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de Havilland Giant Moth |
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1930-30 G-AAEV (wrecked
1930) crashed in Northern Rhodesia 2 weeks after hand over. |
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(above) de Havilland Giant Moth |
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de Havilland Hercules |
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1926-35 City of Cairo
(wrecked 1931), City of Delhi (to SAAF 1934), City of Bagdhad
(withdrawn 1933), City of Jerusalem, City of Tehran, City of
Basra (to SAAF 1934), City of Karachi (withdrawn 1935), City
of Jodhpur (sold) and City of Cape Town (sold) |
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(above and below) City of Karachi |
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(above) de Havilland DH66 Hercules |
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de
Havilland DH.86 |
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Diana class 12 1934-41
Daedalus (burned 1938), Danae, Dardanus, Delia (wrecked 1941),
Delphinus, Demeter, Denebola, Dido, Dione, Dorado, Draco (wrecked
1935), and Dryad (sold 1938) All surviving aircraft impressed
in 1941 |
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(above & below)
de Havilland DH86. (Delia
in 1938) |
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(below) DH86 Delphinius.1937. |
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de Havilland Albatross
DH.91 |
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Frobisher class 7 1938-43
Faraday (impressed 1940), Franklin (impressed 1940), Frobisher
(destroyed 1940), Falcon (scrapped 1943), Fortuna (crashed 1943),
Fingal (crashed 1940) and Fiona (scrapped 1943). 1 used as long
range mail carrier |
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(above and below) de Havilland 'Albatross' DH91 |
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( below) DH91 Frobisher. |
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Desoutter IB |
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1933-35 G-ABMW Air-taxi
No 6 |
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(above) Desoutter Mk1 |
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Handley Page O/10 |
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1924-24 G-EATH ex-Handley
Page Transport but never used |
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(above) Handley Page HP 0/10 |
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Handley Page W8b |
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1924-32 Princess Mary
(wrecked 1928), Prince George (retired 1929) and Prince Henry
(retired 1932) ex-Handley Page Transport |
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(above) Prince George |
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(below) Princess Mary. |
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(below) Prince Henry |
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(below)Princess Mary. 1924 |
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Handley Page W8f |
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1924-30 City of Washington
(wrecked 1930) |
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(above) Handley Page W8f |
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Handley Page W8g Hamilton |
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(above) Handley Page W8g Hamilton |
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Handley
Page W9a Hampstead |
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1926-29 City of New York
(sold 1929) |
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(above) Handley Page W9a |
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Handley Page W10 |
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1926-33 City of Melbourne
(sold 1933), City of Pretoria (sold 1933), City of London (crashed
1926) and City of Ottawa (crashed 1929). |
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(above) Handley Page W10 |
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Short L.17 Scylla |
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1934-40 Scylla (wrecked
1940) and Syrinx (scrapped 1940) Landplane version of Kent, replacement
for lost H.P.42s. |
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(above and below) Short Scylla. 1936 |
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(above) Overhauling the Short Scylla |
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(below) Short Syrinx 1934 |
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Vickers Vanguard |
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1926-29 G-EBCP (wrecked
1929) on loan from Air Ministry for evaluation |
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(above) Vickers Vanguard |
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Aircraft
Type - Number - Period - Names - Notes |
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Vickers
Vellox |
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1934-36 G-ABKY (wrecked
1936) cargo/experimental flights. Crashed at Croydon in August
killing pilots and two wireless operators. |
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(above) Vickers Vellox |
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Vickers Vimy Commercial |
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1924-25 City of London
(wrecked 1925) ex-Instone Air Line |
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(above) Vickers Vimy Commercial |
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Vickers
Vulcan |
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1924-28 G-EBLB/City of
Brussels (wrecked 1928), G-EBFC (withdrawn 1924 unused), G-EBEK
(loaned from Air Ministry for 1925 Empire Exhibition Display. |
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(below) Vickers Vulcan |
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Westland IV and Wessex |
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1931-37 G-AAGW, G-ABEG
(wrecked 1936), G-ACHI 2 leased to other operators. IV (G-AAGW)
upgraded to Wessex. |
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(above and below) Westland Wessex. (1929 above). |
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