Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:19 pm
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Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
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Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:19 pm
I think that my mother knew the root that they took along on the trip 
Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:36 pm
Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:33 am
Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:05 pm
For anyone who is interested in Imperial Airways routes, I can thoroughly recommend this book and others by the same writer.
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/al ... 0330433129
In Beyond The Blue Horizon Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service – the world’s longest and most adventurous scheduled air route. Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of our most highly respected travel correspondents.
‘Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport, or battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi, or being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok, or hitting tropical cyclones Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye’ Evening Standard
Sadly, the author died just a few months ago.
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/al ... 0330433129
In Beyond The Blue Horizon Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service – the world’s longest and most adventurous scheduled air route. Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of our most highly respected travel correspondents.
‘Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport, or battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi, or being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok, or hitting tropical cyclones Ferdinand in a 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye’ Evening Standard
Sadly, the author died just a few months ago.
Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:24 am
I've read 'Beyond the Blue Horizon', a fabulous read indeed! 
Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:43 pm
Then there was the 1st none stop flight from UK to Cape Town.
July 9th 1959, a Valiant BK1 of 214 Sqdn. The captain was Wing Co. Mike Beetham DFC.
July 9th 1959, a Valiant BK1 of 214 Sqdn. The captain was Wing Co. Mike Beetham DFC.
Re: Empire - When 1/4 of the world and gin was, mostly, pink..
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:36 pm
