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| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Maia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419015Submit Correction |
| View count: | 668 |
In another transatlantic airmail scheme, the Short-Mayo Composite devised by Robert Mayo of Imperial Airways, the modified Empire flying boat was the launch aircraft for the S.20 floatplane, G-ADHJ Mercury. The combination is seen on the River Tay at Dundee. Mercury separated from Maia over Dundee to fly 9728 km (6045 miles) to Alexander Bay in South Africa, a record distance for a seaplane. Photo from: Mary Paul / Newport History Group
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Maia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419015Submit Correction |
| View count: | 668 |
In another transatlantic airmail scheme, the Short-Mayo Composite devised by Robert Mayo of Imperial Airways, the modified Empire flying boat was the launch aircraft for the S.20 floatplane, G-ADHJ Mercury. The combination is seen on the River Tay at Dundee. Mercury separated from Maia over Dundee to fly 9728 km (6045 miles) to Alexander Bay in South Africa, a record distance for a seaplane. Photo from: Mary Paul / Newport History Group
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 239 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | ShaibahMap |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | March 1927 to August 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 418256Submit Correction |
| View count: | 821 |
G-EBMZ crashed at Jask, Iran, on September 6, 1929 after the pilot misjudged the flare during a night landing. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMZ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 239 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | ShaibahMap | Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | March 1927 to August 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 239 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | ShaibahMap |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | March 1927 to August 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 418256Submit Correction |
| View count: | 821 |
G-EBMZ crashed at Jask, Iran, on September 6, 1929 after the pilot misjudged the flare during a night landing. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMZ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 239 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | ShaibahMap | Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | March 1927 to August 1929 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers 61 Vulcan |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers 61 Vulcan |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 74 Vulcan |
| C/n (msn): | 9 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Dübendorf (LSMD)Map |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1925 to 12 July 1928 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 389837Submit Correction |
| View count: | 531 |
The Vickers 74 was a Napier Lion-engined version of the Vickers 61 Vulcan, aka the Flying Pig, and two airframes were built. G-EBLB was initially a freighter but refitted to carry eight passengers. It was the last Vulcan still flying when it crashed near Croydon on 13 July 1928. Although the aircraft was on a test flight following an engine change, there were five joyriding passengers on board and four, plus the pilot, were killed. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLB |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 74 Vulcan |
| C/n (msn): | 9 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Dübendorf (LSMD)Map | Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1925 to 12 July 1928 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers 61 Vulcan |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers 61 Vulcan |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 74 Vulcan |
| C/n (msn): | 9 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Dübendorf (LSMD)Map |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1925 to 12 July 1928 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 389837Submit Correction |
| View count: | 531 |
The Vickers 74 was a Napier Lion-engined version of the Vickers 61 Vulcan, aka the Flying Pig, and two airframes were built. G-EBLB was initially a freighter but refitted to carry eight passengers. It was the last Vulcan still flying when it crashed near Croydon on 13 July 1928. Although the aircraft was on a test flight following an engine change, there were five joyriding passengers on board and four, plus the pilot, were killed. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLB |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 74 Vulcan |
| C/n (msn): | 9 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Dübendorf (LSMD)Map | Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1925 to 12 July 1928 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADCM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2317 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Draco |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 March 1935 to 22 October 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 386783Submit Correction |
| View count: | 491 |
This short-lived Express encountered icing and was damaged beyond repair in an emergency landing in Austria on 22 October 1935.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADCM |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2317 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 March 1935 to 22 October 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADCM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2317 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Draco |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 March 1935 to 22 October 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 386783Submit Correction |
| View count: | 491 |
This short-lived Express encountered icing and was damaged beyond repair in an emergency landing in Austria on 22 October 1935.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADCM |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2317 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 March 1935 to 22 October 1935 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW743 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Artemis |
| City / Airport: | Singapore - Kallang (closed)Map |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Photo Date: | 12 June 1937 to 5 April 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 383126Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1234 |
Probably the opening of Kallang on 12 June 1937. Singapore governor Shenton Thomas was flown in from Seletar in this Atalanta, Artemis.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTJ |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW743 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Singapore - Kallang (closed)Map | Country: | Singapore |
| Photo Date: | 12 June 1937 to 5 April 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW743 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Artemis |
| City / Airport: | Singapore - Kallang (closed)Map |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Photo Date: | 12 June 1937 to 5 April 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 383126Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1234 |
Probably the opening of Kallang on 12 June 1937. Singapore governor Shenton Thomas was flown in from Seletar in this Atalanta, Artemis.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTJ |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW743 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Singapore - Kallang (closed)Map | Country: | Singapore |
| Photo Date: | 12 June 1937 to 5 April 1941 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 236 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 380998Submit Correction |
| View count: | 525 |
The protoype of the DH.66 Hercules airliner. Similar, but a bit smaller smaller and more elegant than the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, it was designed for the Cairo to Karachi route. Photograph presumably taken at Stag Lane. Photo from: De Havilland
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 236 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 236 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 380998Submit Correction |
| View count: | 525 |
The protoype of the DH.66 Hercules airliner. Similar, but a bit smaller smaller and more elegant than the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, it was designed for the Cairo to Karachi route. Photograph presumably taken at Stag Lane. Photo from: De Havilland
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBMW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 236 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| C/n (msn): | 30 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | April 1924 to March 1926 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 380080Submit Correction |
| View count: | 896 |
Six or seven DH.34s were inherited by Imperial Airways. G-EBBT was fitted with an enlarged top wing at some point as a DH.34B. Location not known - is this Croydon?
