UK & Irish Airports - From the 1950s to the 1970s
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Documentary (2012)
Starring:
Howard Asbridge (Narrator)
We start with some wonderful film taken at Blackbushe in 1959; Falcon, Continental, Orion, Pegasus and Eagle Vikings, Dan Air Yorks, Bristol Freighters and Ambassadors and lots more, all in colour, as is the rest of this DVD, of course.
Then we’re off to look at many UK Airports, twelve in all, plus Dublin and Shannon, during the next couple of decades. Among the regional airports are Liverpool with British Eagle DC4s and arrivals at Cardiff for a Rugby match that include a Catair Super Connie and a Trans-Union DC6.
Heathrow’s not forgotten; there’s a fascinating visit to BOAC’s maintenance hangar with 707s, Comets, DC7C, Britannia and VC10. Remember BOAC’s only CL44? It’s here too.
Two trips to Southend reveal lots of Carvairs, BAF Heralds, BMA Viscount, etc. Prestwick has a good mix of sixties jetliners and military types, refuelling before making their Atlantic crossings.
707s and DC8s are seen at Manchester too, along with a BOAC 747 and an Aer Turas DC7. Luton has Britannias of course and more 707s.
Fancy a seat on the flightdeck of a BEA Airtours Comet or a trip in a Transglobe Britannia? No problem, they’re just part of two visits we make to Gatwick.
Right at the end, we have a quick look at Shannon and Dublin in the 1980s with Aer Turas DC8 and CL44, Ryanair 748 and 1-11s and more!
Also from this series:
Avion Video Series
City of Birmingham Airport 1972
Birmingham Airport nowadays (BHX/EGBB).
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1
Registration N305EA c/n 193A-1006. This Court Line/Eastern Air Lines demonstrator aircraft was the first ever visit of a Lockheed Tristar to Birmingham in 1972.
To be noticed: some BEA's Trident and Vanguard in the far background right.
Blackbushe Airport 1959
Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK).
Handley Page HP.81 Hermes 4A
One among the three Hermes operated by this short-live company (1959-61).
Airwork's Handley Page HP.81 Hermes 4A to the right (listed below).
Handley Page HP.81 Hermes 4A
Vickers VC1 Viking 1A
Orion Airways (1956) operated three Vikings from 1956 to 1960. Not to be confused with Orion Airways of the 1980s.
Vickers 639 Viking 1B
Registration G-AHOY, c/n 128. 1st delivered to Ministry of Supply on June 1946, then BEA from October 1946 to February 1948, James Stuart Travel Ltd, Field Aircraft Services, Hunting Clan Air Services, Pegasus Airlines (1959) and last with Invicta Airways. WFU in 1969. Pegasus Airlines (1959) must not be confused with present Turkish low cost company Pegasus Airlines launched in 1990.
Vickers 635 Viking 1A
Registration G-AMGH, c/n 293. Ex BEA from 1950 to 1955, then sold to Germany as D-CEDO (Dr.Tigges).Went back to UK in 1959 with Continental Air Services (1957-1960) that will change to Continental Air Transport during the last year of its existance. Not to be confused with US subsidiary of Continental Airlines called Continental Air Services, Inc.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1
Wearing ex BEA Peony/Three crown livery.
Airspeed AS.65 Consul
Douglas DC-4-1009
De Havilland DH104 Dove
Blackbushe air traffic control tower in the background.
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk 31
Registration G-APLH c/n 13250. Delivered new on March 1958. Sold to Canada on November 1968.
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk 31E
Registration G-AINL c/n 12827.
Douglas Dakota IV
Registration G-AMSS, c/n 16092. First civilian register in 1952 with William Dempster Ltd, then with Dan-Air London in 1953 until 1968. Sold to Iran.
Vickers Viking from Eagle Airways Ltd behind on the right. An unknwon full yellow aircraft to the left in far background.
Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster
Registration 39124, c/n 10495.From the VR-24 Navy Transport Squadron.
Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster
Registration 91998, c/n 10750.From the VR-24 Navy Transport Squadron.
Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster
Registration 39120, c/n 10443. From the VR-24 Navy Transport Squadron.
Avro 685 York C.I
Registration G-ANXN, c/n MW258. Delivered new on Dec.1954 to Aviation Traders Ltd. Sold to Dan-Air London on Sept.1956. WFU Sept.1964.
Dan-Air's Dakota in the background.
Vickers 614 Viking 1
Registration G-AHPG, c/n 139. Delivered in 1946 to CAA-Central African Airways from Rhodesia. Went to Independant Air Travel Ltd from 1957 to 1959 then sold to Falcon Airways who operated the aircraft until 1962. Then sold to Belgium.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Cessna 310
Registration G-APTK, c/n 35453. First delivered on April 1959 to St Mawes Motor Engineering Co Ltd who operated the aircraft until October 1962. Several private owners before it was destroyed on November 1974.
Vickers 610 Viking 1B
Behind the Cessna 310 listed above.
Registration G-AHPL, c/n 149.Delivered new to the Minister of Civil Aviation in September 1946. Sold to BEA on March 1947, then Claydon Aviation Ltd as Pegasus Airlines (1959) from December 1958 to January 1965. Sold to Invicta Airways Ltd. in February 1965 and used until February 1969 then WFU.
The 3rd Vickers 610 Viking 1B used by Pegasus Airlines (1959) is seen in the background:
Registration G-AJBT c/n 245. Delivered new to the Minister of Civil Aviation in September 1946. Sold to BEA on July 1947. Sold abroad as VR-YNF in April 1955. Went back to UK in January 1959 for Claydon Aviation Ltd as Pegasus Airlines (1959), written off from use on May 1965.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1A
Vickers VC1 Viking 1A
Last months of existence for this small company (1957-1959).
De Havilland DH114 Heron
Could be G-APMV, c/n 14128 from the private electronics company Ferranti Ltd. Delivered new on May 1958, and sold to Puerto Rico on February 1972.
Percival P.50 Prince
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Independant Air Transport operated three Douglas C-54 Skymaster during the last years of the company 1957-1959.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Registration OO-VAN, c/n 10452. Ex D-ANUK from Trans-Avia Dusseldorf. Entered service for BIAS in July 1959.
Percival P.50 Prince and De Havilland DH114 Heron in the background left.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1
Douglas DC-6A
Douglas DC-6A
Red Eagle livery.
Douglas DC-6A
Red,black white E livery.
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to the right.
Blackburn B-101 Beverley C.1
English Electric Canberra B(I).8
Registration XM268 of the 3rd Squadron Royal Air Force.
Vickers Valetta T3 & Avro Tudor
Nose of the English Electric Canberra B(I).8 seen above to the left, then a Vickers Valetta T3 and an unidentified Avro Tudor on the right.
Miles M.65 Gemini
Unknown aircraft on the left.
De Havilland DH104 Dove
Another one in red livery.
Percival P.50 Prince
Registration G-ALWH, c/n P50/10. From the private industrial US company Sperry Gyroscope Co.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1
Blackburn B-101 Beverley C.1
Registration XB263, c/n 1006. Belongs to the 47th Squadron of the RAF Transport Command.
De Havilland DH114 Heron
Waiting for the landing of the Blackburn B-101 Beverley C.1 listed above.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Registration G-AMAH, c/n 5230. Delivered new to BEA on April 1950, then sold to Buttler Air Transport on June 1957 and sent two months later to Australia as VH-BUJ. Went back to UK in November 1959 for Dan-Air London commercial exploitation until January 1972. Then WFU.
Dan-Air London's Dakota IV in the background.
Douglas Dakota IV
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Another one.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Vickers VC1 Viking 1
De Havilland DH114 Heron
Avro Tudor
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
Shell Petroleum's executive airplane. Could be G-AMAA, c/n 5223 if single in the company's fleet.
