Imperial Airship Scheme
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The British Imperial Airship Scheme was a project conceived in 1924 to improve communication and provide transportation between Great Britain and distant countries of the vast British Empire by establ
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Imperial Airways
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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, i
Imperial Airship Scheme
…depression, and doubts about the optimistic financial forecasts, were all factors in these decisions. Air routes to the Empire were instead pioneered by Imperial Airways starting in 1929, initially using flying boats and later landplanes. Higham, Robin. The British Rigid Airship 1908–1931 Henley-on-Thames: Foulis, 1961…
de Havilland Albatross "Frobisher" class. The Speedbird trademark, was designed in 1932
Handley Page W.8b inherited from Handley Page Transport when Imperial Airways was formed
Argosy Class "City of Glasgow"
A 1936 advertisement