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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 |
Registration / Serial: | NR258Y |
Aircraft Original Type: | Hughes H-1 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hughes H-1 |
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 |
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 |
Registration / Serial: | NR258Y |
Aircraft Original Type: | Hughes H-1 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Hughes H-1 |
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 |
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 |