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DB (INITIALS UNKNOWN) IMPERIAL AIRWAYS / MOVE WITH THE TIMES. 1926. 39 1/2x24 1/4 inches, 100x61 1/2 cm. De Montford Press, Leicester & London. Condition A. Framed. A very early poster for the British airline company, which was founded in 1924. Four Handley Page W-10s were constructed for Imperial Airways and went into service in 1926. The last to remain with the company was retired from the fleet in 1933. They largely served the London-Paris route. A 14 passenger aircraft, the pilots sat in an open cockpit at the front of the vehicle. The City of London (G-EBMS), pictured, crashed into the English Channel in October, 1926. rare Airways p. 30, not in Riding the Skies.
