European Airports - From the 1960s to the 1980s
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Documentary (2012)
Starring:
Howard Asbridge (Narrator)
HEATHROW: BERLIN-TEGEL: BERLIN-TEMPELHOF: LISBON: PARIS-ORLY: PALMA: AMSTERDAM: ROTTERDAM: OSTEND:
and one more; a delightful scene with a Jersey Airlines Herald and a Derby Airways DC3 that’s probably in the Channel Islands, but we can’t be sure!
Our ramble round Europe takes in British Westpoint and Aer Lingus DC3s at Heathrow plus many other 60s airliners there, including an Iraqi Viscount. On to Lisbon for Varig and Pan Am 707s, CPA DC8 and various 727s. Then Schiphol, again in the mid -60s, with KLM DC8s, DC9-15s and Electras, MAC DC7Cs, DC3s and CV600 and more. Palma, at about the same time, has a bevy of Britannias; Laker, BKS, BUA, British Eagle and Transglobe, plus more classic jetliners.
Berlin-Tegel starts with a Dan Air 707 and an Air France Concorde in the same shot; a hard act to follow, but one managed successfully with a collection that includes; Aeroamerica 720, Air Berlin USA 707s, Mackey, World and Capitol DC8s and lots more. Tempelhof’s got Pan Am 727s and BEA Viscounts under its famous roof, in the 60s. Then we return in the 70s for a C97, CV240, 747SP, C5 and more, arriving for the well-known USAF open days.
An Air Madagascar 707 at Paris, Channel’s Viking and DC3 at Rotterdam and of course, so much more; all in colour and all [with the sole exception of a Hastings!] with authentic sound.
Also from this series:
Avion Video Series
London Heathrow 1960s
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL).
Boeing 707-436
Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery.
Boeing 707-436
Golden Speedbird livery.
Douglas DC-8-43
The Winged Arrow livery.
Vickers 951 Vanguard
1 - Vickers 951 Vanguard of BEA.
2 - Ilyushin Il-18B of LOT-Polskie Linie Lotnicze.
3 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N of Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane.
4 - Boeing 707-436 of BOAC.
5 - Bristol 175 Britannia possibly from British Eagle International Airlines.
Douglas Dakota IV
1 - Douglas Dakota IV of Dan-Air London.
2 - Douglas DC-8 possibly from SAS.
3 - Bristol 175 Britannia 312 of British Eagle International Airlines.
4 - Vickers 951 Vanguard of BEA-British European Airways.
Closer view of G-AMSS, c/n 16092. Ex RAF as KN415. Civilian use with William Dempster Ltd from 1952 to 1953, then with Dan-Air London from 1954 to 1968. Sold abroad afterwards.
BEA's Vanguard in the foreground.
British Eagle's Britannia in the background.
1 - Douglas Dakota IV of Dan-Air London.
2 - Bristol Britannia of British Eagle.
3 - Vanguard of BEA.
4 - Comet 4B of BEA.
Two BEA's Vanguard in the background. An unknown to the left.
Vickers 803 Viscount
BEA's Vanguard in the background.
British Eagle's Viscount and Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Scandinavian Airlines System in the background.
Douglas DC-6B
Found in 1959, this Kuwaiti company operated two Douglas DC-4 and three Douglas DC-6B, it merged in Kuwait Airways in 1964. Registration 9K-ABB, c/n 43263 built in 1951.
BEA's Vanguard in the background. Unidentified Douglas DC-4 or DC-6 airliner in the far background to the right.
Bristol Britannia of British Eagle and BEA's Vanguard in the background.
In background, BEA's Vanguard and Comet 4B beside a SAS's Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III which hides a Boeing 707 of Lufthansa to the right.
Vickers 951 Vanguard
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
Registration CS-TCB, c/n 125.
BEA's Vanguard in the background and Boeing 707 of Lufthansa behind it.
Alitalia's Douglas DC-8 in the background.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Registration G-APDH, c/n 6409.
Leased from B.O.A.C in Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery , with Air Ceylon red markings.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Registration F-BHBB, c/n 4621.
