Arthur James Williams

Arthur James Williams
Aviation career
Known for	a pioneering pilot who helped develop aviation in Guyana

Lt. Col. Arthur "Art" James Williams, USAAF, AAM, OBE was a pioneering pilot who helped develop aviation in Guyana, then British Guiana.

Art Williams arrived in British Guiana in August 1934 piloting an Ireland N-2C Neptune amphibian biplane, (regn. NC183M), powered by a 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp, 9-cylinder radial engine, landing on the Demerara River.

After leaving Guiana, Williams moved to Jupiter, Florida to be with wife Inez and his two children.

Transport in Guyana

Aviation

Airports	Aishalton Annai Apoteri Awaruwaunau Baramita Bartica Ebini Cheddi Jagan Imbaimadai Kamarang Karanambo Karasabai Kato Kurukabaru Lethem Linden Lumid Pau Mabaruma Mahdia Monkey Mountain Mountain Point New Amsterdam Orinduik Ogle Paruima Kaieteur
Airlines	Caribbean Air Systems Guyana Airways Roraima Airways Trans Guyana Airways Travelspan Universal Airlines
People	Arthur James Williams

Road

Roads	Soesdyke-Linden Highway
Bridges	Berbice Bridge Demerara Harbour Bridge Denham Suspension Bridge Takutu River Bridge

Rail

Lines	Railways in Guyana

Water

Canals	Torani Canal

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