A view of the Imperial Airways Africa service from the ground
Running through ideas for more voice recordings, I thought the description of the acceptance testing would be of interest. The first three Empire Flying Boats Only one flying boat had been through the acceptance testing and flown – Canopus ADHL,
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
It seems strange to think that eighty years ago there weren’t any C class flying boats in existence. I’m hoping to find that some of the air museums might have noticed that this is the anniversary of the first to
This is a picture of Empire flying boat G-AEUC, Corinna, at the Rejaf landing area, Juba. Since independence (July 9th, 2011), Juba is now capital of South Sudan. It’s one of my early scans, at the actual size of the