France Scott 532 on Commemorative 1st England-Paris Jet Flight (see details)

Item Specifics

Country

France

Catalog Number

532

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Centering

F/VF

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Transport - Aircrafts & Aviation

Year of Issue

1945

Item Description

France Scott 532(x2) on Commemorative 1st England-Paris Nene Lancaster Jet Powered Passenger Flight. Sheet produced for the 1946 Paris Air Show (only 2000 sheets were produced so fairly scarce).

"THE flight of the Nene Lancaster from London to Paris last Monday, to play its part in connection with the exhibition, may be said to have marked a historic part in British aircraft development, for it constituted the first time that any jet-powered airliner had flown from one country to another. Moreover, since this particular aircraft has been flying fairly regularly since round about the time of the Radlett exhibition, the flight to Paris was no special performance, but merely one more public demonstration of its inherent reliability.

In the hands of Capt. R. T. Shepherd, chief test pilot for Rolls-Royce, the “Nene-Lanc” landed at Le Bourget at 10.58 a.m., G.M.T., after a 50-minute flight from London Airport, giving an average speed of 247.5 m.p.h. [398.3 kilometers per hour] Two passengers were carried in addition to the crew; they were Mr. Roy Chadwick, the Avro designer, and Mr. R. B. William Thompson, Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Supply.

Capt. Shepherd said that he was very pleased with the aircraft’s performance and added that, but for having to circle Le Bourget Airport Twice before landing, the flight would have been completed in 43 minutes." Taken from: — FLIGHT and AIRCRAFT ENGINEER, No. 1978. Vol. L., Thursday, November 21st, 1946 at Page 561, Column 2.

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