Civil aviation
Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Q - Roo., 09 Dec 1940 - 18 Mar 1958
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Su - Th., 17 Jan 1951 - 29 Oct 1960
Public and Political: General: Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm., 11 Feb 1936 - 21 Dec 1936
RAF Far East Flight, 1928
Prints of the flight of four flying-boats from Britain to Australia, including pictures of the officers, personnel and aircraft, and extracts from the log.
Speeches, 1957-11 - 1965-09
Speeches, 1971-01 - 1971-12
Speeches and articles, 1983-01 - 1984-12
Subjects include: the Falkland Islands and the Franks Report; defence; the Horn of Africa and Aden Committee; the Trade Union Bill; South Africa; the future of Hong Kong; the report of the Civil Aviation Authority on increasing competition among British airlines.
Speeches, articles and memoranda, 1942-01 - 1943-07
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 03 Mar 1919 - 15 Dec 1919
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and typescript., 11 Mar 1920 - 15 Dec 1920
Speeches: Speech notes., Jan 1949 - 01 Apr 1949
The Papers of Sir Harold Hartley
The Papers of Sir Stanley Hooker
Copies of two papers by Hooker on the historical development of gas turbines and jet propulsion, including a survey of mainly British engines, and also on "The Barnoldswick Saga", on the development of the Whittle jet engine, 1943-46.
Unfiled loose correspondence, 1917-01 - 1917-12
(Untitled), 23 Aug 1922
(Untitled), 11 Sep 1922
Letter from Wing-Commander C Erskine-Risk (Royal Aero Club, 3 Clifford Street, [London]) to WSC giving an account of the eventful flight of himself and Spenser Grey in the Circuit of Britain (King's Cup) air race, and praising Grey's performance as a pilot.
(Untitled), 11 Sep [1922]
Letter from Spenser Grey (Royal Aero Club, 3 Clifford Street, [London]) to WSC on: his failure in the Circuit of Britain (King's Cup) air race, resulting from bad luck such as the breaking of his compass; the efforts of engineers from the Blackburn company and from Rolls Royce to get his aircraft ready; the effect of WSC entering an aircraft in encouraging "the vulgar rich" in Leeds [Yorkshire] and midland cities to support aviation by entering aircraft for races themselves.
(Untitled), 11 Sep 1922
Letter from [Edward Marsh] to the managing directors of the Blackburn Company and Rolls Royce Ltd conveying WSC's appreciation of the efforts of the companies' employees to prepare Spenser Grey's aircraft for the Circuit of Britain (King's Cup) air race. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), [Sep] [1922]
Photographs of the aircraft entered by WSC for the King's Cup air race taken shortly after its arrival in Manchester. Sent with CHAR 2/124B/152.
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1922
Letter from Spenser Grey (Royal Aero Club, 3 Clifford Street, [London]) to WSC asking him to enter him (Grey) for the August handicap air race.
(Untitled), 03 Aug 1922
Letter from Spenser Grey (Royal Aero Club) to Edward Marsh on the insurance of the aircraft he intends to fly [in the August Handicap air race].
(Untitled), 03 Aug 1922
Letter from (Air Ministry) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/124A/11 and stressing the importance of Spenser Grey having insured himself for the air race for which he wishes WSC to enter him.
(Untitled), 03 Aug 1922
Letter from [WSC] to Spenser Grey stating that he has entered Grey for the August Handicap air race and hoping that he has made adequate insurance arrangements. Suggested draft sent with CHAR 2/124A/10.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1924
Letter from Flight-Lieutenant Maxwell Coote (Government House, Sydney, Australia) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, reporting that he (Coote) has been appointed ADC to Sir Dudley de Chair, the governor of New South Wales, and that he is the first Royal Air Force officer to secure such a post in Australasia, and that Sir Keith Smith and Vickers Ltd are planning an airship route from Australia to England in two years time.