Aerial view of Dakar

Aerial view of Dakar. Miss Delphine Reynolds and her pilot, W.G. Pudney, took off from Hanworth on 1 March 1931 in Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-ABGF, for a survey flight down the West African coast, via Tangier to Bathurst, Gambia, where Short floats were fitted. After two and a half months in Sierra Leone the metal airframe had corroded beyond repair

Abgf Airframe Bathurst Blackburn Bluebird Corroded Dakar Delphine Fitted Floats Gambia Hanworth Leone Pudney Repair Sierra Survey Tangier

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