Mr Alan Bruce Hamilton Youell | ||
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One of the original 16 pilots of Imperial Airways in 1924 b. 10 Feb 1900 in Portsea Island, Hants. RAeC certificate 4909 (1917). Awarded Master Pilot's Certificate March 1926: "Like the Swallow.—Captain B. Yulle, the Imperial Airways pilot, set a record on Thursday when he flew from London to Amsterdam, a distance of 267 miles, in 100 minutes. "October 13, 1947 – A helicopter flies in Switzerland for the first time. It is the Bell 47B G-AKCX of the Irvin-Bell Helicopters Sales presented near the Allmend in Zürich-Wollishofen by the British pilot Alan Bruce Hamilton 'Jimmy' Youell." With Imperial Airways pre-war and Railway Air Services post-war. d. 19 April 1961 'in or near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia' |