"Goddard, Robert Victor (Oral history)". Imperial War Museum. 9 August 1973. Retrieved 12 December 2024. In the section of the interview beginning at 9:55 on reel 8, Air Marshal Victor Goddard claims that this incident occurred when Cunningham was inspecting Goddard's airship. Goddard says he told the story of the incident to other officers in the RNAS, who christened his airship "the blimp".
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