Southend Airport (Part 1)
Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC). London Southend Airport nowadays.
De Havilland DH104 Dove 1B
Registration G-ANVU, c/n 04082. Delivered and operated from November 1954 to August 1972.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk 21
Dublin Airport (Part 1)
Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath.
Boeing 707-348C
Note the Fokker F27 Friendship, Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair and Boeing 737 of Aer Lingus in the background.
Avro 748 Srs.1/106
View from Pier B.
Fokker F27-100 Friendship
Shannon Airport (Part 1)
Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) Aerfort na Sionainne.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
L-1049G or H?
Bristol 175 Britannia 318
Boeing 707-348C
Registration EI-AMW, c/n 18737/377.
Boeing 720-048
With another 707/ 720 in foreground.
Characteristic Pratt & Whitney JT3C of the Boeing 720 in the background.
Vickers 802 Viscount
Registration G-AOJB, c/n 151. Delivered and operated from January 1956 to July 1973. Wfu in 1976.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration EC-ACD, c/n 42951. Ex Iberia.
BAC 111-208AL One-Eleven
Passing by another Boeing 707 of Aer Lingus in foreground.
Vickers 708 Viscount
Boeing 707-348C
Registration EI-ANO, c/n 18880.Delivered 04.1965. Sold to United African Airlines as 5A-DIX in 5.81 and stored at Cairo from 1992, becoming derelict and sand-covered. Finally scrapped in 11.09
Vickers 951 Vanguard
Vickers 739A Viscount
Vickers 808 Viscount
Registration EI-AJJ, c/n 290.
London Heathrow Airport 1960s
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
BEA's Vanguard in the foreground.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Vickers 806 Viscount
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Registration SE-DAD, c/n 34. Delivered on May 1960. Sold to Thai Airways International in November 1967. Written off in July 1969.
Canadair CL-44D4-1
Boeing 707-437
Registration VT-DJJ, c/n 17723. Delivered on February 1960. Air India's first jet aircraft. It was written-off after a landing accident at Bombay on 22nd June 1982.
Vickers 953 Vanguard
Registration G-APEL, c/n 715. Delivered on November 1957 and operated by BEA until April 1974. Modified as cargo aircraft 953C Merchantman in the last 60's. Changed to British Airways colours till August 1976, then sold to France afterwards. Was destroyed after crashing on take off from Toulouse on 29 Jan 1988 as F-GEJF whilst operating for Inter Cargo Service.
Former listed Air India's 707 behind it.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
We still can't say if is or not G-AMAA, c/n 5223.
SAS's Caravelle III in far backrground left.
Boeing 707-358B
Boeing 707-344
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Registration G-AOVG, c/n 13238. Delivered on February 1957 and operated by BOAC till November 1968. Sold to British Eagle International Airlines in April 1965. Went back to B.O.A.C in November 1968 then bought by Monarch Airlines in October 1969 (see below in section Luton International Airport 1970s). Scrapped in April 1977.
Another one to the left foreground.
Boeing 707-138B
Vickers 951 Vanguard
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Registration OO-SRH, c/n 78. First flight April 1961 as F-WJAL, delivered to SABENA on November 1961.
Went back to SNIAS as F-WLGA on September 1973, then sold to Indian Airlines on October 1973.
Ended with Air Afrique as TU-TXR in January 1976.
Note the Avro York to the left in the far background, and an Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador to the right.
Vickers 951 Vanguard
Another Vanguard passing between a Vickers Viscount and the foreground Vanguard already listed above.
Same Caravelles already seen above.
De Havilland DH104 Dove 8X
Registration G-ARDH, c/n 04519. Acquired and operated by David Brown Corporation from their company airfield (Crosland Moor) near Huddersfield, Yorkshire from 1961 to 1970.
