Daniel Cox Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) Hi All, For those not familiar with the following, here are some pics featuring some Handley Page H.P.42 aircraft of Imperial Airways Ltd. captured in the Middle East during 1931, 1936 and 1939 respectively. They include G-AAGX 'HANNIBAL', G-AAUD 'HANNO' and 'HENGIST, G-AAUE 'HADRIAN', I will post more as I edit the rest of the images that I have of these aircraft. Semakh, October 1931 Semakh, October 1931 Semakh, October 1931 Semakh, October 1931 Semakh, October 1931 Galilee Lake, October 1931 Heliopolis, October 1931 Alexandria, 1936 April 1939 Larger 1800px images can be found at the following web pages; greyarchive and colourarchive. Cheers, Daniel. Edited May 30, 2011 by Daniel Cox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Hi Again, Here are a couple more; Larger 1800px images can be found at the following web pages; greyarchive and colourarchive. Cheers, Daniel. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Jones Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Wow! ,what stunning photographs of this beautiful aircraft, thanks for posting. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Wow, thanks for posting these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Hello, this is my favourite airliner! Thanks for sharing them. they are very evocotive of a byegone age when things seemed simpler (how wrong that is though). Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Fantastic photos Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 What stunning clear images! Thanks for posting, plus the Picasa link, I now have a new desktop background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thank you for the great photos. I had some of them, but not with quality in your album. This one shows very well the Frize ailerons, another needed modification to the crappy Contrail kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Great photos. thank you for posting them. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hi All, Thank-you I'm glad you appreciate the pics I have created another image album that has 1800px crops of the same that can be found here detailarchive for better detail close up views. Cheers, Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPNGROATS Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Classic photos...thanks for sharing...! Cheers, ggc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Brilliant pictures, Daniel! That closeup of the cockpit area really shows off all the fiddly bits British biplanes of the '30's seemed to be festooned with. Part of their charm, really. I have the 1/144th scale Airfix kit, but I suppose it's too much to expect an injection-moulded one in 1/72nd scale anytime soon. Regards, Learstang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 What fabulous photos, so clear and so atmospheric, it must have been quite an adventure to travel back in those days. Thanks for posting them, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 They are really good photos considering! Are these scans from originals, or have they been re-taken from a DSLR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) Hi All, Again thanks, the images in this instance are part of the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection held by the United States Library of Congress which includes images captured by Matson Phot Service and the American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department. The images have been sourced from tiff files created from scans of 4"x5" Nitrate Negs and 5"x7" Glass Dry Plate Negs and can be found here: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2004004996/PP/ for example. They have also been edited by me before posting. Cheers, Daniel. Edited June 2, 2011 by Daniel Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Superb!!!!! Thanks for posting. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Absolutely fascinating photos! Thanks Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Cox Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi All, Here are some more pictures of the Handley Page H.P.42 shown below. Rutba, Iraq 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Malakal, Sudan 1936. Sudan 1936. Sudan 1936. Entebbe, Uganda 1936. Lydda, British Mandate of Palestine. Larger 1800px images can be found on the following web page: greyarchive. Cheers, Daniel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi Again, Larger 1800px images can be found at the following web pages; greyarchive and colourarchive. Cheers, Daniel. A question, Why do we bust our chops trying to get perfectly smooth surfaces with nary a ripple on our models when in reality the airplanes had bumps and bulges, dings and dongs all over the place? Look again at the area directly under the pilots window. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Fantastic pics! I never realised (probably because I had never looked at one so closely) that the four-bladed wooden props are actually 2 two-bladed ones bolted on top of each other! Also great to see the aircraft steps using bicycle wheels to move them about and the old buffer in the pics from Sudan, in full tropical gear and about to disembark! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty76 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 That is a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaley Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I never realised (probably because I had never looked at one so closely) that the four-bladed wooden props are actually 2 two-bladed ones bolted on top of each other! Of the eight HP42s built four were meant for 'Western' routes, i.e., Europe, and had full four bladed props. The 'Eastern' routes aircraft, Asia and Africa, had the split two bladed props to allow the aircraft to carry spare props. An excellent collection of photos !!!! Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XE521 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Fantasic photos, pity they were not in the IN when I made a search years ago. Many thanks for posting. Sorry to be a nit picker but: Of the eight HP42s built four were meant for 'Western' routes, i.e., Europe, and had full four bladed props. The 'Eastern' routes aircraft, Asia and Africa, had the split two bladed props to allow the aircraft to carry spare props. Four of the a/c ('Eastern') with 2 x two bladed props are H.P.42s. The other four ('Western') with four bladed props are H.P.45s. So the Airfix H.P. 42 "HERACLES" artwork showing it flying over the pyramids is a figment of their imagination, as the 'Heracles' was a H.P.45 'Westerner'. Karl. P.S. With the model it looks like I'll need a heated ball peen hammer. Edited July 12, 2011 by XE521 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 A question,Why do we bust our chops trying to get perfectly smooth surfaces with nary a ripple on our models when in reality the airplanes had bumps and bulges, dings and dongs all over the place? Look again at the area directly under the pilots window. Stephen Totally agree, that plane looks like it's been hit by Ack Ack or someone's been taking (quite a lot of) pot shots at it. What is the guy on top of the fuselage filling? Look at the ladder up to the engines. Just love the "Colonel Blimp" type exiting the aircraft in full tropical regalia... Complete with Bow tie! Priceless! Amazing pics, absolutely amazingly fascinating!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 What great photos. Certainly inspires the imagination seeing these images of what must have been an exciting time of adventure in the early golden age of travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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