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Remarks by Guy Allard: "Photo from du Churchill-Falls Nouvelles dated May 1, 1971."

10/25/2004. Excerpted from British Built Aircraft by Ron Smith: "Flight Refuelling Limited was registered by Sir Alan Cobham on October 29, 1934, carrying out experiments from Portsmouth.... Flight Refuelling moved their operations to Ford (Sussex) on January 1, 1936.... Flight Refuelling operated an extraordniary extraordinary variety of aircraft, including... Harrow tankers, G-AFRG, G-AFRH and G-AFRL... used for experimental fuel transfer to Short C Class flying boat receiver aircraft.... Sixteen transatlantic flights were completed in autumn 1939, with the C Class flying boats being refuelled by Harrow tankers based in Shannon and Newfoundland. Work on the development of flight refuelling techniques was continued post-war in conjunction with British South American Airways using Avro Lancaster/Lancastrian aircraft. A further series of transatlantic trials were carried out with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) in 1947 and 1948, their success being reflected in advertising material used in 1948: 'Proving beyond doubt the pacticability and safety of refuelling in flight - 900 gal (4,091 l) - nearly 3 tons of petrol - delivered in 8 1/2 minutes at 10,000 ft (3,048 m) over mid-Atlantic....'"


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Remarks by Guy Allard: "Photo from du Churchill-Falls Nouvelles dated May 1, 1971." 10/25/2004. Excerpted from British Built Aircraft by Ron Smith: "Flight Refuelling Limited was registered by Sir Alan Cobham on October 29, 1934, carrying out experiments from Portsmouth.... Flight Refuelling moved their operations to Ford (Sussex) on January 1, 1936.... Flight Refuelling operated an extraordniary extraordinary variety of aircraft, including... Harrow tankers, G-AFRG, G-AFRH and G-AFRL... used for experimental fuel transfer to Short C Class flying boat receiver aircraft.... Sixteen transatlantic flights were completed in autumn 1939, with the C Class flying boats being refuelled by Harrow tankers based in Shannon and Newfoundland. Work on the development of flight refuelling techniques was continued post-war in conjunction with British South American Airways using Avro Lancaster/Lancastrian aircraft. A further series of transatlantic trials were carried out with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) in 1947 and 1948, their success being reflected in advertising material used in 1948: 'Proving beyond doubt the pacticability and safety of refuelling in flight - 900 gal (4,091 l) - nearly 3 tons of petrol - delivered in 8 1/2 minutes at 10,000 ft (3,048 m) over mid-Atlantic....'"