tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91680255464091393312024-03-08T04:10:17.492-08:00Aero-philatelyAero-philately is the study of the development of aviation through the medium of philately.mecviphilately@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529275133583647049noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168025546409139331.post-39907865806192582342024-02-28T19:52:00.000-08:002024-02-28T19:52:14.078-08:00<script language="javascript" src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j;y=amecvi;u=10002859" type="text/javascript"> </script> <div style="text-align: justify;"><!--[if !mso]>
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Post.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p>
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into aviation history from the U.P. exhibition grounds at Allahabad in a
Humber-Sommer biplane on 18<sup>th</sup> February 1911 to Naini, 6 miles across
the Jamuna,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He carried a bag of around
6500 pieces of mail, which he delivered to postal officials on landing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> distinction of staging the world’s first Official Aerial
Post goes to India. It is reported that t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">he flight was witnessed by
over a million people, including the Governor, Sir John Hewitt.</span></p>
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air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In September 1870- January 1871 s</span><span class="hgkelc"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">ixty-six hot air balloons left
Paris, carrying correspondence (and carrier pigeons) from besieged Parisians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hgkelc"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But this
was indeed the first official airplane mail delivery in the world.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hgkelc"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXmqXnnazwQAQ9nTgXA_YHhCfXzV1DN7bSjBBLVZpKHHYebBEdx2HO2gXkDik36crvddTsN_bAU33_Emv8_lDc8xKqLs7m27s5vsyrivFW63McfhigfYQTdOsmLcb0dAOsWRZwFFqVhJGBTZxGeopI4ZCY-S8GpjolFPmZShyzQ4cKKSz5k-GgCOdTio_/s720/1d_india-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXmqXnnazwQAQ9nTgXA_YHhCfXzV1DN7bSjBBLVZpKHHYebBEdx2HO2gXkDik36crvddTsN_bAU33_Emv8_lDc8xKqLs7m27s5vsyrivFW63McfhigfYQTdOsmLcb0dAOsWRZwFFqVhJGBTZxGeopI4ZCY-S8GpjolFPmZShyzQ4cKKSz5k-GgCOdTio_/w640-h480/1d_india-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
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the decade after the Wright Bros first manned airplane flight in Dec 1903,
pilots barnstormed around world flying planes and even carrying some mail. But
the mail carried was unofficial in that it was not sanctioned by postal
authorities.. Covers were carried by the pilots and usually mailed in the
normal course after landing. Some notations were made, sometimes some special
mark was affixed to show that the it was flown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These pilots were the pioneers of airmail.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Background of the 1<sup>st</sup> Aerial Post in India: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Walter Windham a British aviation pioneer, organized aerial
demonstration flights for the United Provinces Exhibition in Allahabad during
the Maha Kumbh 1911. He had brought Pequet to India with 6 biplanes. The event
marked the first time airplanes flew in India. An appeal from Rev. W.E.S.
Holland, a chaplain of the Holy Trinity Church, Allahabad, spurred the event.
He had appealed to Windham for help in fundraising for a new youth hostel.