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| C/n (msn): | 30 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | April 1924 to March 1926 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBBT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| C/n (msn): | 30 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | April 1924 to March 1926 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 380080Submit Correction |
| View count: | 896 |
Six or seven DH.34s were inherited by Imperial Airways. G-EBBT was fitted with an enlarged top wing at some point as a DH.34B. Location not known - is this Croydon?
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBBT |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 34 |
| C/n (msn): | 30 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | April 1924 to March 1926 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW155 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | City of Birmingham |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 18 June 1926 to 16 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 368148Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1201 |
The second Argosy made the type's first revenue flight with Imperial Airways on the London - Paris route on 16 July 1926.
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLO |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW155 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 18 June 1926 to 16 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW155 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | City of Birmingham |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 18 June 1926 to 16 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 368148Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1201 |
The second Argosy made the type's first revenue flight with Imperial Airways on the London - Paris route on 16 July 1926.
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLO |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW155 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 18 June 1926 to 16 June 1931 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cameronian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 354025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 704 |
Sophie Petersen sure got around. Kupang (then Koepang in Dutch) in West Timor was a stop between Darwin and Singapore, a route operated by Qantas crews. The flying boat is flying a Dutch courtesy flag. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cameronian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 354025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 704 |
Sophie Petersen sure got around. Kupang (then Koepang in Dutch) in West Timor was a stop between Darwin and Singapore, a route operated by Qantas crews. The flying boat is flying a Dutch courtesy flag. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.846 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cordelia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 349692Submit Correction |
| View count: | 661 |
Built in 1937. Impressed by the RAF in 1940 as AX660 but to BOAC in 1941. Withdrawn and scrapped at Hythe in 1947 after 11,665 flying hours. Photo from: Short
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.846 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.846 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cordelia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 349692Submit Correction |
| View count: | 661 |
Built in 1937. Impressed by the RAF in 1940 as AX660 but to BOAC in 1941. Withdrawn and scrapped at Hythe in 1947 after 11,665 flying hours. Photo from: Short
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.846 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| 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 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 345645Submit Correction |
| View count: | 758 |
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
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.821 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| 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 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 345645Submit Correction |
| View count: | 758 |
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
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.821 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACJK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| Aircraft Version: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| C/n (msn): | S.769 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Syrinx |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1934 to 17 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 342066Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1538 |
The slightly crude Scylla was derived from the Kent flying boat. Syrinx was the second and final example of the type.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACJK |
| Aircraft Version: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| C/n (msn): | S.769 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1934 to 17 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACJK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| Aircraft Version: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| C/n (msn): | S.769 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Syrinx |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1934 to 17 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 342066Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1538 |
The slightly crude Scylla was derived from the Kent flying boat. Syrinx was the second and final example of the type.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ACJK |
| Aircraft Version: | Short L.17 Scylla |
| C/n (msn): | S.769 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1934 to 17 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABLU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 618 Ten |
| Licence-built by: | Avro |
| C/n (msn): | 528 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Iraq Petroleum Transport Company |
| Aircraft Name: | Apollo |
| City / Airport: | Ramla (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 336924Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1005 |
'Refuelling at Ramla.' Roger Mollard with his Avro Ten, a licence-built Fokker F.VIIb/3m. Aircraft returned by the Iraq Petroleum Transport Company to regular Imperial Airways service in 1933. Hit a tall VLF radio mast at Ruiselede, Belgium on 30 December 1933 and all ten people on board lost their lives. Photo from: Library of Congress
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABLU |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 618 Ten |
| C/n (msn): | 528 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Iraq Petroleum Transport Company |
| City / Airport: | Ramla (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABLU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.VII |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 618 Ten |
| Licence-built by: | Avro |
| C/n (msn): | 528 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Iraq Petroleum Transport Company |
| Aircraft Name: | Apollo |
| City / Airport: | Ramla (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 336924Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1005 |
'Refuelling at Ramla.' Roger Mollard with his Avro Ten, a licence-built Fokker F.VIIb/3m. Aircraft returned by the Iraq Petroleum Transport Company to regular Imperial Airways service in 1933. Hit a tall VLF radio mast at Ruiselede, Belgium on 30 December 1933 and all ten people on board lost their lives. Photo from: Library of Congress
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABLU |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 618 Ten |
| C/n (msn): | 528 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Iraq Petroleum Transport Company |
| City / Airport: | Ramla (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABFC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-17 Kent |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-17 Kent |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-17 Kent |
| C/n (msn): | S.760 |
| Operator Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| Aircraft Name: | Satyrus |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1931 to 30 June 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 336887Submit Correction |
| View count: | 972 |
Only three examples were built of the four-engined Short Kent, needed because the three-engined Calcutta could not effectively fly from Crete to Alexandria without a stop in Italian colonial territory in Tobruk. Photo by: Charles E Brown
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABFC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-17 Kent |
| C/n (msn): | S.760 |
