Air travel turns 100: Where to from here?
Hugh Morris looks back at the history of flying and contemplates its future in an uncertain world
22 September 2019 - 00:00
On August 25 1919, the staff of Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited loaded jam, Devonshire cream, newspapers and a brace of grouse onto a single-engine DH16 on the turf at Hounslow Heath Aerodrome in London. The lone passenger hopped aboard and the Paris-bound plane took off on the first-ever scheduled international passenger service...
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