Imperial Airways Collection

The first Indian Air Mail arrives at Croydon Airport, south London, 1929, (1935). April 14 marked an advance in the history of aerial transport when the first Indian Air Mail arrived at Croydon

Imperial Airways Handley-Page HP 42 biplane Hanno, Gwadar, Baluchistan, c1931-c1940 (1946). By 1929, Imperial Airways Ltd. had pushed their regular weekly service from Great Britain to India

Imperial Airways Liner, Argosy, 1934. Creator: Unknown
Imperial Airways Liner, Argosy, 1934. The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, a three-engine biplane airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

Imperial Airways Flying Boat Scipio, 1934. Creator: C. T. Howard
Imperial Airways Flying Boat Scipio, 1934. British seaplane

Travelling By Air, September 1934, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Travelling By Air, September 1934, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and his wife Clementine (1880-1977)

Passengers boarding an Imperial Airways aircraft for a flight to Paris, c1924-c1929 (?) Artist
Passengers boarding an Imperial Airways aircraft for a flight to Paris, c1924-c1929 (?). Imperial Airways was a British airline that operated from 1924 until 1939

The four Bristol Jupiter engines of the Imperial Airways liner Scylla, c1936 (c1937). Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long distance air travel company, operating from 1924 to 1939

Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). Artist: GPO
Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). The mail is brought from London to the aerodrome in streamlined cars painted blue to distinguish the airmail

Aerial equipment on the Imperial Airways liner Hengist, c1936 (c1937). Artist: Marconis Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd
Aerial equipment on the Imperial Airways liner Hengist, c1936 (c1937). The round aerial is part of the homing radio system, one of the first aerial directional finding systems

Handley-Page W. 10 Passenger-carrying aeroplane operating on Imperial Airways, 1929
Handley-Page W.10 Passenger-carrying aeroplane operating on Imperial Airways, 1929. The W.10 was a medium-range biplane airliner designed and built by Handley Page

Short Empire flying boat Corinthian, Alexandria, Egypt, c1938-c1941. 42 Empire class flying boats were built by Short Brothers at their factory in Rochester, Kent, the first flying in 1936

Imperial Airways Ltd Ensign Air Liner, c1930s

Cabin of a De Havilland DH86B biplane, c1934 (c1937). View inside the cabin of a De Havilland DH86 Express airliner showing the ten seats upholstered in blue leather

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