What 'plane?
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What 'plane?
My Father worked in British Guiana in the tenties and thirties. I have just found this pic in an old photo album 
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Anyone know what it is?
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.Anyone know what it is?
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Have you seen where British Guiana is on the globe pigboat? 
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Sorry, all you experts, it took me an hour to get the pic on to the page, and I couldn't face doing it again the right way up.
The place is Kamakusa landing, I think on the Mazaruni river. I was there until '46 and knew nothing about this 'plane - which should have been a big story. The only indigenous aviation I knew of was Art Williams' BG Airways that flew two WACO seaplanes, like minature open cockpit Walruses. I'll Google WACO.
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The place is Kamakusa landing, I think on the Mazaruni river. I was there until '46 and knew nothing about this 'plane - which should have been a big story. The only indigenous aviation I knew of was Art Williams' BG Airways that flew two WACO seaplanes, like minature open cockpit Walruses. I'll Google WACO.
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This link gives a brief history of civil aviation in Guyana and also mentions G-EBKE
A brief history of Civil Aviation in Guyana
A brief history of Civil Aviation in Guyana
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G-INFO (what would we do without it?) also reveals that it was registered on 4 Oct 1924 to Real Daylight Balata Estates Ltd. and was withdrawn from use on 9 January 1930. Doesn't say why, but given that the link above says the aircraft was dismantled and shipped to UK just before then, it seems likely no one wanted it here and the registration just lapsed.
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Just to tidy up loose ends, I found the Ireland Aircraft Co and the nearest match to my recall of Art Williams' aircraft is an Ireland N2-C with a P&W Wasp pusher. Thanks to Aerofiles.com.
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from Charles Kennard
I saw the photo you posted of your father in the Fairey Nicholl at Kamakusa I'm in the process of writing a short article of internal mail in British Guiana, and wondered if you would mind if I used the image
Thanks Charles.
Thanks Charles.
