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The 'Imperial Times' is a quarterly booklet giving information on all aspects of the company and its aircraft.
Regular features include: News, Q and (I)A, Publications, Competition
Back issues are available to members at a cost of £4.00 each (UK postage free).
Below is a brief description of the contents of each issue so far:
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NUMBER 1 (September 2003)
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Plane Versus Train: The Argosy and the Flying Scotsman
Advert: Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta
Imperial Airways Gazette: Imperial Airways Youngest Passengers
Passenger Fares: England - Australia, 1936
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 1
An Air Mail Outpost - Gwadur
Interior: D.H.91 Albatross
Gallery: Short L17 'Scylla' - Le Bourget, 1930s
Short S8 Calcutta. Painting by Les Vowles
Captain G.I. Thomson, DFC
G-ABKY Vickers Vellox Crash
Advert: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
Gallery: Boulton Paul P71A
Gallery: C-Class: Basra, 1935
Photo: Supermarine Sea Eagle, Channel Islands
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Celebration of Imperial Airways at Mācon, France, 28th Sept 2003
Imperial Airways Stand
Travelling by Air. August 1924
Handley Page W8b. Painting by Les Vowles
The Cost of Aerial Travel. June 1924
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 2
Gallery: Child's Argosy Pedal Toy
G-AACI 'City of Liverpool' Crash
London to Cairo by Air
Gallery: S.20 Mercury
Wartime C-Class Memories
Imperial Airways Bell
Advert: 10½ Days to Australia
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Air Mail to Australia - A Landmark in Empire History
Egypt to India by Air
Silver Wing Memorabilia
First Flight of the Ensign
Vickers Vulcan. Painting by Les Vowles
Imperial Airways' Forgotten Aircraft - Part 1
Advert: Imperial Airways - The British Air Line
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 3
Imperials' Fresh Ideas and Firsts
Advert: The First Empire Air Route
1/10th Scale Empire Flying Boat
Photo: Imperial Airways' Air Pilots' School at Croydon
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Advert: 4 Engines for Security
The 'Imperial 42' Project
The 'Imperial 42' Project Poster
From England Right Through Africa to Cape Town
Photo Album of Frank Payne
The 250,000th Air Passenger
Handley Page HP42. Painting by Les Vowles
Sold East - The Demise of the Imperial Airways W9 Hampstead
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 4
One Man Saves Air Liner At 1,000ft
Enlarging London's Air Port
Watch and Ward in the Air
Photo: Alan Cobham and his aircraft on survey
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NUMBER 1 (September 2004)
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Advert: See Europe by Imperial Airways
'Imperial 42' Project Updates
G-AAXF Helena - A Brief History
First Passenger Fined For Smoking
Painting of Hengist over Croydon's Control Tower
Contractor's Flight Trial of Heracles
The First Escorted Air Cruise of the Capitals of Europe in the Largest Passenger Air Liner in the World
Advert: Equipment of a Heracles Class Airliner
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy. Painting by Les Vowles
The L17 Scylla Class Airliner
Bringing Up Air Pilots
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 5
Immortalised in Wood
Some Facts about the Ensign Air Liner
Round Great Britain by Air in a Day Non-Stop
Images of the Aerodrome Hotel and Terminal Building
Photo: Promotional photo at Croydon with Avro 652 Ava
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2004 Round-Up
'Imperial 42' Project Updates
Advert: Marconi Equipment
HP42 in Scale
I Thought You'd Never Ask - Who's Got an HP42 Piston?
G-AAXE Hengist - A Brief History
Advert: India by Imperial Airways
The Short-Jupiter "Calcutta" at Westminster
Short S23 C-Class. Painting by Les Vowles
Croydon Air Port - A Priceless Relic
Imperial Airways (Nigeria and Gold Coast) Ltd.
The 'Pick-A-Back' Craze
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 6
Britain's Fastest Commercial Aircraft
Aerial Views Along the Routes - Calcutta
Grooming The Staff
Photo: Short-Jupiter Calcutta moored at Westminster
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'Imperial 42' Project Updates
HP42 in Scale - Australia
G-AAUC Horsa - A Brief History
HP42 Technical - Weights
Flying Hospital Over London
Advert: Marconi Aircraft Service
HP42 at Croydon - Photo Album
Flying in Hanno on the India Route
Short Mayo Composite "Maia" and "Mercury" Painting
All At Sea
Catering Up in the Air
Flying Boat in a Box
Letters from an Air Traveller
Interior - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
Aerial Views Along the Routes - India
Advert: Boulton Paul P.71A
Photo: "The Hub of British Commercial Aviation"
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 8
"All Blacks" Fill Three Airliners / Did You Know?
Advert: Argosy
Photo: DH91 Albatross 'Frobisher' at Croydon Airport
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Advert: Air Travel is Best
'Imperial 42' Project Updates
G-AAUE Hadrian - A Brief History
Advert: 1927 Cadillac Poster
The Last Survivor - 'Imperial Phoenix'
A Fast Tender for Imperial Airways (Bermuda) Ltd.
Flying-Boat Luxury - Trial Trip in the Centaurus
Did You Know?
De Havilland DH34 "City of New York". Painting by Les Vowles
Singapore Airport
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 7
Aerial Views Along the Routes - Bangkok
To Switzerland by Air
Photo: Imperial Airways Aerodrome - Mpika (Zambia)
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NUMBER 1 (September 2005)
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Vimy Atlantic
Vickers 66 Vimy Commercial - A Brief History
Advert: K.L.G. 'Wizard' Sparking Plugs
HP42 in Scale
HP42 Technical - HP42 Eastern, Full Scale Performance
G-AAXD Horatius - A Brief History
Interior - Short S17 Kent
"The City of Delhi" / Did You Know?
