Rapide G-ACYR was the Olley Air Services aircraft which was used to take General Franco from the Canary Islands to Morocco in July 1936 for the start of the Spanish Civil War. It is now preserved in the Madrid Military Museum.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Air France put this Bloch 220 c/n 5 F-AOHE "Aunis" on public view at Croydon. The all-metal Bloch 220s carried 2 pilots and 16 passengers with a steward and mail. F-AOHE appears in a numbers of reports, notably in an 'air miss' incident on 3.5.38 with G-ADYI.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bloch MB.220 - ФранцияFrance - 1936

"Horatius" of Imperial Airways was HP.42W G-AAXD, shown here awaiting boarding with the tall crew steps in place and, for the passengers, the 1930s equivalent of a weatherproof docking bridge at the rear door.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page H.P.42 / H.P.45 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930

The King's Flight Airspeed Envoy III G-AEXX in its striking red, blue and silver colours was seen at Croydon on occasion flown by Wing Cdr E.H."Mouse" Fielden, Captain of the King's Flight. On May 2nd it was recorded as flying from Windsor to Paris and returning later to Hendon from where it made another return trip the following day.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Envoy / AS.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

DH.60G Moth c/n 841 G-AACY seen at Heston with Airwork in 1929. The Moths, with a tailskid and no brakes, were designed for the grass airfields of the pre-war era of which Croydon was typical. This example featured in a night flight test from Croydon to Southampton on 5.5.38.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928