Short Scylla
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The Short L.17 Scylla was a British four-engined 39-seat biplane airliner designed and built by Short Brothers at the request of Imperial Airways to supplement the Handley Page H.P.42 fleet already in
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Scylla with distinctive Flettner type tab visible on the rudder
Handley Page H.P.42
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The Handley Page H.P.42 and H.P.45 were four-engine biplane airliners designed and manufactured by British aviation company Handley Page, based in Radlett, Hertfordshire. They held the distinction of
Short Scylla
…Scylla was a British four-engined 39-seat biplane airliner designed and built by Short Brothers at the request of Imperial Airways to supplement the Handley Page H.P.42 fleet already in service after Handley Page quoted an excessive price for two additional H.P.42s. They were ordered in 1933. Imperial Airways used the…
Handley Page H.P.42 G-AAUD Hanno
Hanno ready for takeoff
H.P.42 G-AAXF Helena at Paris–Le Bourget Airport, May 1932
Refuelling Hanno at Samakh, Tiberias, Palestine, October 1931.