Short Empire Flying Boats

* London - Cape Town
* London - USA
* London - New Zealand
* London - Australia via India and the Middle East

In 1937 with the introduction of 'Empire class' flying boats designed and built at the Short Brothers factory, Imperial Airways could offer a real through-service from Southampton to the Empire.

The journey to the Cape consisted of flights via Marseille, Rome, Brindisi, Athens, Alexandria, Khartoum, Port Bell, Kisumu and onwards by land-based craft to Nairobi, Mbeya and eventually Cape Town.

Survey flights were also made across the Atlantic and to New Zealand.

By mid-1937 Imperial had completed its thousandth service to the Empire.
Empire flying boats were also used on the service between Britain and Australia via India and the Middle East.

Source: Wikipedia

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