De Havilland DH66 Hercules "City of Delhi" Painting
The Vital Link - Imperial Airways (Far East) Ltd
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 9
Advert: Africa by Imperial Airways
The Building of an Airliner
Aerial Views Along the Routes - Alexandria Harbour
Photo: Waiter and passenger on board an Argosy.
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News and 'Imperial 42' Project Updates
Heracles Finishes the Paris Run
Advert: Imperial Airways - Largest Air Liners
G-AAUD Hanno - A Brief History
Advert: Air Mail
By Air Mail from Blue Box to Bulawayo
Short L17 Syrinx Painting
Imperial Memories Part 1:
Reminiscences and the Challenger Accident
Christmas Time Joy Ride Card
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 10
Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign - A Brief History
Photo: Waiting for the Passengers on the Paris Run.
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Special Project Glass Profile / AW27 Ensign Fleet
The Meccano HP42
G-AAXC Heracles - A Brief History
Hannibal Crosses the Atlantic: Part 1
Mud Models of the Big Monoplane 'Astraea'
Cartoon: If the Airways went on Strike
Bangkok Airport
Short S26 G-Class Painting
Imperial Memories Part 2:
Lumbo and Further Reminiscences
G-EBMS 'City of London' Crash
De Havilland DH50 - A Brief History
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 11
Advert: For Longer Leave in England
Photo Album - Mayo Composite
Photo: C-Class flying boats in RAF service.
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HP42 in Scale
G-AAGX Hannibal - A Brief History
Hannibal Crosses the Atlantic: Part 2
The Handley Page 'W' Series - A Brief History
Cartoon: The Lady Who Gave the Pilot Sixpence
De Havilland DH50 Painting
Pilots of Imperial Airways - A.S. Wilcockson
Handling the Air Passenger
Advert: Comfort in the Air
Letters from an Air Traveller
What's for Lunch on Board the New Scylla?
Empire Air Routes Cigarette Card Series - Part 12
Photo: Argosy on the Apron at Croydon.
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NUMBER 1 (September 2006)
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Hannibal Loses Her Tail
Imperial Airways in Scale
South Africa by the Empire Flying Boat
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy - A Brief History
Pilots of Imperial Airways - G.P. Olley
Handley Page W9 Painting
By Air to Morocco
Cartoon: A Solution of the Housing Problem
Imperial Airways to China
The Mercury Off to Alexandria
Aerial Views Along the Routes - Amsterdam
Unusual Cargo / Acknowledgements
Photo: Vickers Vulcan, G-EBLB
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News and 2006 Round-Up
Competition and Late Addition
HP42 in Scale
HP42 - A Member Answers
'All-Up' for Christmas
Mercury at Christmas
Gladys Cooper Loves Air Travel
Dorado in Hong Kong Stamp
Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta - A Brief History
De Havilland DH91 Albatross Painting
Flying in Comfort
Advert: 28 Hydravions Type 'Empire'
Thanksgiving Day in the Cavalier
Aerial Views Along the Routes - Egypt
Pilots of Imperial Airways - W. Rogers
Empire 'Frogs'
Publication: Pioneer Airline Pilot
Interior - Vickers Vimy Commercial
Cartoon: The Rising Generation / Acknowledgements
Photo: De Havilland DH34 in Flight
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Argosy in Scale
H.P.42 - Wing Strut or Wire Bracing?
Hannibal Incident at Tudeley
Letters from an Air Traveller
London's New Airport - Croydon 1926
Short S17 Kent Painting
Short S.23, S.26, S.30 and S.33 Empire Flying Boats -
A Brief History
Pilots of Imperial Airways - Flt. Lt. G.I. Thompson D.F.C.
Shiwa Ng'andu Estate, Northern Zambia - Photo Album
Pilots and Personnel
Aerial Views Along the Routes - England
Photo: Short S17 on Approach to Croydon
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IA Reminiscences
Imperial Airways' Forgotten Aircraft
Handley Page O/7 in Scale
Imperial Airways Crashes in Southern Africa
Colour Flight - Imperial Airways Advertisement
The Harbour in the Fields - The Aerodrome Hotel
Handley Page O/10 Painting
Avro 618 Ten - A Brief History
A Day on the Airway - Part 1
Tankers of the Air - Early Aerial Refuelling Trails in 1939
One for the Ladies (and One for the Men)
79 Years Ago This Month / Acknowledgements
Photo: Publicity Photograph of Boulton Paul P71A
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NUMBER 1 (September 2007)
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Club Imperial - A History
Stan Holmes - I.A. / B.O.A.C.
Pilots of Imperial Airways - A.B.H. Youell
Letters from an Air Traveller
Handley Page W10 Painting
De Havilland DH50 - A Brief History
The British Overseas Airways Corporation Bill - Part 1
Smith's Lawn
A Day on the Airway - Part 2
An Unscheduled Landing
Photo: Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign at Night
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News / Obituary: John Farley
Croydon Airport - Photo Album
Bristol Perseus Engines for I.A. Flying Boats
Short "Mayo" Composite Photo
Metal Islands in the Sea
The British Overseas Airways Corporation Bill - Part 2
Airco DH.4A Painting
De Havilland DH66 Hercules - A Brief History
Staffing an Air Line
Imperial Airways and the RAF
Imperial Airways Coach Photo
A Day on the Airway - Part 3
Photo: Short L17 'Scylla' on its maiden service flight.
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