1931 – Christmas Mail Experimental Flight (From Zomba to England)
Christmas Mail Experimental Flight
From Zomba to England
First Southern Rhodesia Air Rally Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia’s first full-scale air rally was held on 13th August, 1936. It was organised by the Bulawayo Light Plane Club with flying under the control of Major Cloete and Captain Rod Douglas as announcer. Two days earlier, Major Cloete and Lieutenant J.B. Holderness had flown to Wankie…
British Overseas Airway Corporation 1952 – First Flight On 2nd May, 1952 the first regular jet flight, with a de Havilland Comet, left London with 36 passengers on board. Flying 450-500 m.p.h. at 35 – 40,000 feet, these first pure jet airliners in the world completed the 6,700-mile flight in 23 hours, 20 minutes, including…
Universities’ Mission to Central Africa Series 3 FB
R. W. Gunson (Seeds) Ltd Limbe In 1881, William Gunson left Hungary as a refugee for New Zealand where he founded W. Gunson & Co – a seed-grain and produce business. William Gunson died in 1902 and the business was taken over by his son James Henry Gunson (Mayor of Auckland). William’s other son, Robert Withers Gunson…
Nyasaland 1938 – George VI Definitive Series (New Paper) Details Date of Issue: January, 1938 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Printer: De La Rue & Co., London Process: Typographed Paper: Ordinary paper Watermark: N/A Perf: 14 Plates: Sheet: Booklet: N/A Quantity: FB
Ryall’s Limbe Hotel Limbe Ryall’s Limbe Hotel was started by Louisa Ryall in 1914. She later opened Ryall’s Blantyre Hotel. References Accommodation services for competitive tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Historical evidence from Malawi – Alice Magombo, Christian M Rogerson, Jayne M Rogerson Contributors James Gavin FB