BEA's Vanguard in the background. Unidentified Douglas DC-4 or DC-6 airliner in the far background to the right.
BEA's Vanguard, SAS's Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III and Boeing 707 of Lufthansa in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
Notice the JAT's Caravelle III to the left background.
KLM's L-188 Electra to the left, and Super G Constellation of Air France in the far background.
Tupolev Tu-104 of ČSA Československé Státní Aerolinie, a Douglas DC-8 of Pan American just behind it, and rare Ghana Airways's Bristol Britannia in the far background. Unidentified airplane very far behind it.
Better view of the Pan American's Douglas DC-8 in the background.
Lockheed L-188C Electra
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Registration F-BHRU, c/n 58.
In the far background, Boeing 707 possibly from TWA. Foreground right nose of BEA's Vanguard.
Tupolev Tu-104 of ČSA Československé Státní Aeroliniein the background, already seen above.
Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
Same ČSA's Tupolev Tu-104 in the background.
Background: an unknown Caravelle on the right, and unavoidable BEA's Vanguard on the left.
Another Caravelle III from SAS this time in appearance on the left.
Already seen JAT's Caravelle III to the left background, and KLM's L-188 Electra to the right.
Boeing 707-138B
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
BEA's Vanguard in the background and foreground right.
BEA's Viscount in the background.
Vickers 806 Viscount
Two others in the background.
Boeing 707-436
Registration G-ARRA, c/n 18411.
B.O.A.C's Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery, with Nigeria Airways markings.
Seen again: Ghana Airways's Bristol Britannia in the far background.
Vickers 803 Viscount
Tupolev Tu-104 of ČSA in the background, already seen above.
BEA's Vanguard in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Scandinavian Airlines System in the background left.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle IA
Tupolev Tu-104 of ČSA in the background, already seen above.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Registration EI-AFA, c/n 44-15166. This aircraft was delivered to the USAAF in 1944, it was sold to DDL Det Danske Luftfartselskab as OY-AUB in Nov-46. It was sold to Aer Lingus as EI-AFA in Nov-48 and stayed with them until it was sold to Nepal Airlines as 9N-AAL in Oct-63.
Vickers 735 Viscount
Registration YI-ACL, c/n 68. Delivered to Iraqi Airways on November 1955. Damaged beyond repair after an emergency landing at Mosul on the 17 April 1973. Sold to Alidair for spares.
Finnair's Caravelle IA in the background.
SAS's Caravelle III on the left background and BEA's Vickers Vanguard to the right.
Again the ČSA's Tupolev Tu-104 in the background, behind it an unidentified Douglas C-47 Skytrain and a Douglas DC-6.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Registration YU-AHB, c/n 135. Delivered to JAT in February 1963. Stored nowadays in front of the Belgrade Aeronautical Museum.
Finnair's and Scandinavian's Caravelle in the background, with a BEA's Comet 4B to the left background.
SAS's Caravelle in the background.
Background, BEA's Vanguard and Comet 4B.
Iberia's Caravelle III in the background.
Convair C-131 Samaritan
Unusual on an European Airport.
Unidentified Caravelle behind the Convair C-131 Samaritan, and Ghana Airways's Bristol Britannia in the far background.
Boeing 707-131B
Registration N783TW, c/n 18402/316.Delivered on September 26, 1962. WFU by TWA in June 1982. Stored at DMA (Davis-Monthan) as N783TW, and parted out for KC-135E parts wearing "CZ033" on nose.
Already seen above, Ghana Airways's Bristol Britannia in the far background.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Registration G-APDR, c/n 6418, in Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery. Delivered to B.O.A.C on October 1957. Sold to Mexicana de Aviación in December 1964.
Vickers 707 Viscount
Might be a 755D as well.
BEA's Vickers 802 Viscount in the background.
Boeing 707-344
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Registration VP-KPK, c/n 6433. Delivered to EAAC as VP-KPK in September 1960. Re-registered 5H-AAF in April 1964. Sold to Dan-Air for spares in January 1971.
Convair 440 Metropolitan of SABENA in the background.
Berlin Tegel 1976
Flughafen Berlin-Tegel / Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT)
Boeing 707-321
Air France's Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 in th background, listed further.
Another view, maybe not the same?
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101
Registration F-BVFA, c/n 205. First aircraft delivered to Air France for commercial operations in 1976.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Registration F-BHRK, c/n 26. Delivered to Air France on March 1960, then transferred to Air Charter International. WFU and scrapped in 1980.
Boeing 727 of Pan Am to the right.
Several aircraft in the far background.
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
In Negus & Negus livery adpated in 1974.
Maybe not the same.
BAC 111-414EG One-Eleven
Registration G-AZED, c/n 127. Delivered to Dan-Air London on August 1971. Sold to USA on March 1988.
Nice trio, with in background an ex BEA wearing British Airways markings on previous Speedjack livery, and newer British Airways BAC 111 already listed above.
Vickers 953C Merchantman
Boeing 707-321B
Boeing 727-46
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
BEA's livery with British Airways markings.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
Another Trident 3B in BEA's livery with British Airways markings.
BAC 111 One-Eleven of British Airways in the foreground.
Boeing 707-138B
Boeing 727 of Pan Am in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Registration F-BHRY, c/n 61. Delivered to Air France on December 1960. WFU in 1969.
BAC 111-320AZ One-Eleven
Boeing 727-21
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
Boeing 720-027
Registration N733T, c/n 18581. Ex Braniff still wearing the base paint scheme orange/green with white Air Club International style cheatline and a black Berliner Flug Ring inscription by the main door.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
BAC 111-320AZ One-Eleven
Registration G-AVBY, c/n 113. Delivered on November 1966. Sold to British Caledonian in April 1982 as G-BKAW, then to Nigeria in November 1983.
Boeing 707-138B
Boeing 720-027
Registration N734T, c/n 18065. Ex Braniff.
Boeing 727-21 of Pan American World Airways in the background.
Nord 2501F Noratlas
Registration XJ, c/n 95.
Unidentified Boeing 707 to the right in the background.
Boeing 720-027
Registration N730T, c/n 18154.
Boeing 727-46
Two British Airways's BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven in the background.
One of the BAC 111 passing in the background.
BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven
To the right background British Airways BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven already listed above.
In the background, Dan-Air's BAC 111-414EG One-Eleven G-AZED already listed above.
Boeing 727-21
Maybe not the same.
In the shadow behind, a Boeing 727-228 of Air France listed further.
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
Wearing British Airways markings on previous Speedjack BEA's livery.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
BEA's livery with British Airways markings.
Boeing 727-228
Boeing 707-321B
BAC 111 One-Eleven of British Airways in the foreground.
McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Boeing 707-321B
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Registration G-AZZD, c/n 46906.First flight was September 6, 1972. Delivery date was November 16, 1972. Other serials - N916CL with Capitol International Airways - leased in May 1982, World Airways - leased in October 1984, Arrow Air - leased in April 1984, and also N171AA with American Airlines - delivered on January 20, 1987, Hawaiian Air - leased in 1994, 1995, & 1996. Stored at MHV (Mojave) in 2002 as N171AA, & was broken-up on September 21, 2002 at MHV.
BAC 111-320AZ One-Eleven
Boeing 720-027
Registration N736T, c/n 18064.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
BAC 111-414EG One-Eleven
Aérospatiale Nord 262D-51 Frégate
Nord 2501F Noratlas
Registration xxx BA
Boeing 707-138B
Registration G-AVZZ, c/n 17699. Ex Qantas, first registered in UK in January 1968 for British Eagle, then sold to Laker Airways in January 1969. Sold to USA in November 1978.
Wearing Laker Airways livery, with International Carribean markings, the Barbados compagny in which Laker Airways held a 33% stake.
Douglas DC-6B
Channel Islands 1962
Handley Page HPR.7 Herald
Series 100 or 200 ?
