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1930
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FLIGHT, JANUARY 3, 1930 ODDMINTS 3UR second set of " oddments " begin with the " Thamesas an airport," showing a photograph of the Vickers" Viking " amphibian flying boat immediately after had alighted on the Thames at Westminster in February, 1921. The manoeuvre was in the nature of an experiment, to ascertain if it were possible to operate an air service direct to and from the Thames. Below this picture we have a photograph recalling the extraordinary series of Royal Air Force Displays which have been held annually at Hendon Aerodrome since 1920. On the right we show two recent events of importance. The uppermost concerns the inauguration of the first Imperial Air Route, when, on December 27, 1926, Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air, accompanied by Lady Maud Hoare, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, Mr. C. L. Bullock, and others, set out for India in a DH. " Hercules " (three Bristol " Jupiters ") piloted by Capt. F. L. Barnard. The journey was successfully accomplished, Karachi being reached on January 6, 1927. Our photo was taken just before the start. The second event depicts a glorious British failHre. It shows the Hawker " Horsley " machine (Rolls Royce " Condor") piloted by Fit. Lieut. Carr, accompanied by Fit. Lieut. Mackworth, shortly after leaving Cranwell on the second attempt at a world's long-distance non-stop record flight towards India. Shortly after the photo was taken oil trouble developed, and a hurried but wonderfully successful landing was made at Martlesham. Below is a line up of the Imperial Airways fleet of airlines on the occasion of the visit of the Dominion Representatives to Croydon in October, 1926. FLIGHT Photos.] 61
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