Difference between revisions of "Independent Airlines – From the Fifties to the Eighties"
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To see a black and white still photo of a Viking is unusual; to watch one in action in colour, with sound, is amazing! That’s just one item in this superb collection of airliners, in service with independent operators from the fifties to the early eighties. | To see a black and white still photo of a Viking is unusual; to watch one in action in colour, with sound, is amazing! That’s just one item in this superb collection of airliners, in service with independent operators from the fifties to the early eighties. | ||
Remember the cross-Channel air ferries, carrying cars by Bristol Superfreighter and Carvair? | Remember the cross-Channel air ferries, carrying cars by Bristol Superfreighter and Carvair? | ||
− | There’s a wonderful sequence here that brings it all back, as we visit many UK airports, Antwerp | + | There’s a wonderful sequence here that brings it all back, as we visit many UK airports, Antwerp and Le Bourget. |
+ | Also in this document are many other shots from Palma de Mallorca and Canadian airports. | ||
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Seen at Birmingham International Airport (BHX/EGBB). | Seen at Birmingham International Airport (BHX/EGBB). | ||
[[Image: BAE_JETSTREAM_BA.jpg |thumb|500px|none| British Aerospace Bae-3102 Jetstream 31 of Birmingham Executive Airways.]] | [[Image: BAE_JETSTREAM_BA.jpg |thumb|500px|none| British Aerospace Bae-3102 Jetstream 31 of Birmingham Executive Airways.]] | ||
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+ | == [[:Category: Boeing 707| Boeing 707-328C]] == | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_707_AIR_FRANCE_AA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Boeing 707-328C of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]].]] | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_707_AIR_FRANCE_AB.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Boeing 707-328 of [[:Category: Air France| Air France]].]] | ||
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+ | == [[:Category: Boeing 707| Boeing 707-338C]] == | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_707_BMA_AA.jpg |thumb|500px|none| Boeing 707-338C of [[:Category: British Midland Airways |BMA- British Midland Airways]].]] | ||
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+ | == [[:Category: Boeing 707| Boeing 707-436]] == | ||
+ | In the far background , on the right. In the foreground a Fred.Olsen Freighter DC-6 (listed below). | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI 707 BOAC AA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Boeing 707-436 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing 707| Boeing 707-349C]] == | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_707_BRITISH_CALEDONIAN_AA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Boeing 707-349C of [[:Category: British Caledonian Airways|BCAL-British Caledonian Airways]].]] | ||
+ | On the left is a [[:Category: BAC One-Eleven|BAC 111 One-Eleven]] of [[:Category: Dan-Air |Dan-Air London]]. | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_707_BRITISH_CALEDONIAN_AB.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Boeing 707-349C of [[:Category: British Caledonian Airways|BCAL-British Caledonian Airways]].]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing 737| Boeing 737-204]] == | ||
+ | Registration G-BAZG, c/n 20806. | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_BRITANNIA_AIRWAYS_AA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BAZG Boeing 707-204 of [[:Category: Britannia Airways|Britannia Airways]].]] | ||
+ | Registration G-BAZI, c/n 20808. | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_BRITANNIA_AIRWAYS_BA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BAZI Boeing 707-204 of [[:Category: Britannia Airways|Britannia Airways]].]] | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_BRITANNIA_AIRWAYS_BB.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BAZI Boeing 707-204 of [[:Category: Britannia Airways|Britannia Airways]].]] | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_BRITANNIA_AIRWAYS_BC.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BAZI Boeing 707-204 of [[:Category: Britannia Airways|Britannia Airways]].]] | ||
+ | Registration G-AVRO, c/n 19712. In the background, nice pink livery of Reg.G-BAAB, c/n 193K-1032, [[:Category:Lockheed L-1011 TriStar|Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1]] <i>Halcyon Breeze</i> of [[:Category: Court Line|Court Line]]. | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_BRITANNIA_AIRWAYS_CA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-AVRO Boeing 707-204 of [[:Category: Britannia Airways|Britannia Airways]].]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing 737| Boeing 737-2T5/Advanced]] == | ||
+ | Registration G-BJBJ, c/n 20806. | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_ORION_AIRWAYS_A.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BJBJ Boeing 707-2T5/Advanced of [[:Category: Orion Airways|Orion Airways]].]] | ||
+ | Polar Airways [[:Category:Vickers Viscount|Vickers Viscount]] in the background (listed below). | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_ORION_AIRWAYS_AA.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BJBJ Boeing 707-2T5/Advanced of [[:Category: Orion Airways|Orion Airways]].]] | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_ORION_AIRWAYS_AB.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BJBJ Boeing 707-2T5/Advanced of [[:Category: Orion Airways|Orion Airways]].]] | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_ORION_AIRWAYS_AE.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BJBJ Boeing 707-2T5/Advanced of [[:Category: Orion Airways|Orion Airways]].]] | ||
+ | [[Image: BOEI_737_ORION_AIRWAYS_AH.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Reg.G-BJBJ Boeing 707-2T5/Advanced of [[:Category: Orion Airways|Orion Airways]].]] |
Revision as of 09:10, 13 September 2015
Documentary (2004)
English title: Truck
Starring:
Howard Asbridge (Narrator)
To see a black and white still photo of a Viking is unusual; to watch one in action in colour, with sound, is amazing! That’s just one item in this superb collection of airliners, in service with independent operators from the fifties to the early eighties. Remember the cross-Channel air ferries, carrying cars by Bristol Superfreighter and Carvair? There’s a wonderful sequence here that brings it all back, as we visit many UK airports, Antwerp and Le Bourget. Also in this document are many other shots from Palma de Mallorca and Canadian airports.
