Aeroplane Monthly 1984-06
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J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
Imperial Airways' G-EBBY at Brussels, with a Farman Goliath and a Sabena Handley Page W.8b in the background.
Another view of Daimler's G-EBBS, photographed this time at Croydon (Plough Lane), with the Handley Page W.8b Prince Henry and two Farman Goliaths in the background.
An unusual view of Daimler’s G-EBBS low over the Netherlands.
THE D.H. 34: A single-engined (Napier "Lion") high performance machine previously employed on Instone Air Lines and Daimler Hire, Ltd.
One of the first machines to be specially designed for transport work, the D.H.34 was developed from the D.H.18 civil type and carried ten passengers on a 450 h.p. Napier Lion at a cruising speed of about 100 m.p.h.
The first of the D.H.34s, Daimler Hire's G-EBBQ in all-red finish and with three-bladed wooden propeller, at Stag Lane in March 1922.
An unmarked D.H.34 seen flying near Stag Lane circa May 1922.
The four Instone Air Line's D.H.34s lined up at Croydon on March 31, 1924, the day before they were handed over to Imperial Airways.
D.H.34 G-EBBT at Brussels in Imperial Airways livery. In 1925 this aircraft was converted into a D.H.34B but was withdrawn from use in 1926 and dismantled.
The centre fuselage of the same aircraft. The low-backed wicker chairs can be seen through the triangular door and the folding passenger steps are in position.
The directors, pilots and staff of The Instone Air Line in front of the D.H.34 G-EBBR City of Glasgow at Croydon on March 31, 1924. This aircraft ivas lost in a take-off crash at Ostend in May that year.
G-EBBY, at Brussels, after conversion to D.H.34B.
The cabin of the D.H.34 with leather seats and window curtains.
KEITH WOODCOCK’S colour painting shows D.H.34 G-EBBS in the livery of Daimler Hire Ltd.