1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash [SEP] point in time
1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash
The 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash occurred on 13 July 1928 when a Vickers Vulcan on a test flight from Croydon Airport with a pilot and five passengers crashed near Purley, Surrey three miles from the airport, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so called joy rides) on test flights.
Aircraft.
The aircraft involved was a Vickers Vulcan registered "G-EBLB", an eight-passenger single
1920s 1928.
- July 13 – An Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crashes on a test flight from Croydon Airport, England, with a pilot and five passengers near Purley, Surrey, from the airport, with the loss of four passengers. As a result of the crash Imperial Airways stopped the flying of staff (so-called joy rides) on test flights.
1910s and 1920s 1929.
- June 17 – An Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 ditches in the English Channel due to engine failure, killing seven of 13 on