First transatlantic airship flight; first east-west transatlantic flight; development of high mooring mast
Spouse
Jessie Campbell
Awards
AFC, CBE
Aviation career
Full name
George Herbert Scott
Air force
RNAS, RAF
Battles
First World War
Major George Herbert "Lucky Breeze" Scott, CBE, AFC,[1] (25 May 1888 – 5 October 1930) was a British airship pilot and engineer. After serving in the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force during World War I, Scott went on to command the airship R34 on its return Atlantic crossing in 1919, which marked the first transatlantic flight by an airship and the first east–west transatlantic flight by an aircraft of any kind. Subsequently, he worked at the Royal Airship Works in connection with the Imperial Airship Scheme and took part in a second return Atlantic crossing, this time by the R100, in 1930. He was killed later in the year (along with 47 other people) aboard the R100's near-sister, the R101, when it crashed in northern France during a flight to India.
In addition to his achievements as an aviator, Scott made significant contributions to airship engineering, notably in the evolution of the mooring mast.
^Air Ministry (1930). "Notes on Officials and Officers". The Airship Heritage Trust. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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