so unplanned.
Secrets Kept.
No friends left.
Go away.
Sit and decay. X2
I know you’ve been lying.
Not even trying. Not even trying.
I know you’ve been lying.
I can’t help you, I will not help you.
I wanted to tell you I HOPE YOU BURN!
Can’t take this anymore, I want you buried deep.
Can’t take this anymore. If this goes on, If this goes on, If this goes on, if this goes on, kill me in my sleep. X3
You’re on your own.
You’re all alone.
No one can trust you.
No one will help you.
I wanted to tell you I hope you burn,
Cant Take this anymore I want you buried deep.
I’ve kept this all locked up inside,
No longer can reside.
I’m sick of you, never return
Listen, I won’t be unheard.
You’re not trustworthy
Always lying to me.
I cannot trust you.
Or ANYONE.
I’ve waited this long, to tell you, I HOPE YOU BURN!
Can’t take this anymore. I want you buried deep.
Can’t take this anymore, if this goes on, if this goes on, if this goes on, just kill me in my sleep.
You can’t tell me the truth.
Don’t know you anymore.
Gotten out of hand
This was so unplanned.
Secrets Kept.
No friends left.
Go away.
Sit and decay. X2
I know you’ve been lying.
Not even trying. Not even trying.
I know you’ve been lying.
I can’t help you, I will not help you.
I wanted to tell you I HOPE YOU BURN!
Can’t take this anymore, I want you buried deep.
Can’t take this anymore. If this goes on, If this goes on, If this goes on, if this goes on, kill me in my sleep. X3
You’re on your own.
You’re all alone.
No one can trust you.
No one will help you.
I wanted to tell you I hope you burn,
Cant Take this anymore I want you buried deep.
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