My grandfather flew as flight engineer for Imperial out of Croydon in the 20s and 30s. My mother frequently told me of her memory of sitting on his shoulders when Amy Johnson returned there in 1930 after her solo trip to Australia.

@jamesianavenido2170

5 жыл бұрын

Hey can you answer thise problem..factors factors affecting growth and development of CAA in 1938

Frederick Stanley Mockford was the father of an aunt of mine. He was the Superintendent of Wireless at Croydon Airport at the time. He gave the world the “Mayday” distress call and the phonetic alphabet.

Brilliant thanks for shearing 👍🏻 🏆

With those huge wheels it could use just about any grass runway provided it was long enough. Ideal for Africa.

Lovely to see the white ensign run up on the HP42s. The flag would be flown from the moment the aircraft started to taxi in after landing (at any airport), to when it started its takeoff run (as it was on all Imperial Airways aircraft).. It was the second pilot's job to raise the flagpole and ensign. A relative of mine had it as one of his duties. Once (in Paris, I believe) he ran up the pirate 'jolly roger' instead of the white ensign as a joke. He didn't half get a bollocking and nearly got sacked... the empire (and its representatives) found it hard to take a joke!

@tincoffin

6 жыл бұрын

Odd that - they must have been thought of as boats.

@duncanward2352

5 жыл бұрын

It's not the White Ensign, the Civil Aviation Ensign had a light blue base colour and a dark blue cross. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Civil_Air_Ensign

@jamesianavenido2170

5 жыл бұрын

@@duncanward2352 can you answer thise problem..factors factors affecting growth and development of CAA in 1938

Love the music: "La République nous appelle" in the UK!British humour !

What is this piece if music called?

Can I purchase the Croydon Aerodrome Game here?

Does anybody know the French tri-motor aircraft at 2.03?

@cheshire_pubs6248

7 жыл бұрын

F-AMHO was a Wibault 282.T12 which crashed on landing at Croydon from Le Bourget on 22 December 1934 with no fatalities. All occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft christened 'Le Téméraire' was "damaged beyond repair" but it was apparently rebuilt in 1935. Operated by Air Union, then Air France from 1933, it seems to have survived long enough to be impressed into the Armé'e de l'Air.

@Wombat1916

5 жыл бұрын

I must confess I thought it was a Ju52! Long, long ago when Croydon Airport was closed to clear the way for Heathrow my father took me to the closing down party. Years later he told me he had plane spotted at Croydon Airport in the 1930s, which sort of explained why we went to the closing down party. I also have 1/144 scale models of the H.P.42 and the Junkers G.38, though the latter was not in the film. My father did see it occasionally at Croydon, he said.

@jamesianavenido2170

5 жыл бұрын

Can u answer thise..factors affecting growth and development of CAA in 1938

@jamesianavenido2170

5 жыл бұрын

@@Wombat1916 can you answer that problem

@sunxxone

2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff

An 'aviation' commentary would have been far more appropriate that the totally useless music !