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DESIGNER UNKNOWN IMPERIAL AIRWAYS / [CENTAURUS.] 1937. 25x39 1/2 inches, 63 1/2x100 1/4 cm. Ben Johnson & Co., London. Condition B+: extensive repaired tear from left edge into image; creases, abrasions, restoration and minor staining in image; minor repaired tears at edges. An intricate and informative image from the Golden Age of travel, this poster shows in full, first-rate detail, a cross section of the Centaurus (S. 812 G-ADUT), one of the Short "C" class flying boats. In 1934, British Imperial Airways ordered 28 of the flying boats. Here, we are shown both the inner and outer wonders of the craft, as well as many of its statistics. This is the English version. British Aviation p. 12 (var).
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