Imperial Airways Cutaway Aircraft Poster (1934)
Imperial Airways - The Greatest Air Service in The World
Double sided advertising brochure / poster. Published by Imperial Airways. Printed in England by Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd., London and York.. Chromolithograph on stiff card-like paper. Measures 75cm x 50cm when open. Issued folded. Condition: Very good with some archival tape repairs.
The beautifully illustrated cover of this fold-out brochure depicts passengers boarding an Empire Flying Boat on the water with rowing and sailing boats with a ship and land along the horizon. It also shows the airline's route map of the world and black and white photos the Empire Flying Boat.
The brochure opens out into a poster featuring detailed cut-away illustrations depicting passengers on various class of aircraft operated by Imperial Airways. These include the land plane Diana (1934-1941), de Havilland Hercules (1926-1935), Hannibal (1931-1940), Scylla (1934-1940), Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta (1932-1941) and the flying boat Scipio (1931-1936).
The British airline company Imperial Airways operated services in Europe and around the world from 1924-1939, originally based at Croydon Airport in London; the company merged into the British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC in 1939, which then merged with British European Airways BEA in 1974 to form British Airways BA (now based at Heathrow Airport in London).
Imperial Airways - The Greatest Air Service in The World
Double sided advertising brochure / poster. Published by Imperial Airways. Printed in England by Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd., London and York.. Chromolithograph on stiff card-like paper. Measures 75cm x 50cm when open. Issued folded. Condition: Very good with some archival tape repairs.
The beautifully illustrated cover of this fold-out brochure depicts passengers boarding an Empire Flying Boat on the water with rowing and sailing boats with a ship and land along the horizon. It also shows the airline's route map of the world and black and white photos the Empire Flying Boat.
The brochure opens out into a poster featuring detailed cut-away illustrations depicting passengers on various class of aircraft operated by Imperial Airways. These include the land plane Diana (1934-1941), de Havilland Hercules (1926-1935), Hannibal (1931-1940), Scylla (1934-1940), Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta (1932-1941) and the flying boat Scipio (1931-1936).
The British airline company Imperial Airways operated services in Europe and around the world from 1924-1939, originally based at Croydon Airport in London; the company merged into the British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC in 1939, which then merged with British European Airways BEA in 1974 to form British Airways BA (now based at Heathrow Airport in London).
Imperial Airways - The Greatest Air Service in The World
Double sided advertising brochure / poster. Published by Imperial Airways. Printed in England by Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd., London and York.. Chromolithograph on stiff card-like paper. Measures 75cm x 50cm when open. Issued folded. Condition: Very good with some archival tape repairs.
The beautifully illustrated cover of this fold-out brochure depicts passengers boarding an Empire Flying Boat on the water with rowing and sailing boats with a ship and land along the horizon. It also shows the airline's route map of the world and black and white photos the Empire Flying Boat.
The brochure opens out into a poster featuring detailed cut-away illustrations depicting passengers on various class of aircraft operated by Imperial Airways. These include the land plane Diana (1934-1941), de Havilland Hercules (1926-1935), Hannibal (1931-1940), Scylla (1934-1940), Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta (1932-1941) and the flying boat Scipio (1931-1936).
The British airline company Imperial Airways operated services in Europe and around the world from 1924-1939, originally based at Croydon Airport in London; the company merged into the British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC in 1939, which then merged with British European Airways BEA in 1974 to form British Airways BA (now based at Heathrow Airport in London).