| Operator Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1931 to 30 June 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABFC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-17 Kent |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-17 Kent |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-17 Kent |
| C/n (msn): | S.760 |
| Operator Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| Aircraft Name: | Satyrus |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1931 to 30 June 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 336887Submit Correction |
| View count: | 972 |
Only three examples were built of the four-engined Short Kent, needed because the three-engined Calcutta could not effectively fly from Crete to Alexandria without a stop in Italian colonial territory in Tobruk. Photo by: Charles E Brown
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABFC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-17 Kent |
| C/n (msn): | S.760 |
| Operator Titles: | (Imperial Airways) |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1931 to 30 June 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADSR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign 1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW1156 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Ensign |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 February 1938 to 3 September 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 336877Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1390 |
Another photo of the prototype of the large Ensign airliner, a type that the Brits seem to have had high hopes for just before World War II. It was not a long-range aircraft. Photo from: Armstrong Whitworth
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADSR |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign 1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW1156 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 February 1938 to 3 September 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADSR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign 1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW1156 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Ensign |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 February 1938 to 3 September 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 336877Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1390 |
Another photo of the prototype of the large Ensign airliner, a type that the Brits seem to have had high hopes for just before World War II. It was not a long-range aircraft. Photo from: Armstrong Whitworth
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADSR |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.27 Ensign 1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW1156 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown Region, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 February 1938 to 3 September 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABKY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1936 to 10 August 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 336861Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1432 |
The Vellox airliner was developed from the Vickers Vellore, a cargo and mail aircraft which in its original form was single-engined. Comfortable accomodation for ten passengers was provided but Imperial Airways only used the sole Vellox as a nocturnal mailplane while testing Lorenz blind landing equipment. It crashed after a few months in service in August 1936. Four-blade propellers are fitted here.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABKY |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1936 to 10 August 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABKY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1936 to 10 August 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 336861Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1432 |
The Vellox airliner was developed from the Vickers Vellore, a cargo and mail aircraft which in its original form was single-engined. Comfortable accomodation for ten passengers was provided but Imperial Airways only used the sole Vellox as a nocturnal mailplane while testing Lorenz blind landing equipment. It crashed after a few months in service in August 1936. Four-blade propellers are fitted here.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABKY |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 212 Vellox |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1936 to 10 August 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW154 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | City of Glasgow |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 317290Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1948 |
The first Argosy in its later silvery paint job.
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLF |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW154 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [biplane] |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW154 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | City of Glasgow |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 317290Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1948 |
The first Argosy in its later silvery paint job.
| Registration / Serial: | G-EBLF |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | AW154 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1929 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.816 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Capella |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 314622Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1126 |
In 1937, Imperial Airways rented some of the Supermarine buildings at Hythe for the maintenance of the new Empire flying boats. G-ADUY Capella was damaged beyond repair at Batavia (Jakarta) in 1939, see other photo. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUY |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.816 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.816 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Capella |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 314622Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1126 |
In 1937, Imperial Airways rented some of the Supermarine buildings at Hythe for the maintenance of the new Empire flying boats. G-ADUY Capella was damaged beyond repair at Batavia (Jakarta) in 1939, see other photo. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUY |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.816 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW742 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Atalanta |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 313555Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1141 |
Somewhere in Africa. This was not the first AW.15 but the 'lead ship' name Atalanta was transferred to this aircraft following a mishap involving G-ABPI.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTI |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW742 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW742 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Atalanta |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 313555Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1141 |
Somewhere in Africa. This was not the first AW.15 but the 'lead ship' name Atalanta was transferred to this aircraft following a mishap involving G-ABPI.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTI |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW742 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | 1933 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW744 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Athena |
| City / Airport: | Lyon - Bron (LFLY / LYN)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 26 September 1932 to 29 September 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 313061Submit Correction |
| View count: | 921 |
Athena in Lyon. This aircraft was lost in a hangar fire in Delhi in 1936.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTK |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW744 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Lyon - Bron (LFLY / LYN)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 26 September 1932 to 29 September 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW744 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Athena |
| City / Airport: | Lyon - Bron (LFLY / LYN)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 26 September 1932 to 29 September 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 313061Submit Correction |
| View count: | 921 |
Athena in Lyon. This aircraft was lost in a hangar fire in Delhi in 1936.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ABTK |
| Aircraft Version: | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta |
| C/n (msn): | AW744 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Lyon - Bron (LFLY / LYN)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 26 September 1932 to 29 September 1936 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |