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  2. Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939 - Wikipedia

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    The book begins with a map of the India to Australia route between Karachi and Singapore, operated by Imperial Airways and India Trans-Continental Airways, and east of Singapore by Qantas Empire Airways, both in association with Imperial Airways, and ends with a bibliography, but without an index. There are 74 photographs occupying the centre ...

  3. Imperial Airways - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to South Africa, India, Australia and the Far East, including Malaya and Hong Kong. Passengers were typically businessmen or colonial administrators, and most flights carried about 20 passengers or ...

  4. Kangaroo Route - Wikipedia

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    In 1935 Qantas started flying passengers to Singapore in a De Havilland 86 to connect with London-bound Imperial Airways. London to Brisbane service commenced on 13 April 1935. Imperial Airways and Qantas Empire Airways opened the 12,754-mile (20,526 km) London to Brisbane route for passengers for a single fare £195 (equivalent to $42,700 in ...

  5. Handley Page H.P.42 - Wikipedia

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    The H.P.42 was for Imperial Airways' long-range Eastern routes, while the H.P.45 was configured for shorter routes across Europe. Imperial Airways ordered four of each. Imperial Airways commonly referred to the H.P.42 as the H.P.42E (E for "Eastern" routes – India and South Africa), while the H.P.45 was referred to as the H.P.42W (W for ...

  6. Short Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Short Empire was designed to operate along the Imperial Airways routes to South Africa and Australia, where no leg was much over 500 miles (800 km). After the design of the Empire had been finalised and production had commenced, it was recognised that, with some pressure from the United States, it would be desirable to offer a similar ...

  7. Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta - Wikipedia

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    In subsequent years, Imperial Airways studied various other potential routes for the type, including to China. [20] During 1937, Imperial Airways opted to withdraw the Atalanta from its African routes. Shortly thereafter, a pair of aircraft were leased by Wilson Airways for operations in Kenya until July 1938.

  8. Cairo–Baghdad air route - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Airways de Havilland Hercules G-EBMW was used on the route. In 1926 Imperial Airways took over the route from the RAF. Using three-engined de Havilland Hercules aircraft of greater range than the Vernons, the route was extended first to Basra and then to Karachi in India, a distance of 2,500 miles, as part of an air passenger service.

  9. Air Outpost - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Airways advertisement featuring the Handley Page HP42. Sharjah was an overnight stop between Baghdad and Jodphur on the Imperial Airways Eastern Route from Croydon Airport, Croydon, United Kingdom to Eagle Farm Airport, Brisbane, Australia. It was the first British establishment on the Trucial Coast. [4]

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