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Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, ... Industrial troubles with the pilots delayed the start of services until 26 April 1924, ...
Captain Charles Francis Wolley-Dod OBE (25 August 1892 – 15 or 16 March 1937) was a British pilot and aviation executive. He was one of Imperial Airways' early pilots and later became their European manager. Imperial was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939, and Wolley-Dod developed several of their ...
On 31 March 1924, Instone Air Line merged with Daimler Airway, Handley Page Transport, and British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd to form Imperial Airways, and Barnard was appointed chief pilot of the new organisation. [11] He made many notable flights with celebrities of the period, such as route-proving flights to Egypt and India. [12]
Kelly-Rogers was 22 when he left the sea and joined the RAF.In 1937 he quit the RAF for the growing commercial sector of aviation. He joined the fledgling airline, Imperial Airways, soon to become British Overseas Airways Corporation.
Pages in category "Imperial Airways" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Athelstan Rendall (pilot) S. Frank Searle (businessman)
On the fifth day of the enquiry, managing director of Imperial Airways Colonel Frank Searle gave evidence that Imperial Airways pilots had absolute discretion to refuse to fly any aircraft if, in their opinion, the aircraft was unfit for flight for whatever reason. He stated that the petrol pipe supplied by Petro-Flex to Imperial Airways was of ...
The Calcutta biplane flying boat originated from an Imperial Airways requirement to service the Mediterranean legs of its services to and from India. Derived from the Short Singapore military flying boat, the Calcutta was noteworthy for being the first British stressed skin, metal-hulled flying boat but was preceded by the German Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV.
Handley Page H.P.42. In 1928, Imperial Airways invited submissions from the British aviation industry for a replacement of its de Havilland Hercules and Armstrong Whitworth Argosy landplane airliners for use on its major long distance routes across the Empire.