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HAROLD MCCREADY (DATES UNKNOWN) IMPERIAL AIRWAYS. 1929. 29 3/4x19 3/4 inches, 75 1/2x50 1/4 cm. John Horn Limited, London. Condition A- / B+: replaced losses in upper right and lower left corners; minor repaired tears and creases in margins; minor restoration in upper right image; repaired pin holes in corners. Pictured at London's Croydon Airport is the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk I, The City of Wellington, which operated for Imperial Airways between 1926 and 1935. The plane initially flew the London to Paris route. Only three of these particular three-engine aircraft were ever constructed. "The incongruously bright Mediterranean colors make this scene at Croydon look like a desert aerodrome in North Africa" (British Aviation p. 48). L'Histoire de l'Aviation p. 110, British Aviation 34.
