The Curliss T-32-S Condor NR12384 c/n 41 "William Horlick" of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II is seen at the Edo Aircraft Corp after being fitted with Edo floats. It was reported that the Condor was lowered onto the water from the ship on three occasions these being on 21.12.33 for a northern recce flight, on 3.1.34 for a flight west of the ice barrier, and on 10.1.34 to survey the barrier itself. After this the skis were fitted for the Antarctic stay, first flight there as a skiplane being made on 18.1.34.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss Condor 18 - СШАUSA - 1929

The Caudron Goeland (two 250 hp Renaults) F-AOMX of Challe and Bril seen before the start of the Paris - Saigon - Paris Race wearing Race No.2. This Goeland reached Basrah in Iraq at the third attempt but retired there with engine trouble.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Caudron C.440 / C.445M Goeland - ФранцияFrance - 1935

Paris - Saigon - Paris Race participants Challe and Bril in front of their Caudron Goeland F-AOMX "Ric et Rac" on 24.10.36, the day before the start of the race that nobody finished.
Het Vliegveld: 25.10.36: Three aircraft leave Paris for the Paris - Saigon - Paris race. On 26.10 the aircraft of Arnoux & Japy is damaged landing at Karachi and has to withdraw. On 27.10 Detroyat & Durmon abandon the race which then ends when Challe & Bril withdraw at Bassora with engine trouble on 29.10.36.
Het Vliegveld: 25.10.36: Three aircraft left Le Bourget, Paris for the Paris - Saigon - Paris race. The first casualty was Jacques Challe and J Brille, with w/op Henry, in Caudron C.448 Goeland F-AOMX c/n 7272.1 who suffered an engine lubrication problem after departure returned and restarted, only for the problem to re-occur near Turin necessitating another return to Paris to restart on the 27th, this time with Rocroix and Beaufol replacing the sick Henry.
On 26.10 the Caudron C.444 Goeland F-AOMS c/n 7268.5 of Maurice Arnoux & Andre Japy (w/op Micheletti) was damaged landing at Karachi when the undercarriage jammed up and had to be withdrawn.
On 27.10 Michel Detroyat & Gaston Durmon, with Agnus and Deseigne, in Breguet 470T Fulgur F-APDY c/n 1, abandoned the race at Bushire after low oil pressure in one engine and failure of the other. The race ended when Challe & Bril withdraw at Basrah with engine trouble on 29.10.36.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Caudron C.440 / C.445M Goeland - ФранцияFrance - 1935

G-AARZ was the prototype Avro 621 Tutor c/n 322 owned by the makers and previously leased to National Aviation Day Displays. It was the entry of Portuguese pilot Placido d'Abreu and at the time of the Competition it may have been on demonstration to the Portuguese Air Force which ordered the later Avro 626, also built under licence by OGMA. On the second day of the contest d'Abreu was attempting a half roll from inverted during his Free programme but the Tutor spun in from low altitude, crashed and burned. A non-competing French pilot had died in a landing accident shortly before.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Tutor/Sea Tutor/Prefect / Type 621/646/626 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

F/Lt Christopher Clarkson was originally entered in an Armstrong Whitworth AW 16 but when the aircraft failed to materialise he managed to borrow "a pretty tired workhorse", the DH82A Tiger Moth G-ACJA c/n 3191 that was at Le Bourget en route back to England after a demonstration at the Geneva Aero Show the previous month. It had a heavy ferry tank in the faired-over front cockpit and no inverted fuel/oil systems, so Clarkson stood little chance against the specialist aerobatic types although he was commended in the French press for his spirited display.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931

Mrs Beryl Markham's solo East-West Atlantic crossing in Vega Gull VP-KCC is well documented. It is less well known that she left from RAF Abingdon, where 'The Messenger" is seen hangared prior to departure at 1850 hrs on 4.9.36.
Het Vliegveld: 04.09.36: "A certain Mrs Beryl Markham has taken off for a useless flight from England to America. She flies alone and has no radio on board." - so the Dutch editor described this particular expedition and, after her successful arrival, he added "This however still does not prove the usefulness of her trip".
Het Vliegveld: 04.09.36: Mrs Beryl Markham achieved the first non-stop east-to-west solo Trans-Atlantic flight by a woman, despite the derogatory remarks of the Dutch Editor of "Het Vliegveld". She took off from RAF Abingdon at 1850 hours on 4.9.36 in Lord Carberry's Percival Vega Gull VP-KCC c/n K.34 'The Messenger" and 21 hours 35 minutes later made a forced landing, short of fuel, in a peat bog at Baleine on Cape Breton Island.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Lockheed 10A Electra SP-AYB c/n 1046 of LOT which crashed in central Greece on 1.12.36.
Het Vliegveld: 01.12.36: Polish airliner en route Warsaw - Saloniki hits mountain in fog 20 km from Athens, pilot killed, 4 passengers injured.
Het Vliegveld: 01.12.36: Polish airliner was LOT Lockheed 10A Electra SP-AYB c/n 1046 en route Warsaw - Saloniki - Athens. Hit mountain in fog near Malakasi, 20 km from Athens, pilot Jozef Barziel (Bergel?) killed, 4(5?) passengers and 1 crew injured, 1 crew unhurt. Pilot error blamed.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Electra 10 - СШАUSA - 1934

The damage to the port leg fairing caused by the ice breakup on 13.1.34.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Northrop Gamma / A-13 / A-16 - СШАUSA - 1932

Also seen at Paris / Le Bourget on the day before the start of the race to Saigon and back is the Breguet 470T Fulgur F-APDY (two 950 hp Gnome-Rhone 14 Krsd engines) with Michel Detroyat, second from right, and his crew posing confidently in front. In the event they covered the second-longest distance, as far as Bushir in Persia, before having to retire.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breguet Br.470 Fulgur - ФранцияFrance - 1936