Just a little bit more about Ted Hillman. He started operations in 1932 flying from Romford to Clacton using two deH 80 Puss Moths and 2 deH 83 Fox Moths. He died on 31 Dec 1934. By this time control of the airline had passed to Whitehall Securities who formed British Airways on 01 Oct 1935 merging Spartan Airlines and United Airlines with Hillmans to form BA (the first).
It was with his encouagement that deH went ahead and built the deH 84 Dragon. He wanted an aircraft with more capacity than the Fox Moth.
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