CANOPUS on the slipway at Rochester with interior newly trimmed, ready for service.

CHALLENGER in the pontoon at Berth 101 at Southampton.

CAMBRIA or COORONG on the way to Crete at 100ft. in April 1941. Photos of Empire 'boats flying are hard to find. This shows the characteristic apparent nose-down attitude.

Topping up the oil on the Nile.

CENTURION taxiing in on the Medway after the first flight, May 1937.

 

Click arrows for 10 minutes of Empire flying boat video on Youtube.

  Starting, taking off and alighting.

  Flight re-fuelling from Flight Refuelling Ltd Handley Page Harrow tanker to G-AFCU CABOT.