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Before the first flight over Mount Everest, 1933 (c1937). Artist: Unknown.
![Before the first flight over Mount Everest, 1933 (c1937). The Everest mail being handed to the pilot of the Westland Wallace aircraft by Colonel PT Etherton. The mail contained letters to King George V, the Prince of Wales and the Late Lady Houston. On 3 April 1933 Scottish airmen Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Marquis of Clydesdale, and Flight Lieutenant David McIntyre became the first aviators to fly over Mount Everest. The flight was part of the Houston Mount Everest Expedition. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937].](/photos/prev/NDM3MzVkMA/album_alb3925285.webp)
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Title:
Before the first flight over Mount Everest, 1933 (c1937). Artist: Unknown.
Caption:
Before the first flight over Mount Everest, 1933 (c1937). The Everest mail being handed to the pilot of the Westland Wallace aircraft by Colonel PT Etherton. The mail contained letters to King George V, the Prince of Wales and the Late Lady Houston. On 3 April 1933 Scottish airmen Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Marquis of Clydesdale, and Flight Lieutenant David McIntyre became the first aviators to fly over Mount Everest. The flight was part of the Houston Mount Everest Expedition. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]
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Album / Heritage Images / The Print Collector
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Image size:
3069 x 4056 px | 35.6 MB
Print size:
26.0 x 34.3 cm | 10.2 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
14TH DUKE OF HAMILTON • 1930S • 20TH CENTURY • ACCOMPLISHMENT • ACHIEVEMENT • AIR MAIL • AIR TRANSPORT • AIRCRAFT • AIRMAN • AIRPLANE • AVIATION • AVIATOR • BIPLANE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CENTURY • CLARENCE WINCHESTER • CLARENCE • CLYDESDALE • COMMUNICATIONS • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • DAVID MCINTYRE • DAVID • DOUGLAS DOUGLAS-HAMILTON • DOUGLAS • DOUGLAS-HAMILTON • ENDURANCE • ETHERTON • FIRST • FLIGHT • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • GF • GUY • ISRAEL • LOCATION • LORD CLYDESDALE • MAIL • MALE • MAN • MARQUIS OF CLYDESDALE • MARQUIS OF • MCINTYRE • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • MOUNT EVEREST • MOUNTAIN RANGE • MOUNTAIN • PEOPLE • PILOT • PIONEER • PLANE • POST • PT ETHERTON • PT • RANGE • SCOTLAND • SCOTS • SCOTTISH • SIERRA • SUCCESS • THIRTIES • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • WESTLAND WALLACE • WINCHESTER
