Historical 1930s Civil

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De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAXJ.

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De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAXJ.

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De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAXJ.

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De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAXJ.

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De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAXJ.

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De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, G-AAZV, named Jason II by Amy Johnson

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Amy Johnsons return from Australia Aug 1930

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Amy Johnson's return from Australia after he record breaking flioght, Aug 1930.

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Loening Amphibian, NC9159 visiting Britain.

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Loening Amphibian, NC9159 visiting Britain.

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De Havilland D.H.95 Flamingo, G-AFUE, owned by De Havilland Aircraft Co and loaned to Guernsey & Jersey Airways Ltd for proving flights between Heston, Eastleigh, Jerrsey and Guernsey. With the outbreak of war, this aircraft was impressed in RAF service and lost in a flying accident 4 October 1940.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:40 GMT

De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, at Croydon. It was an all-wood cantilever monoplane having a long, tapering fuselage of circular cross section. The tail unit was also cantilever with fins mounted as end plates, an improvement on the original twin strutted fins carrying horn balanced rudders.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:39 GMT

De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, of Imperial Airways at Croydon. The sleek profile of the nacelles for each D.H. Gipsy Twelve inverted V-type engines is shown to good effect.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:38 GMT

De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, climbing out from Croydon over the River Thames, Battersea power station and pre-war London.

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The prototype passenger-carrying de Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, Frobisher, approaching Croydon. The all-wood constructed aircraft made it's first service flight when flown to Paris by Captain J.J. Percy in 53 minutes on 25th November 1938.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:37 GMT

De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, shortly after take-off. This aircraft was destroyed in an air raid at Whitchurch, Bristol on 20 December 1940

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:36 GMT

De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, climbing out over Hyde Park from Croydon Airport. At the outbreak of war in 1939, the Albatross fleet was evacuated first to Bramcote, Warwickshire and then to Whitchurch, Bristol. This aircraft was destroyed in an air raid at Whitchurch, on 20 December 1940.

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Imperial Airways' De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, at Croydon. Powered by four 525h.p. de Havilland Gipsy Twelve series I engines, driving D.H. constant speed airscrews which were encased in close fitting circular section nacelles culminating in perfectly matched spinners. Cooling was by means of air being led to the back of the engines from intakes in the leading edge of the wing.

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De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, of Imperial Airways at Croydon. Named 'Frobisher', was delivered to Imperial Airways Ltd in October 1938 and became the flagship of a new 'F' class which carried 22 passengers and four crew.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:30 GMT

Aircraft arrive at the 1936 International Rallye, Lympne.

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A German display pilot thrills the crowd by flying Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz, D-ETIS inverted at low level, Lympne International Rallye, 1936.

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An aerial view of the International Rallye at Lympne, 1936. Amongst the many British registered aircraft are examples from Belgium (OO-ALL), Germany and India.

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Short S.22 Scion Senior, G-AECU, was a ten-seater powered with four Pobjoy Niagara III engines. In its seaplane configuration, it represented the half-scale configuration of the Empire flying-boat. After flying for the Iraq Petroleum Transport Co, this aircraft was impressed into service by the RAF in 1942 as HK868. It never returned from a flight on 22 September 1943.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:22 GMT

Vintage even for 1936 is this Caudron G.3 tainer, OO-ELA. It is being escorted from above by Caudron 630, OO-TSF. The Caudron G.3 was used in World War I by the French and both the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This example was brought to Britain in 1936 by Ken Walter and still survives today, displayed in the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.

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The Fw 44 quickly turned out to be Focke-Wulf's first commercial success. Here one of the German crew of Fw 44, D-ETIS, relaxes before it's turn to fly before the crowd at the 1936 Lympne International Rally.

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Maverick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:21 GMT

On the occasion of the International Rally at Lympne in the summer of 1936, playwright Noel Coward, right, relaxes on the 'Flight' stand.

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Weir W-3 autogyro with direct rotor drive shaft at Glasgow.