Pressure pattern flying trial flight May 1946

Pressure pattern flying trial flight May 1946

Top, photograph of Lancastrian 'Aries' landing, annotated Pressure pattern flying trial flight May 1946, Captioned ' Aries', 'May 1946', 'RAF Shawbury'.
Centre, photograph of Lancastrain 'Aries' on the ground with eight crew signatures. Captioned 'Aries', 'May 1946', 'RAF Shawbury'.
Bottom, photograph of left side of Aries nose, with W/C McClure's signature. Captioned 'May 1946 RAF Shawbury'. There is a long handwritten list of the places the aircraft has visited.

1946-05

Three b/w photographs on album page

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Pressure pattern flying trial flight May 1946
‘Aries’ May 1946 RAF Shawbury

A Palmer,
J.S. Wright
D Luraitch
R.P. Algu FL
R.S Aldridge S/L
D Finlay O.C.
R Ward
[signature] W/Cdr
‘ARIES’ May 1946 RAF Shawbury
[signature] W/Cdr
May 1946 RAF Shawbury
NEW FOUNDLAND
ICELAND
CANADA
USA
HAWAII
SAMOA
NEW ZEALAND
FIJI
AUSTRAILIA
NEW GUINEA
OMAN
EGYPT
MALTA
KENYA
SOUTH AFRICA
PALESTINE
NORTH POLE
NORTH MAGNETIC POLE
AZORES
BAHAMAS
GIBRALTER
FRANCE
ENGLAND TO CAPE RECORD
NON STOP CAIRO TO CAPE
CAPE PROVINCE
TRANSVAAL
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
SUDAN