Airways Collection (page 25)

Swissair Aeroplane at Zurich Airport, 1936
Photograph of a Swissair aeroplane, of a type used between London and Zurich in 1936, seen at Zurich Airport. Winter flights between Croydon Airport

SHORT CALEDONIA
One of the new generation of monoplane flying boats which will replace the stately old biplanes, this will be used by Imperial Airways on long distance passenger routes

Handley Page Hannibal
With the near-identical HP42W (= western, i.e. European) Heracles, the stately HP42E (= eastern) Hannibal class are the flagships of Imperial Airways on routes to India etc

Boulton Paul Britomart
A clumsy, old-fashioned- looking twin engine biplane, used by Imperial Airways for feeder line and general charter work

AVRO 652
Originally designed as a light transport for Imperial Airways, this twin-engine monoplane will be modified as the Anson reconnaissance aircraft widely used in WW2

Boarding at Gatwick
Passengers boarding a British United Airways (BUA) aeroplane on one of the runways at London Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England

Boarding at Croydon
Boarding an Imperial Airways air-liner at Croydon, destination Paris

Flying to Paris
On board an Imperial Airways air-liner from Croydon, destination Paris Date: 1926

Lindberghs at New York
Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his wife before they set out from New York to Columbus, the first leg of their inspection tour of trans-continental airways

Off to Paris by Air
An intrepid lady passenger at Croydon steps into the cabin of an Imperial Airways Continental Air Express, bound for Paris

Landing at Schipol
An Armstrong Whitworth Argosy of Imperial Airways prepares to land at Schipol, the airport of Amsterdam

Passengers in Argosy
Passengers comfortably installed in an Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy air liner from Croydon to continental Europe

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