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Registration / Serial:G-AERN
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 89 Dragon Rapide
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 89 Dragon Rapide (Dominie)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 89A Dragon Rapide
C/n (msn):6345
Operator Titles:West Coast Air Services
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:741741Submit Correction
View count: 185
This airline was founded in 1933 as Blackpool & West Coast Air Services, but shortened its name to West Coast Air Services a few years later. This aircraft survived WW2 and registered in Spain as EC-AKO on 1 December 1954 to Ignacio Soler de la Riva; operated by Aeromar, Barcelona. After retirement from use it was stored. Found in a barn in 1998 it was acquired by Museo de l'Air, Cuatro Vientos. Restored to display standards (2002-2004); painted in Spanish Republican camouflage as "40-1".
Registration / Serial:G-AERN
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 89A Dragon Rapide
C/n (msn):6345
Operator Titles:West Coast Air Services
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Registration / Serial:G-AERN
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 89 Dragon Rapide
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 89 Dragon Rapide (Dominie)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 89A Dragon Rapide
C/n (msn):6345
Operator Titles:West Coast Air Services
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
Photo ID:741741Submit Correction
View count: 185
This airline was founded in 1933 as Blackpool & West Coast Air Services, but shortened its name to West Coast Air Services a few years later. This aircraft survived WW2 and registered in Spain as EC-AKO on 1 December 1954 to Ignacio Soler de la Riva; operated by Aeromar, Barcelona. After retirement from use it was stored. Found in a barn in 1998 it was acquired by Museo de l'Air, Cuatro Vientos. Restored to display standards (2002-2004); painted in Spanish Republican camouflage as "40-1".
Registration / Serial:G-AERN
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 89A Dragon Rapide
C/n (msn):6345
Operator Titles:West Coast Air Services
City / Airport:Hatfield (EGTH / HTF) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:Gordon Riley Collection
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:139036Submit Correction
View count: 2215
Flown - and crash-landed - by Howard Hughes himself, his H-1 took the world speed record for landplanes to 567 km/h (352 mph) on 13 September 1935. Oddly the Macchi MC.72 floatplane was very much faster at 709 km/h (441 mph). Photo by: John Underwood / Glendale Public Library
Registration / Serial:NR258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:139036Submit Correction
View count: 2215
Flown - and crash-landed - by Howard Hughes himself, his H-1 took the world speed record for landplanes to 567 km/h (352 mph) on 13 September 1935. Oddly the Macchi MC.72 floatplane was very much faster at 709 km/h (441 mph). Photo by: John Underwood / Glendale Public Library
Registration / Serial:NR258Y
Aircraft Version:Hughes H-1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Glendale - Grand Central (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:January 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive