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
Picture Prompt | Midday in Mbeya
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,
Picture Prompt – Land planes
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
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Most enjoyable symposium #flyingthirties
The ‘Flying through the Thirties’ Symposium at the weekend was extremely enjoyable. The speakers ranged from the literary evidence for ‘air-mindedness’, through art and film representations of flying, to aspects of the wider impact of the pioneers of flight on society
Picture Prompt – Croydon Airport
Since I’ll be going to the “Flying Through the ’30s” Symposium organised by the Croydon Airport Society and UCL this month, I thought I’d look at Geoffrey’s experiences as a Commercial Trainee at Croydon. I think the biplane on the left