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It is for use by Imperial Airways. Chocks are removed from the wheels. The plane moves off along the airfield. Shots of the large four engined aeroplane flying overhead. Nice shots as it comes in to land after maiden flight. Mr Handley-Page stands with a small group of dignitaries and says a few words about the aircraft.
October 10 – United Air Lines Trip 23, a Boeing 247, exploded in mid-air over Chesterton, Indiana, United States, in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board were killed. December 30 – In the 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash in Belgium, an Avro Ten struck a radio mast, killing all 10 on board.
Handley Page W.8b inherited from Handley Page Transport when Imperial Airways was formed. Imperial Airways was created against a background of stiff competition from French and German airlines that enjoyed heavy government subsidies and following the advice of the government's Hambling Committee (formally known as the C.A.T Subsidies Committee) under Sir Herbert Hambling. [2]
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
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.
28 March 1933 - An Imperial Airways Argosy crashes near Diksmuide following an onboard fire suspected to be the first case of aerial sabotage. All 12 passengers and 3 crew were killed. 30 December 1933 - An Avro Ten operated by Imperial Airways crashes on a radio mast of Belradio at Ruysselede killing all 8 passengers and 2 crew.
The 1929 Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 crash happened on 17 June 1929 when Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT suffered an engine failure and subsequently ditched in the English Channel off Dungeness with the loss of seven lives. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled flight from Croydon to Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France.
December 24 – Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBX crashes at Purley, Surrey, in the United Kingdom, shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, killing all eight people on board. It is Imperial Airways ' first fatal accident, and as a result of a public inquiry into the disaster Croydon Airport is expanded to absorb almost all of ...