Record

Reference NumberC/P/349
Archive CentreCaithness
TitleColour photocopy of first air mail of the Highland Airways ("To Inverness - Wick - Kirkwall")
Date1934
DescriptionThe message is signed by Captain Ted Fresson, "pilot"
Administrative HistoryCaptain Ernest Edmund Fresson OBE, the pioneer of flight in the North of Scotland, flew the first internal British airmail service from Inverness to Wick and Kirkwall on 29 May 1933. Earlier in the same month he flew the first scheduled passenger service on the same route and in November of 1934 he operated the first UK air ambulance flight.
Access StatusOpen
Access ConditionsAvailable within the Archive searchroom
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