Vickers 951 Vanguard
BEA's Vickers Viscount in the background.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Registration G-APDE, c/n 6406. Delivered on May 1959 and operated until October 1965. Sold to MSA-Malaysia Singapore Airlines and went back to UK with Dan-Air London in March 1971. WFU in November 1973.
Boeing 707-436
Registration G-APFF, c/n 17707. Delivered on August 1959 and operated under B.O.A.C colours until April 1974, then as British Airways and finally with British Airtours. Stored at Kingman, AZ in May 1981 and later broken up.
Boeing 707-436
Registration G-APFD, c/n 17705. Delivered on August 1959 and operated under B.O.A.C colours until February 1973, then as British Airtours.Sold to USA on November 1979.
Another one in the background right.
Unidentified Aircraft
Douglas DC-4 or Douglas DC-6 ?
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Boeing 707-436
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Registration G-APDJ, c/n 6429. Delivered on May 1957 and operated until may 1967, then sold to Dan-Air London. WFU on April 1981.
Boeing 707-330B
On approach for landing.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Registration G-ARVF, c/n 808. Built in January 1963, used primarly as demo aircraft for Vickers and B.O.A.C wearing Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery, that will be soon changed for the new 1964 Meat Cleaver livery on commercial operations.
Montreal Airport 1963
Aéroport International de Montréal-Dorval (YUL/CYUL/71627)
Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau / Montreal-Trudeau International Airport nowadays.
Canadair CL-44D4-1
Registration N228SW, c/n 31. Leased from Seaboard World Airlines between September 1963 and October 1965, when replaced by 707-336C's.
Cardiff Airport 1970s
Cardiff Glamorgan Rhoose Airport (CWL/EGFF)
Cardiff Airport/Maes Awyr Caerdydd nowadays.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Registration G-AMOH, c/n 21. Built and registered in May 1952, owned by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. Delivered to BEA on July 1953. Sold to Channel Airways in February 1964 then to Cambrian Airways in October 1965. Written off from use in September 1972.
Registration G-AMOE, c/n 21. Built and registered in May 1952, owned by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. Delivered to BEA on June 1953. Sold to Channel Airways in March 1964 then to Cambrian Airways in February 1965. Written off from use in September 1973.
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Unidentified Aircraft
Donaldson's Britannia in final landing behind it.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
One of the ex-Air France aircraft used by the company CATAIR in the late 60s and early 70s.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Nice batch.
Registration G-ALWF, c/n 5. Built and registered in January 1950, owned by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. Delivered to BEA on January 1953. Sold to Tradair Ltd in March 1964 then to Cambrian Airways in January 1966. Written off from use in March 1972.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Undistinguished registration.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Registration G-AMOG, c/n 21. Built and registered in May 1952, owned by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. Delivered to BEA on January 1953. Sold to Cambrian Airways in February 1963. As part of British Air Services Group, was renamed British Air Services in 1969, then in British Airways colours in 1974. Written off from use in March 1976.
Douglas DC-6B
French charter company of the 60/70s.
Vickers 808 Viscount
Bristol 175 Britannia 102
Manchester Airport 1970s
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC/03334)
Douglas DC-8-61
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Taxiing to the terminal.
Parking between two 707 of BOAC.
Douglas DC-8-52
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Ready for taking off.
Parking between two 707 of BOAC.
Boeing 727-30
On foreground left, BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA.
Unidentified Aircraft foreground.
Boeing 707
We can't see on these pictures the ventral fin that would make it definitively an ex-TWA's or El-Al's Boeing 707-131. In another hand the engine nacelles aren't those of ex-Air France's Boeing 707-328B also operated by TEA in the 1970s. At least, a Boeing 720 would have also a ventral fin visible, and fuselage seems a little bit too long...Not found.
Note an Unidentified Light Bi-motor Aircraft in the foreground.
BEA Scottish Airways Vickers 802 Viscount in the foreground.
Britannia Airways Boeing 737-204 in the foreground.
