New Life for British Colonies -- Civil Aviation.An aircraft of British West Indian Airways standing on the airport of Grenada in the Windward Islands.The report details the many local air companies now operating in the colonial territories, a unifying factor of the greatest importance in territories where physical conditions have often hampered the development of surface communications. In the West Indies, where the colonies are widely separated by sea, the development of air services has helped to bring a British Caribbean Federation into the realm of practical politics. June 1, 1950. (Photo by British Official Photograph).