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Jamesair
29th Nov 2018, 15:26
I sure there used to be an airline called Dragon Airways operating a fleet on DH Heron aircraft based at NCL....can anybody throw any light on this i.e. which routes they operated?
Liobian
29th Nov 2018, 16:22
It was founded early in 1953, evolving from pleasure flights operated by Butlins holiday camp group; in this instance from Broomhall airfield at Pwllheli.
They had a mixed fleet of Rapide/Auster/Gemini/Heron and Viking. Liverpool flying Club was involved.
The Herons flew Newcastle to Glasgow/Manchester/Copenhagen and Hamburg and later, after a buyout by Hunting-Clan, to Paris/Bergen/Belfast/Amsterdam and Dusseldorf.
The name disappeared in 1957 when Dragon became a part of Silver City Airways.
More info to be found in British Independent Airlines, author Tony Merton-Jones
Jamesair
1st Dec 2018, 08:40
Thank you very much for your informative reply
Dan Winterland
2nd Dec 2018, 05:49
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/916x516/fle_330_d035y16_e0_jpg_916x516_b024cd36350aebad5f22d07ecbac4 f2878c16c6d.jpg
Still alive in Hong Kong.
A30yoyo
20th Dec 2018, 13:49
Dragon Airways had a short-lived scheduled route from Newcastle-London Airport (i.e. Heathrow) in 1956...my pic with a Brownie 127 :-) https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1000145
jensdad
20th Dec 2018, 15:29
The Herons flew Newcastle to Glasgow/Manchester/Copenhagen and Hamburg and later, after a buyout by Hunting-Clan, to Paris/Bergen/Belfast/Amsterdam and Dusseldorf.
Amazing that there are three international destinations there (Copenhagen, Hamburg and Bergen) that were served from NCL in the fifties, but not now! Glasgow & Manchester as well, but faster road and rail links have removed the need for those.