Windham conceived the aerial post and obtained approval from the post office
for officially sanctioned mail. Postal officials asked Windham to design the
cancel. All the mail flown was cancelled with the large circular cancellor,
most were in magenta but a few examples exist with black ink. An additional
surcharge to the regular postage rate was required as a donation for the Church
Hostel Building.</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The news of the proposed flight received a lot of
publicity and around 6500 letters & postcards were received to be flown on
the first flight. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Also flown were</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">40 postcards which depicted the pilot and machine and were autographed by him.</span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6v6uS9ys-4LfA5NpO5okb0DmPw0EcDAKZ0mO3KBFmWFs3S9NoODtynSc4hHprW3HNMXYLyduiSLDAK21kL0DXz-V9bocCWMY2Nzc82ctObhzraBlfumDgCN6-nz1jPxoyKnKqB6nahxKnDe6aapXnhob9wu_HYfnhiGa_qskd4W6YQLiWDoCdu1fbmS4y/s664/1d_india-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="664" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6v6uS9ys-4LfA5NpO5okb0DmPw0EcDAKZ0mO3KBFmWFs3S9NoODtynSc4hHprW3HNMXYLyduiSLDAK21kL0DXz-V9bocCWMY2Nzc82ctObhzraBlfumDgCN6-nz1jPxoyKnKqB6nahxKnDe6aapXnhob9wu_HYfnhiGa_qskd4W6YQLiWDoCdu1fbmS4y/w640-h520/1d_india-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The flight generated so much of interest so that even those
who had no interest in philately felt they had to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have a souvenir of this flight for them or
friends. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have a flown cover in my collection with the sender’s
letter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8SHWcZ605u4spAjMipxKbiFXjZeiNlAXF01zl27HAI38BzVOCHnFqnAakPzqKgIDkN42zzOuCbNLddxQYo525i-_jBlXZ8zd-g3n_cjrDRxZEmNGZrqmMEyaLOeuKWbFTIT8KVMkh_ZIQ38io8XRo3RPRnKf4g6EKljMojCaKN6RpaUs7SpByiau81yh/s640/1911%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="640" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8SHWcZ605u4spAjMipxKbiFXjZeiNlAXF01zl27HAI38BzVOCHnFqnAakPzqKgIDkN42zzOuCbNLddxQYo525i-_jBlXZ8zd-g3n_cjrDRxZEmNGZrqmMEyaLOeuKWbFTIT8KVMkh_ZIQ38io8XRo3RPRnKf4g6EKljMojCaKN6RpaUs7SpByiau81yh/w640-h520/1911%20cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBl9trW6mugWDBRwRSj0vRhX2TVQlbjnDdxJr9rZXHz9WEGQBI5cxXfJ0hyphenhyphenv9tyOKbBrqM3Z90PV7GZG9Ttj7Cn9pjTrtEV4dL6bUohw12Wb-D5xavG2wezfwYnFdUaEuZSmp4RZqx3lMDVp1svtsnveZqw-JYyj250M8kJOUsB_anZ2wXlL_7DERXgBx/s1673/1911%20cover.%20letter.marked..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1673" data-original-width="1234" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBl9trW6mugWDBRwRSj0vRhX2TVQlbjnDdxJr9rZXHz9WEGQBI5cxXfJ0hyphenhyphenv9tyOKbBrqM3Z90PV7GZG9Ttj7Cn9pjTrtEV4dL6bUohw12Wb-D5xavG2wezfwYnFdUaEuZSmp4RZqx3lMDVp1svtsnveZqw-JYyj250M8kJOUsB_anZ2wXlL_7DERXgBx/w472-h640/1911%20cover.%20letter.marked..jpg" width="472" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhmhvKOUNCRjzh2vhhxHF_8aMDL5XS2kTw5QUA-qj6Lj0OxKZuv6pKOSnvZDO2RGTG5Q3FtxUh9EDzh_JsrqThaSdqMhNEaPBMD_N2ZsGFFk6wpNIIkHIWs2ojrEqLvfilNjPpfrMWMVkQl9pnKFoEm__MKFiNrCtcU-M8jyqPlmduxu4Y5eLHllio-HW/s1685/1911%20cover.%20letter..marked.2..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="1203" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhmhvKOUNCRjzh2vhhxHF_8aMDL5XS2kTw5QUA-qj6Lj0OxKZuv6pKOSnvZDO2RGTG5Q3FtxUh9EDzh_JsrqThaSdqMhNEaPBMD_N2ZsGFFk6wpNIIkHIWs2ojrEqLvfilNjPpfrMWMVkQl9pnKFoEm__MKFiNrCtcU-M8jyqPlmduxu4Y5eLHllio-HW/w456-h640/1911%20cover.%20letter..marked.2..jpg" width="456" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This flight demonstrated the potential of aviation in faster
mail delivery but it was only after 2 decades that regular airmail services
were started in India. </span></p>
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RAF Display Flight. Flown Risalpur-Delhi and then to Calcutta. Cover has a special " By Aeroplane" label. Delhi RAF delivery stamp & Calcutta delivery stamp.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DpjfRNMDUO0/YSTl7Sxr6MI/AAAAAAAAHoU/Pz6UXYH6FaE9XgpOjfgs_wwSQmq2phGNQCLcBGAsYHQ/RF%2B611.%2B1932.%2BTata%2BFF.%2BPoona-London.5000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1524" height="510" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DpjfRNMDUO0/YSTl7Sxr6MI/AAAAAAAAHoU/Pz6UXYH6FaE9XgpOjfgs_wwSQmq2phGNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h510/RF%2B611.%2B1932.%2BTata%2BFF.%2BPoona-London.5000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cGW4Vkg6vm4/YSTl7UEmRsI/AAAAAAAAHoY/C8SVJ_6-I24pSeoO54XJjy-fOiUVUkMtwCLcBGAsYHQ/RF%2B611.%2B1932.%2BTata%2BFF.%2BPoona-London.R.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1576" height="488" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cGW4Vkg6vm4/YSTl7UEmRsI/AAAAAAAAHoY/C8SVJ_6-I24pSeoO54XJjy-fOiUVUkMtwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h488/RF%2B611.%2B1932.%2BTata%2BFF.%2BPoona-London.R.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This cover could be an unique cover - a non-philatelic first flight cover. Cover mailed from Poona addressed to England would have gone to Bombay then to Karachi to catch the Imperial Airway flight to London. It went to Karachi from Bombay on the return Madras-Karachi first flight. 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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Posting scans of some Concorde flight covers from my collection.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have a added a new page of a checklist of Lufthansa first flight covers to/from India . I hope this helps collectors as there is no listing of Lufthansa covers relating to India. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recently acquired a unique Lufthansa first flight cover </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">flown from New Delhi to Cairo. LH 649 operated by Boeing jet 720B. The cover has been signed by the entire crew. The Captain's signature appears in green just below the cachet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Air France organized a world flight of Concorde aircraft from 30th
