This is
the Piston Provost fully armed and ready for war. It was seriously underpowered
with it's Alvis Leonides engine during the hot summer months, it required
full boost a lot of the time and an eye had to be kept on the cylinder
head temperatures. Ralph Swift is the pilot shown here. The arched buildings
shown in the first photo background are some of the old Imperial Airways
terminal buildings long before the airline came to be known as British
Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and finally British Airways.
