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Writer's picturePeter Berthoud

Flight

Updated: Dec 27, 2022

Flight Card Game


First Published: 1954, Anonymous ( But promoted elsewhere as Pepys Games, St. Cross Street, London)

Illustrator or Designer: Various Agencies, See Rules Back Cover


Contents: 44 Cards + Rules Booklet


Flight Box Front With Thumb Cut
Flight Box Front With Thumb Cut

The pack has 44 cards. There are 4 routes, each route has 5 cards showing the arrival and departure cities and the stops and 1 aircraft that flies that route. There are 4 interchangeable Safe Landing cards, 4 Fog Cards, 4 Alternative Route cards, 4 Customs cards, 4 Passport cards.


Flight cards: The route from Jerusalem (Palestine) to Sydney (Australia) with stops at Karachi (Pakistan), Singapore (Malaysia) & Darwin (Australia). The aircraft is an Avro Lancastrian.

Flight cards: The route from Jerusalem (Palestine) to Sydney (Australia) with stops at Karachi (Pakistan), Singapore (Malaysia) & Darwin (Australia). The aircraft is an Avro Lancastrian.


Flight cards: The route from Prestwick (Scotland) to Toronto (Canada) with stops at Gander (Newfoundland), Montreal (Canada) & Ottawa (Canada) ). The aircraft is a Lockheed Constellation.

Flight cards: The route from Prestwick (Scotland) to Toronto (Canada) with stops at Gander (Newfoundland), Montreal (Canada) & Ottawa (Canada) ). The aircraft is a Lockheed Constellation.


Flight cards: The route from Tripoli (Libya) to Bombay (India) with stops at Cairo (Egypt), Basra (Irak) & Karachi (Pakistan ). The aircraft is a Handley Page Halton.

Flight cards: The route from Tripoli (Libya) to Bombay (India) with stops at Cairo (Egypt), Basra (Irak) & Karachi (Pakistan ). The aircraft is a Handley Page Halton.


Flight cards: The route from Tripoli (Libya) to Durban South Africa) with stops at Khartoum (Sudan), Kisumu (Kenya) & Johannesburg (South Africa ). The aircraft is a Douglas Skymaster.

Flight cards: The route from Tripoli (Libya) to Durban South Africa) with stops at Khartoum (Sudan), Kisumu (Kenya) & Johannesburg (South Africa ). The aircraft is a Douglas Skymaster.


Flight cards: Safe Landing, Customs, Passport, Fog, Alternative Route

Flight cards: Safe Landing, Customs, Passport, Fog, Alternative Route



Many Pepys games do not credit the illustrator or designer, some Pepys games don't credit themselves and a few Pepys games are published anonymously but do credit their sources. Flight is one of the latter. There's no mention of Pepys, Castell Brothers or any address on the box or rules but a there is full page of acknowledgements for the photographs upon which the cards were based. The game is also widely advertised on the rule books of other Pepys games as being one of their range.


Game & Version Details




Flight - Card Back



Flight - Rules Front



Flight - Rules Back


Acknowledgements for Photographs:


Towns etc.:

Aerofilms Ltd., Aircraft Operating Co. of Africa, Topical Press Agency, New York Times Photos - London, The Associated Press Ltd., Canadian Pacific, B.O.A.C.


Planes:

Topical Press Agency, Aeronautics



Flight - Box Back



Flight - Box Top



Flight - Box Side Left



Flight - Box Base



Flight - Box Side Right



​Flight - Box Back With Flap


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