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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0602.PDF
18 Advertisement*. FLTGITT MARCH 23RD, 1944 LET'S RECOLLECT One of a series of reminiscences from British Aviation history which • will appear from time to time in FLIGHT and, it is hoped, prove interesting to reader A landmark in the history of travel : Passengers disembarking from a D.H.I6 (360 h.p. Rolls-Royce 'Eagle' engine) on arrival at Hounslow aerodrome on the inauguration day of the London—Paris service. LONDON TO PARIS! On August 25, 1919, the first British commercial air service — and the wor:d"s nrst daily international air service—started from London to Paris. On that day a D.H.4a of Air Transport and Travel Ltd. left Hounslow at 09.10 hrs. and arrived at Le Bourget at 11.40 hrs. It left for London again at 12.40 hrs. and landed at Hounslow at 14.45 hrs. A D.H.16 of the same company also made a return flight on that opening day. Besides passengers, some newspapers with several brace of grouse, a consignment of leather and some jars of Devonshire cream were carried on that first public air service, , In 1919 the fare to Paris was £21. Twenty years later in the Summer of 1939 the * flight from Croydon 1o Le Bourget could be made at almost any hour of the day in 75 minutes at a cost of £4 . 10. There is no public passenger service to Paris to-day and the goods delivered to Continental destinations are more substantial than they were in 1919. But when travellers and merchandise are again carried on those and longer routes the British Aviation lnsurgp#- Company will be ready to provide insurance protection for ail craft, crews, passengers and freight. In the meantime, 8.A./.C. Staff will willingly place their accumulated experience at the disposal of responsible officers of organisations interested in the post-war applications of aviation. BRITISH AVIATION INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Underwriter and Principa' Surveyor: Captain A. G. LAMPLL'CH, F.R.Ae.S. M.I.Ae.S., F.R.G.S. 3-4, LIME STREET, LONDON, E.C.3 Telephone: Mansion House 0444 6 lines). CANADA-A..C. HAWARD, 500, PLACE O'ARMES. MONTREAL
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