A Highland Scotland gas driven bus demonstrated at Perth, filmed by British Pathé. Various shots of an ordinary looking bus. Various shots of engine and mechanisms inside bus. The bus is unusual as it is powered by gas produced from coal (“anthracite”). The coal converted into gas inside the bus. […]
The First Kay Gyroplane (Type 32/1) was designed by David Kay of Blackford and John Grieve of Scone. (Kay was, with his brother Andrew, partners in Kay’s Garage, located in Moray Street, Blackford.) The gyroplane was built at Shields Garage on Perth’s Dunkeld Road and was powered by an ABC […]
In 1933, a gigantic (for the time) and very powerful ‘flying battleship’ for the RAF named the Blackburn Perth was built and launched. The cost was about £50,000 (equivalent to £4.5 million today). The Perth flying boat was created mainly for over-sea observation, reconnaissance and coastal patrol, but it had […]
