Daimler Air Hire was a private air hire company established June 7, 1919 by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Searle CB, DSO, of the BSA Motorcycle Company. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George The Distinguished Service Order ( DSO) is a Military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries awarded for The Birmingham Small Arms Company ( BSA) was a British manufacturer of Vehicles Firearms and Military equipment and still exists as In 1921 Daimler Air Hire acquired Aircraft Transport and Travel (AT&T) to form the Daimler Airway. Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited was a British airline formed during the First World War.
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History
From April 1922 the Daimler Airway, owned by Daimler Hire Ltd, was the first company to begin operating de Havilland DH.34 single-engined cabin biplanes. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A total of six were operated, the first being (registration G-EBBQ),[1] flying from Croydon Airport London to Paris. Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary between what are now the London boroughs of Croydon and Sutton. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city [2]
From October 1922 until early 1924, the Daimler Airway operated daily scheduled flights from Alexandra Park Aerodrome Manchester to Croydon Airport London. Alexandra Park Aerodrome was the second purpose-built Aerodrome in the Manchester area The northbound flight left Croydon in the late afternoon and the southbound flight departed Alexandra Park during the next morning. This timing enabled passengers from the north of England to connect at Croydon with Daimlers continental schedules.
In 1923 Daimler added further routes from Croydon to Amsterdam, Hanover and Berlin using their DH. 34 fleet.
The Daimler Airway was merged into Imperial Airways (IAL) effective 1 April 1924, bringing along its three remaining de Havilland DH.34 aircraft. Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe but especially the Empire routes to Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout IAL immediately discontinued Daimler's route to the north of England, the monopoly airline not being interested in serving any UK points outside of London.
Accidents and incidents
One de Havilland DH.18A aircraft, (registration G-EAWO) was transferred from Instone Air Line to Daimler Hire Ltd for operation on the Croyden-Paris route until the De Havilland DH.34s which Daimler had on order could be delivered. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Instone Air Line was an early British airline from 1919 to 1924. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout However, on 7 April 1922, two days after Daimler commenced operations with the aircraft, it collided with a Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens Farman Goliath (registration F-GEAD) over Picardie, France, [3] 60 miles (97 km) north of Paris. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1922: Events Irish Air Corps formed at Baldonnel Aerodrome. The Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens was a pioneering French Airline established 20 March 1919 and operating until merged with The Farman F60 Goliath was an airliner produced by the Farman Aviation Works from 1919. Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. Seven people died in the first mid-air collision between airliners. The first mid-air collision of airliners took place on 7 April 1922 over Picardie, France, involving British and French passenger-carrying [4][5][6]
On 14 September 1923, DH. 34 G-EBBS operating the evening service from Croydon to Manchester crashed near Ivinghoe Beacon, Bucks, during an attempted forced landing due to bad weather. Pilots Pratt and Robinson and their three passengers were killed. This was the first fatal accident on a UK internal scheduled air service.
References
- ^ DH.34 (in French)
- ^ British Airline History, London Metropolitan University (2004)
- ^ Jackson, A. J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam,1973. ISBN 0-370-10107-X.
- ^ Aviastar.org on the DH.18
- ^ DH.18 from jnpassieux.chez-alice.fr (in French)
- ^ Review Of ACAS RA Downlink, An assessment of the technical feasibility and operational usefulness of providing ACAS RA awareness on CWP (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-06-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat
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