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Registration / Serial:G-AFCU
Aircraft Original Type:Short S.30 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S.30 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S.30 Empire
C/n (msn):S.880
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Cabot
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:8 December 1938
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Photo ID:419274Submit Correction
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Compared to the earlier S.23, the S.30 had Bristol Perseus engines giving marginally less power but better efficiency and less drag. The airframe was strengthened to allow higher take-off weights. Cabot was the second of eight S.30 flying boats built but the first to fly in December 1938. Cabot was used for in-flight refuelling trials with Harrow tankers. Impressed as V3137, she was lost in a mission to Norway in May 1940. Photo from: Flight
Registration / Serial:G-AFCU
Aircraft Version:Short S.30 Empire
C/n (msn):S.880
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:8 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-AFCU
Aircraft Original Type:Short S.30 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S.30 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S.30 Empire
C/n (msn):S.880
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Cabot
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:8 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:419274Submit Correction
View count: 618
Compared to the earlier S.23, the S.30 had Bristol Perseus engines giving marginally less power but better efficiency and less drag. The airframe was strengthened to allow higher take-off weights. Cabot was the second of eight S.30 flying boats built but the first to fly in December 1938. Cabot was used for in-flight refuelling trials with Harrow tankers. Impressed as V3137, she was lost in a mission to Norway in May 1940. Photo from: Flight
Registration / Serial:G-AFCU
Aircraft Version:Short S.30 Empire
C/n (msn):S.880
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:8 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:5 September 1937 to 27 August 1940
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Photo ID:419182Submit Correction
View count: 1141
The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite, the S.20 is rarely treated in its own right and has even been confused with the S.22 Scion Senior. The sole S.20, Mercury first flew solo on 5 September 1937 and was launched by G-ADHK Maia for the first time on 20 January 1938. When taking off solo, its gross weight was 7031 kg (15,500 lb) but launch weight from Maia was up to 12,160 kg (26,800 lb), allowing a 9728 km (6045 miles) flight to South Africa. In 1940 the aircraft was assigned to the RAF's 320 (Dutch) Sqn, but it does not seem to have been used and was scrapped in 1941. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:G-ADHJ
Aircraft Version:Short S-20
C/n (msn):S.796
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:5 September 1937 to 27 August 1940
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Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:5 September 1937 to 27 August 1940
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Photo ID:419182Submit Correction
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The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite, the S.20 is rarely treated in its own right and has even been confused with the S.22 Scion Senior. The sole S.20, Mercury first flew solo on 5 September 1937 and was launched by G-ADHK Maia for the first time on 20 January 1938. When taking off solo, its gross weight was 7031 kg (15,500 lb) but launch weight from Maia was up to 12,160 kg (26,800 lb), allowing a 9728 km (6045 miles) flight to South Africa. In 1940 the aircraft was assigned to the RAF's 320 (Dutch) Sqn, but it does not seem to have been used and was scrapped in 1941. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum
Registration / Serial:G-ADHJ
Aircraft Version:Short S-20
C/n (msn):S.796
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:5 September 1937 to 27 August 1940
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: 761
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
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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: 997
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: 997
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
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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
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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
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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: 551
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: 1321
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: 1321
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: 606
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: 606
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: 1004
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: 1004
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: 1293
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: 1293
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: 762
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: 762
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: 734
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: 734
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: 922
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: 922
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: 1676
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: 1676
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
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'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
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'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
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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
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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: 1514
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
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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: 1560
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
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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: 2054
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
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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
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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
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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