Aero Spacelines 377MG Mini Guppy
Registration N422AJ, c/n 15937. Seen at the Paris Air Show 1967 Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
Still wearing BEA’s livery. Must be either G-ALZR, G-ALZT, G-ALZW.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Registration G-ALFR, c/n 5210. Operated by Dan-Air from 1961 to 1973. Previously by D.Napier & Son with BEA livery for test of Napier Elan turboprop.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy 101
Registration G-BEOZ, c/n 6660.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Must be G-ASKD, G-ASKG or G-ASKN.
Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair
Registration G-AOFW, c/n 10351/ATL98/12. Ex Douglas C-54 Skym aster registered in 1955 for Air Charter Ltd. Modified as ATL Carvair in 1963 and operated by British United Air Ferries until 1967 then under the name British Air Ferries until 1984.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Another unidentified Carvair of BUAF taking off.
Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair
Registration G-ASKN, c/n 3058/ATL98/13. Delivered to British United Air Ferries in 1964. Sold to Gabon in 1976.
Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair
Registration LX-IOG, c/n 10365/ATL98/05.
Avro 748 Series 1/101
Avro 748 in the back ground. A F27 of Air Anglia in the foreground (listed below).
Avro 748 Series 1A/200
Registration G-ARAY, c/n 1535. 2nd prototype built in 1960, owned by Av.Roe & Co.Ltd til 1963 then by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. Sold to Dan-Air Services Ltd in 1971.
BAC 111-208AL One-Eleven
With tail of Pan Am’s Boeing 707 behind.
BAC 111-301AG One-Eleven
Registration G-ATPL, c/n 35.
BAC 111-304AX One-Eleven
Registration G-ATPI, c/n 112.
BAC 111-500 One-Eleven
BAC 111-509EW One-Eleven
Registration G-AWWY, c/n 185. Operated from 1969 to 1970, then from 1970 to 1974 as British Caledonian.
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven
Registration G-AXMF, c/n 200. At Palma de Mallorca-Son San Juan (PMI/LEPA/LESJ).
Several “Pink” livery BAC 111 at London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW).
BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven
Registration G-AXMG, c/n 201.
BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven
Registration G-AXMJ, c/n 204.
BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven
Registration G-AXMK, c/n 205.
BAC 111-523FJ One-Eleven
Registration G-AXLN, c/n 211. On lease from BMA-British Midland Airways between March and September 1973, wearing the BMA’s livery.
BAC 111-531FS One-Eleven
Registration G-AYWB, c/n 237.
Beechcraft F35 Baron
On the left , behind the Hawker Siddeley HS.748 and the Lockhed L-188 Electra in the background.
British Aerospace Bae-3102 Jetstream 31
2x BAC 111-500 of British Airways in the background.
On the right in the background a Fokker F27 Friendship of British Midland Airways.
Seen at Birmingham International Airport (BHX/EGBB).
Boeing 707-328C
Boeing 707-338C
Boeing 707-436
In the far background , on the right. In the foreground a Fred.Olsen Freighter DC-6 (listed below).
Boeing 707-349C
On the left is a BAC 111 One-Eleven of Dan-Air London.
Boeing 737-204
Registration G-BAZG, c/n 20806.
Registration G-BAZI, c/n 20808.
Registration G-AVRO, c/n 19712. In the background, nice pink livery of Reg.G-BAAB, c/n 193K-1032, Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 Halcyon Breeze of Court Line.
Boeing 737-2T5/Advanced
Registration G-BJBJ, c/n 20806.
Polar Airways Vickers Viscount in the background (listed below).