The Aerial Conquest of Everest
The first Mount Everest flight expedition was undertaken by Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and David McIntyre in April 1933. They took off on an open cabin flight at 8:25 am on 3 April from Lalbalu Airfield and returned at 11:30 marking it as the first successful flight over Everest. It was financed by Lucy, Lady Houston and organized by Stewart Blacker. The flight made quite a stir among the flying and climbing communities. The pilots made a film of the flight and peak, which won an Oscar that year as a short subject.
Photo captions:Lord Clydesdale, chief PilotRemote Nepal Ruler approves projectLady Houston Patron of FlightRoute and Setting map of the flight from Purnea India, across Nepal, to the Summit of EverestPanorama of Everest and MakaluViceroy of IndiaThe Pilots CockpitProtecting the cameras from extreme coldKinchinjungaMaharaja of NepalUnexpected heat at high altitudeThe Survey camera had a thermostatMakalu as it appears from EverestBuildings are ornate3 in sequestered KatmanduA family of the Nepal countrysideRoads into Nepal are purposely kept in poor repairGurkhas of NepalGreat Gorges of the ArunAir view of DarjeelingRoyal Elephants help honor the flyersA Holy Man tells his beads near KatmanduA Lama and his wife at KatmanduMogul Splendor greets the expedition35 photosAfield With the SpidersWeb hunting in the Marshlands and WoodlandsGolden Garden SpiderHashime MurayamaOne kind of spider lives in her own cellarWestern TarantulaCentral American TarantulaBlack WidowHouse SpiderFalse ShamrockBanded Garden SpiderOrigin of the TarantellaCereus Plant near Kandy, CeylonDolomedes ClanAraneus ClanWater Spiders and Snake CatchersSpiny-Jawed SpidersSheet-Web WeaversDiving SpidersTrapdoor SpiderLynx Spiders90 photosCalifornia Trapdoor Spider Performs Engineering MarvelsHomemade Zoo for trapdoor spidersSpider AmazonSpider wasp23 photosFreiburg---Gateway to the Black ForestTime-Mellowed GermanyA Goose Girl of the Black ForestHeart of FreiburgGate to SwabiaHollandermichelCity's 'Forty-Secnd and Broadway' dates from 1120Seven Foolish VirginsStreet Names tell a storyCathedral Place on Market DayWomen of Eschbach on Corpus-ChristiWayside ShrinesMittenwald exports violinsGross Bottwar, WurttembergResidents of Buckeburg, capital of the tiny State of Schaumberg-Lippe, northern GermanyHeidelberg CastleBaden GardenRheinstein Castle guards the Rhine near BingenMiltenbergChief Market in NurembergMonument to UlmHamburgThe 'Oldest Inn of Germany'The Stork is the Forest family emblemAlbert-Ludwig University in ancient FreibergGutach Merry WidowsLookout Mountain near FreibergStraw weaving is a household industryDueling is again permitted51 photos
