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Brymon Airways

Categories: Aviation

Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Amon. Based in Plymouth, it was the first British airline to use the De Havilland Canada Dash 7 short take-off and landing airplane. Eventually it was merged with British Regional Airlines.

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Brymon Airways

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Heron Quays Station

This plaque marks the spot where on Sunday 27 June 1982, Captain Harry Gee of...

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James Bruce MacQuarrie

James Bruce MacQuarrie

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Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Jocelyn Reina

Jocelyn Reina

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1 memorial
Elke Etha Kuhne

Elke Etha Kuhne

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Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Germany, Scotland

1 memorial
First British public airmail flight

First British public airmail flight

The balloon flight was organised to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII, and was piloted by M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron and Dr Francis Alexander Barton. It ascended from the Croydon Road Recr...

Event, Aviation, France

1 memorial
Guy Penrose Gibson

Guy Penrose Gibson

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2 memorials
Richard Church

Richard Church

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Person, Journalism / Publishing, Poetry

1 memorial