September, 1987 to 16th October 1987. The last leg of the flight was
New Delhi-Bahrain-Paris.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Here are covers flown from Kathmandu to
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Cameroon. </b> 1976.Concorde's First Commercial Flight, Paris to Rio de Janeiro. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="sgNumber">SG MS769.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cuba 2006</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aircraft. SG 1961-67. MNH</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><b> </b>1969</b> 1st Flight of Concorde. SG 53. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gabon. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>1983</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Air. Ballooning Anniversaries. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">SG 857-59. </span></span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 36px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 36px;">Cat. £4.05. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">MNH. </span><b style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 36px;">Price US$2.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Samoa. 1998</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>80th Anniv of the Royal Air Force. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">SG 1029-1032 <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cat. £5.90 </span>MNH.<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="line-height: 36px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Price US$3.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Air India flew internationally on 8th June, 1948 when its Bombay - London service, via Cairo & Geneva was inaugurated. A special 12as postage stamp showing a Lockheed Constellation was issued to be used on mails sent on the first flight. This stamp was valid for one day only. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mails were postmarked with a special rectangular cachet. </span>The aircraft used was </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">a Lockheed Constellation </span>L-749A named <i>Malabar Princess</i>, registration <i>VT-CQP. </i> However, some privately printed first flight covers had the aircraft name printed as "Rajput Princess". Air India issued special long covers which became their trademark in the next two decades. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">History of Tata Airlines (precursor of Air India) told through aero-philately.</span></span><br />
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I have listed some aviation stamps and some with other themes on Ebay. Click on this link:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have listed some lots on ebay. Click onthe link to have a look:</span></span><br />
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<i> </i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have listed several first flight covers on ebay. Click on the link:</span></span><br />
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mecviphilately@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529275133583647049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168025546409139331.post-19978251159446413272014-04-23T04:44:00.000-07:002014-04-23T04:47:37.105-07:00Hello everyone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had a problem with my esophagus and had to have a surgery in March. I was in hospital for most of March and have been home since early April. God heard the prayers of my loved ones and well wishers and has healed me internally. I am now on the mend and should be my usual self soon. I hope to resume posting in the next few days.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apart from the posts, I have pages on various topics on the bar at the top. BOAC First Flights - covers flown to/from India etc. Click on the titles to view the contents. This is my contribution to Indian aero-philately. I will attempt to list first flight covers to/from India of various airlines. This will take some time but I will be working on it. I will display covers that I have in my collection to make it visually appealing. </span></span></div>