Douglas DC-7CF
Boeing 707-138B
Boeing 707-373C of British Caledonian Airways taxiing foregrund.
Pratt&Wittney JT3D on this foreground Boeing 707-373C.
Vickers 800 Viscount
Unknown airline.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B
Registration G-APMG, c/n 06442. Delivered in January 1960 and operated until March 1970 by BEA-British European Airways, then BEA Airtours until January 1973. Sold in August 1973 to Dan-Air London. Wfu on Aprl 1981.
Fokker F27 Friendship behind. It seems wearing the livery of Cambrian Airways designed by Eccleston+Glossop Associates of London in the early 70s, but we can't find any trace of F27 uses by the company.
BEA Scottish Airways's Vickers 806 Viscount in the foreground.
Background from left to right:
Ilyushin Il-18V of Malév Hungarian Airlines.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10R of Aviaco.
BAC 111-201AC One-Eleven of British Caledonian Airways
Douglas DC-8-63 of World Airways to the right.
Boeing 727-46
Douglas DC-8-21
Boeing 707-321B
Tail fin of EC-CAO, c/n 176 Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B1R of Aviaco in foreground.
Britannia Airways Boeing 737-204 in the foreground.
Boeing 737-204/Advanced
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
Note the BOAC's Boeing 747-136 on approach for landing in the background (listed below).
Another Trident 3B taxiing in front of the 747 that just landed.
Boeing 747-136
First landing of a 747 at Manchester Airport.
Various Aircraft
1 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.
2 - BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA-British European Airways.
3 - BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA-British European Airways.
4 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of Dan-Air London.
5 - Boeing 727-46 of Dan-Air London.
6 - BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA-British European Airways.
7 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.
Various Aircraft
1 - BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA-British European Airways.
2 - BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA-British European Airways.
3 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of Dan-Air London.
4 - Boeing 727-46 of Dan-Air London.
5 - BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven of BEA-British European Airways.
6 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.
7 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
Various Aircraft
1 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.
2 - Boeing 707-321 of Dan-Air London.
3 - Boeing 707-436 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
4 - Boeing 707-300 of British Caledonian Airways.
5 - Boeing 707-300 of British Caledonian Airways.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 707-321 of Dan-Air London.
2 - Boeing 707-436 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
3 - Boeing 707-300 of British Caledonian Airways.
4 - Boeing 707-300 of British Caledonian Airways.
Boeing 747-136
BEA-British European Airways Vickers Vanguard in the foreground.
Boeing 727-46 of Dan-Air London and Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways in the foreground.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of Dan-Air London down in the picture.
East Midlands Airport 1970s
East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX)
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Hercules of the US company Saturn Airways were regular visitors at East Midlands Airport for a while as they were used for transporting Rolls-Royce RB 211 engines from Derby to the USA for Lockheed L-1011 TriStar production.
BAC 111-501EX One-Eleven
Boeing 707-321
Registration G-AYVE, c/n 18083. Ex Pan American N757PA, leased from British Midland Airways.
Canadair CL-44-O Skymonster
The CL-44-O was a single Canadair CL-44D4-2 (c/n 16) converted by Conroy Aircraft, who removed the fuselage shell above the floorline, and rebuilt an enlarged fuselage to make it into a Guppy-type aircraft. It was intended to transport Rolls-Royce RB211 engine pods to the United States for Lockheed's L-1011 TriStar.
Reg.N447T, c/n 16. First livery with TAC-Transmeridian Air Cargo.
Piper PA-E23-250 Aztec C
In the foreground left, registration G-ATHJ, 27-2757.
Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy C1
Reg.9Q-COE c/n 6778. Ex RAF. Otrag Range Air Services was an airfreight operation to support the building of a missile launch facility in Zaïre for the German program Orbital Transport und Raketen AG (1975-1979).
On approach for landing in background, Sud Aviation-BAC Concorde of Air France.
Cessna 401
Registration G-AVKN, c/n 401-0082.