Followed by a Douglas C-47B Skytrain of Derby Airways (listed below).
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
Rotterdam Airport 1963
Rotterdam - Vliegveld Zestienhoven(RTM/EHRD)
Rotterdam The Hague Airport nowadays.
Vickers 803 Viscount
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
Registration PH-SCC, c/n 19458. Previously from Fred. Olsen Airtransport as LN-IAS. Transferd to Martin's Air Charter after merge of Fairways Rotterdam into that company in 1964.
Vickers 657 Viking 1
Another Channel Airways aircraft in the background right, Douglas C-47 Skytrain (see below).
KLM's Viscount on the left, already listed above.
Douglas Dakota 3
Manchester Airport 1960s
Manchester Airport ((MAN/WMO).
Vickers 802 Viscount
Fokker F27-100 Friendship
Green top/White tail livery.
Notice the Vickers Vanguard from BEA in background.
Vickers 639 Viking 1
From Dublin to New-York 1960s
Arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK/KJFK).
Boeing 720-048
Registration EI-ALA, c/n 18041.
Ostend Airport 1966
Internationale Luchthaven Oostende-Brugge/Ostend-Bruges Flanders International Airport (OST/EBOS).
Douglas DC-6B
Vickers Viscount of British Eagle passing behind.
Vickers 732 Viscount
Taxiing on the left behind the SABENA's Douglas DC-6B.
Vickers 707 Viscount
British Eagle's Viscount passing behind.
Douglas Dakota IV
To the right beside an Avro 748 of BKS Air Transport taxiing on the left.
Avro 748 Srs.1/106
Taxiing between BUAF's Bristol 170 Freighter and Dan-Air's Dakota.
Bristol 170 Superfreighter Mk 21E
Paris Orly 1967
Aéroport de Paris-Orly / Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) .
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B1R
Registration F-BNRB, c/n 222. Delivered to UTA in 1967, then sold to Switzerland as HB-ICQ for SATA, and CTA afterwords. Went to Istanbul Airlines as TC-ASA in 1987, wfu in 1991.
Convair 990A-30 Coronado
Leased to Iberia from 1967 to 1969. Maybe EC-BJC? involved in a collision with an Iberia's DC-9 over Nantes on 1973/03/05.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Boeing 707-337B
Early liveries wore red jet pods.
Bréguet Br.763 Provence
Tail fin of an Air France's Caravelle III on the left foreground.
Vickers 708 Viscount
Boeing 707-328B
Registration F-BLCB, c/n 18686. Delivered new to Air France on January 1964. Leased to Air Madagascar from 1967 to 1979, registered as 5R-MFK in 1973. Went back to Air France in 1979 as F-BLLB.
Air France's Caravelle and Vickers Viscount of Air Inter in the background.
Pan American's Boeing 707 in the foreground and unidentified military aircraft in the background. Perhaps a Douglas C-47 from the French Armée de l'Air?
Same view with another Caravelle III from Air Inter this time.
With an Air Inter's Viscount in the background.
Amsterdam Schiphol 1960s
Luchthaven Schiphol / Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM).
Various Aircraft
1 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane.
2 - Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
3 - Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
4 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra & Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Douglas DC-8-43
DC-8 of KLM in the background left.
1 - Douglas DC-8-43 of Canadian Pacific Airlines.
2 - Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
3 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
4 - Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
5 - Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas of Martinair Holland.
6 - Douglas DC-8 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
1 - Douglas DC-8-43 of Canadian Pacific Airlines.
2 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
3 - Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
4 - Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas of Martinair Holland.
Douglas DC-8-53
1 - Registration PH-DCM, c/n 45616 Douglas DC-8-53 of KLM.
2 - Douglas DC-8-53 of VIASA.
3 - BAC One Eleven of BUA.
4 - Tupolev Tu-104 of Aeroflot.
DC-8 of VIASA behind it and Beechcraft Queen Air to the left background.
Tupolev Tu-104A
Registration CCCP-42463, c/n 06602002.
DC-8 PH-DCM in the foreground.
