Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd was a British aerial photography company founded by Percy Hunting in 1944. Its operations became more diversified under the name Hunting Surveys.
History
The firm incorporated Aerofilms Ltd and the Aircraft Operating Company.[1] In 1947 it was using three types of aircraft: Austers, a Percival Proctor and a de Havilland Dragon Rapide and planned to acquire one or more Percival Mergansers. The company had contracts for work surveying for tin mining in Nigeria; oil in Arabia, Venezuela and Colombia; timber in Ontario; and mapping in Australia & Hong Kong (in 1963).[1]
Between 1957 and 1964, Hunting operated a specially converted Auster Autocar for smaller scale aerial survey work.[2]
The firm operated several Percival Prince aircraft for survey work in the UK and abroad. These were G-ALRY (a P.54 Survey Prince), G-AMLW Prince Series III, VP-KNN (ex G-ALRY) and VP-KRN Prince, both of Hunting Aerosurveys (East Africa) Ltd and G-AMOT (P.54 Survey Prince Series IIIA).