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Jamesair

29th Nov 2018 15:26

DRAGON AIRWAYS

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....2878c16c6d.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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liobian (Post 10323709)

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.

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