Our Illustrious Leader

[lynx42]

Well found, Barry.

[Bill Murray]

Priceless

Bill

[Tony Wheeler]

Hilarious!

[Lynn Eades]

Is this the pre cursor to British Airways? Does the flag stay there in flight?
What is the make and model?..... A big biplane, much too big for a Sopworth Camel, but in the right company

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Is this the pre cursor to British Airways? Does the flag stay there in flight?
What is the make and model?..... A big biplane, much too big for a Sopworth Camel, but in the right company

It's a Handley Page HP42 airliner, in service throughout the 1930s and very safe with no passenger injuries in that time.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

It's a Handley Page HP42 airliner, in service throughout the 1930s and very safe with no passenger injuries in that time.

Keith,
One of them, Hannibal, was lost without trace during WW2 in the Middle East with crew and four passengers missing.
http://www.rrhobby.ca/Hannibal/flight_cw197.htm

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Ah yes, Handley Page H.P.42 G-AAUD Hanno. Big, strong, reliable - that I bear the same name is a coincidence

See the Wikipedia entry for a short history and the origin of it's name:

G-AAUD, production number 42/3, was named after the Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator, who explored the Atlantic coast of Africa in approx. 570 BC. Hanno first flew on 19 July 1931 and was later converted to a H.P.42(W) (Hannibal class). The aircraft was impressed into No. 271 Squadron RAF and was destroyed in a gale at Whitchurch Airport, Bristol when it was blown together with Heracles and damaged beyond repair on 19 March 1940.

G-AAUD Hanno starred in the 1937 short film, Air Outpost - 24 Hours at the City and Airport of Sharjah in the Persian Gulf.