Fokker F27-500 Friendship
Taxiing between Alitalia's Caravelle in the foreground and Martinair Holland's Douglas C-47 background.
Tail fin of Lockheed L-188C Electra from KLM to the left.
1 - Fokker F27-500 Friendship of NLM.
2 - Douglas C-47A Skytrain of Martinair Holland.
3 - Douglas DC-8 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
4 - Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas of Martinair Holland.
Convair 640
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
These two C-47 are wearing the Martinair's markings, that means the pictures are post 1966.
Douglas DC-8-53
Behind PH-DCM already seen above.
BAC 111-201AC One-Eleven
CCCP-42463 on the background already seen above.
Leaving the apron. KLM's Lockheed L-188 Electra to the left.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
Already seen above.
Convair 440-12 Metropolitan
1 - Convair 440-12 Metropolitan of SABENA.
2 - Handley Page HPR.7 Herald of Jersey Airlines.
3 - Vickers 806 Viscount of BEA-British European Airways.
4 - Ilyushin Il-18V of LOT-Polskie Linie Lotnicze .
5 - Beechcraft Queen Air.
6 - Hawker Siddeley HS.125.
Douglas DC-8 of KLM / VIASA to the background left (listed further).
Handley Page HPR.7 Herald
1 - Convair 440-12 Metropolitan of SABENA.
2 - Handley Page HPR.7 Herald of Jersey Airlines.
3 - Vickers 806 Viscount of BEA-British European Airways.
4 - Ilyushin Il-18V of LOT-Polskie Linie Lotnicze .
5 - Lockheed L-188 Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
Lockheed L-188C Electra
Douglas DC-8-53
1 - Douglas DC-8-53 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines (VIASA).
2 - Registration PH-PBA, c/n 19434.Douglas C-47A Skytrain of Rijksluchtvaartdienst (National Aviation Service).
3 - Beechcraft Queen Air.
4 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
1 - Douglas DC-8-53 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines (VIASA).
2 - Douglas C-47A Skytrain of Rijksluchtvaartdienst (National Aviation Service).
3 - Beechcraft Queen Air.
4 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.
Vickers 951 Vanguard & Ilyushin Il-18V
Lockheed L-188C Electra from KLM to the right.
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See also
- Avion Video Series
- Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Airbus A300
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy
- BAC One-Eleven
- Beechcraft Baron
- Beechcraft Queen Air
- Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 720
- Boeing 727
- Boeing 737
- Boeing 747
- Breguet Provence
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- British Aerospace BAe 125
- Convair 240/340/440
- Convair 540/580/600/640
- Convair 880/990
- Convair C-131 Samaritan
- De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide
- De Havilland DH104 Dove
- De Havilland DH106 Comet
- De Havilland DH114 Heron
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas C-53 Skytrooper
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Douglas DC-8
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Handley Page Dart Herald
- Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
- Hawker Siddeley HS.748
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Ilyushin Il-62
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- Nord Aviation Noratlas
- Nord Aviation Nord 262
- Piper PA-23
- Piper PA-32
- SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viscount
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Air Canada
- Air Ceylon
- Air Charter International
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Inter
- Air Madagascar
- Alitalia
- Autair
- BKS Air Transport
- BOAC-Cunard
- British Airtours
- British Airways
- British Airways World Cargo
- British Eagle International Airlines
- British European Airways
- British Midland Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- British United Air Ferries
- British United Airways
- Cambrian Airways
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Channel Airways
- ČSA Czech Airlines
- Cubana de Aviación
- Cunard Eagle Airways
- Dan-Air
- East African Airways
- Fairways Rotterdam
- Finnair
- Ghana Airways
- Iberia
- Iraqi Airways
- JAT Yugoslav Airlines
- Jersey Airlines
- KLM
- Laker Airways
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Martinair
- Middle East Airlines
- NLM CityHopper
- Pan American World Airways
- Qantas
- SABENA
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Spantax
- Swissair
- TAP Portugal
- TAROM
- Trans World Airlines
- Union de Transports Aériens
- VIASA