Cessna 414 Chancellor to the rignt.
Cessna 414 Chancellor
Registration G-BTFH it seems, but goes to G-BTSG on G-INFO search
Enstrom F-28
Background: Concorde almost touch down the runway.
Piper PA-23 Aztec to the right (listed below).
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Registration G-AYVJ, c/n 27-4020.
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Unreadable registration.
Concorde background .
In background, Sud Aviation-BAC Concorde of Air France.
Cessna 310
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101
First flight of Concorde at East Midlands Airoport on the 29 september 1979.
Luton International Airport 1970s
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) nowadays.
Bristol 175 Britannia 308
Registration G-ANCH, c/n 12924.
Note “Pink” livery BAC One-Eleven of Court Line in the background.
“Green” livery BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven of Court Line in the background and several other aicraft listed below.
Various Aircraft
1 - BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven of Court Line in Pink livery.
2 - BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven of Court Line in Yellow livery.
3 - Boeing 737-204 of Britannia Airways.
4 - BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven of Court Line in Green livery.
5 - Boeing 737-204 of Britannia Airways.
6 - BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven of Court Line in Green livery.
7 - Beechcraft 50 Twin Bonanza.
Boeing 737-204
Registration G-AVRO, c/n 19712. Delivered to Britannia Airways on April 1969. Leased to Far Eastern Air Transport in 1976 and 1977. Sold to Presidential Airways in May 1986, then America West Airlines on May 1987. Sold to Aero Continente in April 1992, then to Aero Continente Chile in August 1999, return to Aero Continente in March 2000. New name Nuevo Continente in 2004.
Note the Bristol 175 Britannia 102 of Britannia Airways in the background.
BAC 111-518FG One-Eleven
Registration G-AXMF, c/n 200. Delivered to Court Line on August 1969. Went back to British Aircraft Corporation then sold to Transbrasil on September 1974. Bought by Austral Líneas Aéreas in January 1978, then by European Aviation Air Charter in June 1996. Scrapped in June 1997.
Same background view with Bristol 175 Britannia 102 of Britannia Airways.
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Registration G-AOVG, c/n 13238. Delivered new to B.O.A.C in February 1957. Sold to British Eagle International Airlines (see above in section London Heathrow Airport 1960s) in April 1965. Went back to B.O.A.C in November 1968 then bought by Monarch Airlines in October 1969. Scrapped in April 1977.
Same background view with Bristol 175 Britannia 102 of Britannia Airways.
BAC 111-416EK One-Eleven
Registration G-AWBL, c/n 132. Delivered to Autair International Airways on January 1968, Court Line with the company change in 1970. Sold to Cambrian Airways in January 1971. Became British Airways in April 1976. Sold to Birmingham European Airways in January 1990, then Brymon European Airways in November 1992. Sold to Maersk Air UK in July 1993, then to Nationwide Airlines in July 1996. Screpped since.
Bristol 175 Britannia 253F
Greek operator Afrek used two Britannias on freight-charters from 1976 to 1984. Both of them with british registration. Ex RAF aircraft , still wearing the livery, it's no so bad.
Bristol 175 Britannia
Unreadable registration
Background, Donaldson International Airways's Boeing 707 and Britannia Airways's Boeing 737.
Boeing 707-321
Ex PAN AM. Britannia Airways's Boeing 737 to the left.
Boeing 707-355C
Southend Airport (Part 2)
Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC). London Southend Airport nowadays.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Big John, Porky Pete, Fat Annie, Big Joe, Big Bill, Fat Albert, Plain Jane, ...BAF's Carvairs of that era had their humoristic name written under the cabin window.
This one is Big Louie, registration G-ASDC, c/n 10273/7. Delivered to British United Air Ferries in January 1963, becoming British Air Ferries in 1967.
Vickers 813 Viscount of BMA-British Midland Airways in the background.
In the background, tail fin of Canadair CL-44 from Transmeridian Air Cargo.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Some others.
