I notice that the library in Lewes, East Sussex has both on microfiche. I guess it would depend on copyright whether they would be prepared to make copies?
The airliner looks like an early civil version of the Fw 200 Condor. It does have 4 engines but that’s not too clear in the film given the quality and fleeting shot. Some great footage in there though 🙂
Avro Aircraft since 1908 has this, AA (not sure if it adds any more to what you already know) –
C724/AY, 7.5.19, G.W., 9.24 Lady U. Beecham, Hendon; 5.25 Liverpool Av. Co., 4.26 Southern Counties Av. Co. “Jake ” Brooklands; 10.26 F. G. Miles, Shoreham; 4.27 L. J. Skytrips Ltd.; 7.30 L.R.G. Errington, Bekesbourne, crashed 1931
G-EBWF, 21.3.28, L. J. Skytrips Ltd., 5.29 Alliston Av. Co., scrapped at Hornchurch, Essex 12.32
G-EBZA, 13.7.28, L. J. Skytrips Ltd., 8.30 L. R. G. Errington, s.o.r.12.31
In 1963 several Avro 504Ks survived in the U.K. in military markings. D7560, fitted with the wings of E3104, property of the Science Museum, London, was on permanent exhibition until stored in 1939
Yes, searchable by date if you know the year or particular issue you want. Obviously not the complete Flight Archive but it seems to run to over 1000 issues.
Hi AA. Avro Aircraft since 1908 has this to say on the 504K Mk IIs –
The Avro 504K Mk. II was shelved but in 1935 four ex R.A.F. Avro S04N airframes, long stored at Croydon, were brought out and converted into joyriding three seaters with 130 h.p. Clerget engines. They were therefore equivalent to the Avro 504K Mk. II of 11 years previously, differing from the prototype only in the type of engine, rounded sides, untapered ailerons, absence of wing tip skids and fuel tankage. The 1935 machines had one 18 gallon tank under the port upper wing root in the manner of the Mongoose powered civil Avro S04N instead of the slim centre section tank of the prototype. They were registered G-ADGB, ‘GC, ‘GM and ‘GN but work on G-ADGC was not completed. The other three endured one season’s joyriding at Camber Sands, Sussex, with Zenith Airways, although ‘GM and ‘GN were nominally owned by Aircraft and Autos Ltd. and Aviation Commerce Ltd. of Croydon respectively. None flew after 1935 except ‘GM which was acquired by Brooklands Aviation Ltd. for joyriding at Shoreham. In the wintcr it was employed on school work at Brooklands and was destroyed there in a hangar fire on October 24, 1936.
It sounds like ‘GC never flew with Zenith.
January 30, 2020 at 10:00 am
in reply to: Seafire#786176
Hi Longshot, I’ve put a newspaper report of the landing below (hopefully it’s readable. Please excuse the old tape marks!). As TonyT says the “stony ground” was, I think, part of a buried wall. Iirc, there was also a mention that the ever-present rabbits may have been at work in that area. Whatever the cause, the situation was very well handled with the pilot managing to avoid the hangar to the right and a house to the left of the narrow runway.
Laurence, thanks for the link to your webpage. It makes very interesting reading 🙂
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