Talk:Silver City Airways

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Is Silver City an airport or a flight company? Don't get it clear from the article -- JeLuF

Silver City[edit]

Silver City also flew out of Blackbush in Surrey in th late forties/early fifties.I remember Blackbush because the hangars and runway were on opposite sides of a main road. The last I heard of Blackbush was about 30 years ago when the runway was being used for drag racing.

I corrected the reference to Broken Hill. As for "Taffy", could he have been Captain Grimth James Powell, ex-Imperial Airways?[1] Grant65 (Talk) 01:04, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

Correct name is Griffith James Powell - see Lympne Airport article.

Talking of which, the moves to Southend and RAF West Malling were only temporary while Lympne was waterlogged. Services returned to Lympne and operated until 1954. Mjroots (talk) 20:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hurn (Bournemouth) to France (Cherbourg?)[edit]

A piece missing here, I think ... I am sure I was a passenger (with parents & car) on subject route in late 50's or early 60's.

The article does say In addition to airports mentioned above, the airline also operated air ferries from Southampton, Hurn, etc., to continental destinations. not a lot but it does mention Hurn. MilborneOne (talk)

Airfix Dakota Model[edit]

IIRC, sometime when the kit was new Airfix released their 1:72 scale Douglas Dakota with transfers for Silver City livery, with a choice of either Silver City or US military markings. The corresponding model of the Bristol Superfreighter had BUAF markings IIRC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.55.67 (talk) 15:56, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good article. BTW, I may be wrong but IIRC, all of Silver City's "DC-3s" were actually ex-RAF Dakotas.

Just a FYI, just about any DC-3/C-47/Dakota was referred to as a 'Dakota' or 'Dak' in the UK back then, and for some strange reason, often a Dakota would be called a "DC-3" incorrectly - the C-47/Dakota all had the enlarged cargo doors on the left of the fuselage, as well as an astrodome on the cabin roof and a truncated tail cone for glider shackles. DC-3's didn't. Many conversions of Dakotas to passenger configuration were carried out by Airwork Services at Gatwick.[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.24.205.73 (talk) 17:27, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]