In the context of British Air Transport (painting), discuss the Aircraft of the Composition.
A highly competitive London to Paris route was operated by the Aircraft Transport and Travel (AT&T) company, from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome. AT&T owned Airco de Havilland DH16s, the first aircraft illustrated in the painting. On 25 August 1919, Cyril Patterson, shown in the foreground, flew the first commercial flight to Le Bourget in a DH16 K-130.The dark green aircraft is the converted First World War bomber aircraft, the Handley Page Type O/400 HP-16 (Vulture). In May 1919, it carried eight passengers. Flying above, is a later Handley Page H.P.20.A white Handley Page W8, named the Newcastle (later the Duchess of York), is seen behind and slightly to the right of the green Vulture. It was Handley Page's first civil aircraft with the world's first in-built lavatory and it first flew in November 1919.Next is the blue Vickers Vimy Commercial, City of London. Although it has an open cockpit for the pilot and co-pilot, its 10 passengers were under cover. It also had 300 cubic feet (8.5 m3) of luggage space.Above is the R33-class airship, built in 1918 and based on a wrecked Zeppelin.Following from the Vickers Vimy Commercial is a red de Havilland DH.34 which flew in March 1922, a British single engine biplane owned by Daimler Hire Ltd. A Havilland DH18A can be seen in the background, which first flew in July 1920. Above is the British Marine Air Navigation Company Ltd's Supermarine Sea Eagle flying boat, which flew from March 1923.Also in the air is the Short L.17 Scylla, a biplane designed by the Short Brothers in 1934 at Imperial's request. It had 39 seats and is the painting's most modern feature. Next, on the ground, is a blue Handley Page W10 (City of Pretoria) which first flew in November 1925.Then there is the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy City of Glasgow, operated by Imperial Airways, which first flew in May 1925. It is the aircraft that carried Edward, Prince of Wales, and his brother Prince George from Le Bourget to Windsor Great Park in 1931.At the painting's far right is the Handley Page HP42 Heracles, mostly made of metal and which first flew in August 1931 with the pilot now under cover.
Daimler Hire Ltd Aircraft Transport and Travel (AT&T) Prince George Supermarine Sea Eagle Daimler Hire Edward, Prince of Wales Havilland DH18A Short Brothers Handley Page H.P.20 Handley Page HP42 Cyril Patterson Handley Page W10 Short L.17 Scylla Vickers Vimy Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Supermarine Sea Eagle flying boat First World War Hounslow Heath Aerodrome Aircraft Transport and Travel in-built lavatory R33-class airship Vickers Vimy Commercial Handley Page Type O/400 HP-16 Handley Page Type O Le Bourget Airco de Havilland DH16s de Havilland DH.34 Zeppelin London Windsor Great Park British Marine Air Navigation Company Ltd Handley Page W8