A view of the Imperial Airways Africa service from the ground
Another in the series of pictures from my father’s collection that form part of the White Water Landings story. This month is the eightieth anniversary of the launch of Centaurus, the third Empire flying boat to be brought ‘out of
To celebrate eighty years since the first Empire Flying Boat was launched, we’re hosting a Goodreads Giveaway for White Water Landings. Two copies of the paperback are available as prizes in this raffle, and you just have to be a Goodreads
The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Annual Book Fair takes place on Monday 19th September this year, at the society’s HQ near Hyde Park Corner in London. White Water Landings will be there, taking up a tiny space amongst all the big
I love the way Geoffrey got the ensign on the back of the launch in this photo of Camilla leaving Lindi. I assume it’s a red ensign – the Union flag in the top left corner and plain red for
It’s an Imperial Airways Atalanta airplane (when did aeroplane go out of the vernacular?) at Mbeya, now Tanzania, then Tangyanika. Geoffrey was sent over there as Station Superintendent in the early part of 1937 when he was stationed at Nairobi,
My visit to the Croydon Airport Museum last month enabled me to understand better the other airplanes that my father travelled on and photographed. This handsome beast is the HP42, which Geoffrey always called the Hannibal or the Heracles, and said