A Collection of U.K. Aviation Photos from 1930's

hatfield aerodrome

David,
following your fantastic pictures may I suggest the following website
http://www.dhaetsa.org.uk/dhaets/documents/101457_hatfield_aerodrome_from_the_air.pdf
it puts it in perspective.
thanks
Paul h

Irrespective of their source, it is obvious that they were posted in entirely good faith. And thank you so much for doing so, their quality and content is outstanding!

Cheers,

FC

Credit given where credit’s due. They should be all here:

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/default.aspx

Use the Search

Well done that man. Saw several of them in there.

Credit given where credit’s due. They should be all here:

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/default.aspx

Use the Search

They are – I handled these plates back in 2006 when the image archive was in its infancy. I might have scanned one or two of the Mildenhall ones above as well.

What’s your connection, David?

As I stated earlier, I recieved these photographs in an e mail and decided they were too good not to share.

The e mail stated their source as “Photos courtesy of Julio Blake Flores, Santiago, Chile.”

Regardless of source, it’s the stunning clarity of the images as presented here, that really grabs the attention.
Some truly beautiful aircraft as well.

Flight Archive

They are – I handled these plates back in 2006 when the image archive was in its infancy. I might have scanned one or two of the Mildenhall ones above as well.

What’s your connection, David?

I’m certain that these are all Flight photographs.

John

bravo………..

Yes, agree with you, Mildenhall does seem at first sight to be a strange choice.

The choice of departure field is discussed in some detail in Stuart Mackay’s excellent book Mildenhall to Melbourne The World’s Greatest Air Race. I have read it through a couple of times and no obvious reason is apparent for the choice made. A number of other airfields were considered. Hatfield was a serious contender but was ruled out because it would have cost more to set up the facilities there. Additional hangarage would have been required at Hatfield.

Another airfield considered was RAF Digby Lincolnshire. Must say “Digby to Melbourne” does not quite have the same ring as Mildenhall to Melbourne!!

Planemike

WOW,Wonderful..thankyou so much for sharing……………

Whatever their source, wonderful atmospheric photographs. Thanks David for taking the time to post them for us all to savour.

Excellent photos. Anyone know why Mildenhall was selected as the start point for the Air Race. Just seems a bit odd.

Note the hangars at Mildenhall under construction and a hand painted sign in French on the door of the hangar occupied by Grosvenor House.

Some are certainly the same pictures, (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1934/1934%20-%201117.html?search=mildenhall), but nice to see them presented like this.

Surely these images have all come from the “Flight Global” photo archive website? The Mildenhall photos look very familiar.

The D.H. Albatross must surely be the most beautiful aircraft of all time?
That is a type I would love to see a replica of.

More fantastic photos, thanks again for sharing with us.

Superb..

Definitely “Premier League” photos !!! Wonderful !!!!!

Planemike

Imperial Airways’ De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, at Croydon. Powered by four 525h.p. de Havilland Gipsy Twelve series I engines, driving D.H. constant speed airscrews which were encased in close fitting circular section nacelles culminating in perfectly matched spinners. Cooling was by means of air being led to the back of the engines from intakes in the leading edge of the wing.

De Havilland D.H.91 Albatross, G-AFDI, of Imperial Airways at Croydon. Named ‘Frobisher’, was delivered to Imperial Airways Ltd in October 1938 and became the flagship of a new ‘F’ class which carried 22 passengers and four crew.

De Havilland D.H.95 Flamingo, G-AFUE, owned by De Havilland Aircraft Co and loaned to Guernsey & Jersey Airways Ltd for proving flights between Heston, Eastleigh, Jerrsey and Guernsey. With the outbreak of war, this aircraft was impressed in RAF service and lost in a flying accident 4 October 1940.