Talk:Silver City Airways

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

Silver City
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? 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)

Hurn (Bournemouth) to France (Cherbourg?)
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
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)


 * 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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.24.205.73 (talk) 17:27, 31 August 2014 (UTC)