Aircraft Photo of G-ADVD | Short S-23 Empire | Imperial Airways

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-ADVD
Aircraft Original Type:	Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:	Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:	Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):	S.821
Operator Titles:	Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:	Challenger

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:	Israel
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	345645

Photo Comment
Mt Hermon looms in the background on a clear day. From 1931 Imperial Airways flying boats alighted on the Sea of Galilee at Tiberias, initially connecting with a landplane at the nearby Samak airfield. With the introduction of the S.23 the flying boats flew all the way between Southampton and Singapore. This aircraft, Challenger, also carried out the first through service to Sydney in July 1937. It crashed off Lumbo in Mozambique on 1 May 1939. Photo from: Library of Congress This photo was added on 18 March 2021, and has since been viewed 880 times.

Photo Comment

Mt Hermon looms in the background on a clear day. From 1931 Imperial Airways flying boats alighted on the Sea of Galilee at Tiberias, initially connecting with a landplane at the nearby Samak airfield. With the introduction of the S.23 the flying boats flew all the way between Southampton and Singapore. This aircraft, Challenger, also carried out the first through service to Sydney in July 1937. It crashed off Lumbo in Mozambique on 1 May 1939. Photo from: Library of Congress

This photo was added on 18 March 2021, and has since been viewed 880 times.

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