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mecviphilately@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529275133583647049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168025546409139331.post-43724972790354232502014-03-09T10:29:00.001-07:002014-03-09T10:41:43.729-07:00New blog on aviation stamps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have started another blog which showcases my Aviation Stamps collection. This blog will eventually show all of my collection in pages under various heads; airlines, airports, various aircraft under heads like: concorde, airbus, air force planes etc. It will be sometime before I am able to show all I have, but a beginning has been made, see my blog: http://aviationstamps.blogspot.in/</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have uploaded scans to various pages: airships, airlines, airports, helicopters, concorde, Louis Bleriot stamps, parachutes. This blog will consist of pages rather than posts. See the bar on the top and click on the topics to see the contents.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Keep visiting it as I will update it regularly with more pages of different topics. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I would love to have your feedback/comments, advice etc.</span></span></div>
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mecviphilately@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529275133583647049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168025546409139331.post-81308206980269760862014-03-04T09:53:00.001-08:002014-03-08T20:36:53.301-08:00French Pioneer Aviators<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The first woman to win her fixed wing pilot's license was the self-styled Baroness de la Roche
(real name Elise Raymonde Deroche). </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She was taught to fly by Charles Voisin at their base at Chalons. Voisin's aircraft could only seat one person, so she operated the plane
by herself while he stood on the ground and gave instructions. After she
mastered taxiing around the airfield, she lifted off and flew 300 yards
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licence when the Aero-Club of France issued her licence #36 of the International Aeronautics Federation (F.A.I.) at the age of 24.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She participated in the aviation meetings at Heliopolis, Budapest, Rouen, and Saint Petersburg. During the show in St. Petersburg, she was personally congratulated by Tsar Nicholas II who also praised her for her bravery and audacity. There, she was presented once again as "Baroness" de Laroche. Thereafter, the title became commonly used. In July 1910 de Laroche was participating in the week long airshow at Reims <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims" title="Reims"></a>
in France. On 8 July her aeroplane crashed and she suffered such severe
injuries that her recovery was in doubt, but two years later she was
fit again and had returned to flying. On 25 November 1913 de Laroche won the Aero-Club of France's Femina Cup <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_Femina" title="Coupe Femina"></a> for a non-stop long-distance flight of over 4 hours duration.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On 4th January 1910 Ferdinand Léon Delagrange, one of the greatest pilots of his time, was killed while flying at Pau. The machine was the Bleriot XI which Delagrange had used at the
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Gabriel and Charles Voisin</b></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gabriel and Charles Voisin were among Europe's leading pioneer aviators.
Gabriel began his formal aviation career in 1903 when he was engaged by
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1905 Gabriel formed the first commercial aircraft manufacturing
company in Europe with the soon-to-be famous Louis Blériot. Numerous
disputes arose between the two quickly, resulting in Voisin buying out
Blériot's interest in 1906.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gabriel immediately reformed the company with his brother Charles,
establishing the highly successful Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères
Voisin. The firm's first truly successful airplane appeared in 1907. The
classic Voisin pusher biplane design of 1907 was one of the most
significant aircraft of the pre-World War I era. Many of Europe's
leading aviators flew the Voisin. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />The </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Voisin biplane won accolades when </span></span>Henri Farman made the first one-kilometer circuit
in Europe in it, winning a 50,000-franc prize. By 1912, the Voisin brothers had produced
more than 75 airplanes that were based on the simple and sturdy 1907
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1912, the Voisin brothers developed a version of their successful design for the military. Thereafter <b>Compagnie Gabriel Voisin</b> built aircraft almost exclusively for military contracts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">During the war, the Voisin pusher series performed a variety of
missions, including reconnaissance, artillery spotting, training, day
and night bombing, and ground attack. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Voisin Type 3 is also notable in having equipped the first dedicated bomber units. </span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But by 1916 the Voisin Type 3 and its immediate successors became vulnerable to new, better performing, German fighters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Voisins were slow and with their pusher configuration they were
defenseless from the rear. Despite these limitations, these rugged and
reliable aircraft still had a role to play. Voisins were used as
trainers and for night missions for the remainder of the war. Voisin
pusher aircraft were supplied to, or built under license by, twelve
countries, including Britain, Russia, Italy, and the United States.</span></div>
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