ENGLAND to AUSTRALIA by HASTINGS 1958

My father worked for the British "Ministry of Supply" [UK_MOS].
In the 1950's he used to travel between England and Australia [Edinburgh airfield in South Australia].
As a teenager I asked my father to take some photographs on the way. Unfortunately the camera
was a very small [spy type] Kodak Bantam camera with very small negatives and grainy film.
It is still a unique record of a very different era of travel.

 

DESCRIPTION THUMBNAIL
ARGONAUT

BOAC

JSJ_Argonaut.jpg (43717 bytes)
AVRO YORK

 

JSJ_Avro_York.jpg (32390 bytes)
BRISTOL FREIGHTER

WEST AFRICAN AIRWAYS CORPORATION

JSJ_Bristol_Freighter.jpg (69271 bytes)
de HAVILLAND RAPIDE

EAST AFRICAN AIRWAYS

JSJ_de_Havilland_Rapide.jpg (67129 bytes)
DOUGLAS DC - 6B

'OLYMPIA'

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS

JSJ_Douglas_DC_6B.jpg (87560 bytes)
FAIRCHILD C - 119C PACKET JSJ_Fairchild_C_119C_Packet.jpg (96856 bytes)
HANDLEY PAGE HASTINGS JSJ_Hastings_1.jpg (81119 bytes)
HANDLEY PAGE HASTINGS JSJ_Hastings_2.jpg (77472 bytes)
HANDLEY PAGE HASTINGS JSJ_Hastings_3.jpg (60766 bytes)
HANDLEY PAGE HASTINGS JSJ_Hastings_4.jpg (76114 bytes)
VICKERS VALETTA'S JSJ_Vickers_Valettas.jpg (76988 bytes)
HANDLEY PAGE HERMES & VICKERS VIKING JSJ_Vickers_Viking.jpg (61151 bytes)