Douglas DC-4 to the right in the background.
Douglas DC-6B
Red fin-white/red fuselage livery.
Douglas Dakota IV
G-AMPO, c/n 33185/16437. Ex RAF as KN566.It had many owners since the war: Starways Ltd, Eagles Aircraft Services, First Air Trading Co, Aviation Overhauls, Field Aircraft Sces, BAC, Macedonian Aviation, Humber Airways, McDonald Aviation, Intra Airways, Vistair Flight, Lease Air (Eastern Airways), Air Atlantique Ltd, Aces High Ltd, and Atlantic Air Transport Ltd. Wfu in 2001, stored at Lyneham RAF base.
Piper PA-28 Cherokee behind to the right.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport 1970s
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Registration G-AMON, c/n 27.Same archive IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Registration G-AMOG, c/n 7. Built in 1952, delivered in January 1953 to British European Airways. Sold to Cambrian Airways in February 1963. Became British Airways with the merge of the companies in April 1976. Wfu in 1976.
DC-8 of Seaboard World Airlines in the background (listed below).
To the left.
Douglas DC-8-63CF
Vickers 701 Viscount of British Airways in the foreground.
Lockheed C-141A Starlifter
An Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-61 to the right.
Boeing 707-321C
Boeing 707-321 & Douglas DC-8-61
Boeing 707-396C
Convair C-131 Samaritan
Dassault Falcon 20
Boeing 727-185C
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
London Gatwick Airport 1960s-1970s
London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK).
Douglas DC-6B
Registration F-BHEF, c/n 44697. Delivered new to TAI in July 1955. Leased to SABENA in June 1958, went back to TAI three months later. New UTA's livery after the merge with UAT in october 1963. Leased to Air Afrique in 1964. Sold to French "Armée de l'air" in Decembre 1965. Sold to US company Lion Leasing Co in March 1978, and operated by Petroleum Air Transport, the DHL Island Airways in September 1979. Sold to Pacific Alaska Airlines in August 1980, then Jet Svcs in March 1986, Sundance Airlines in March 1987, ended its life with Alpes Aircraft Corp in July 1988. Scrapped.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador of Dan-Air London in the background (seen further).
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Behind propeller of the Douglas DC-6B seen above.
Nord 2501 Noratlas
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31
To the left.
Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer
Behind propeller of the Douglas DC-6B seen above.
BAC-111-501EX One-Eleven
Another BUA's BAC-111 in the foreground, and a De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of Dan-Air London background.
Vickers VC10 Srs.1103
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Canadair CL-44-6 Yukon
Boeing 707-138B
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Convair 990A Coronado
Bristol 175 Britannia 302
Registration G-ANCC, c/n 12919. Built in January under Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd in January 1957. Purchased by Aeronaves de México in October 1957. Sold to Transglobe Airways in May 1966 and operated until 1970, then scrapped.
Landing somewhere in Spain, maybe Majorque?
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
Tupolev Tu-134
BAC-111-320AZ One-Eleven
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA in the background.
Ilyushin Il-18V
Boeing 707-138B
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B
Registration G-ARCP, c/n 6451. Delivered new to BEA in July 1960. Transferred to BEA Airtours in May 1970 and operated until October 1973. Sold to Dan-Air as G-BBUV.
SAM's Caravelle VI-N tail fin through the cockpit.
Southend Airport (Part 3)
Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC). London Southend Airport nowadays.
Douglas Dakota IV
Avro 748 Srs.1/106
Registration G-ASPL, c/n 1560 built in February 1964. Operated by BKS Air Transport until 1967, then with Skyways Coach Air Ltd until 1971. Sold to International Skyways Ltd. Purchased by Dan-Air Services in 1972 than Dan-Air Skyways until 1977.
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- Avion Video Series
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Airbus A300
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy
- Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
- Avro Tudor
- Avro York
- BAC One-Eleven
- Beechcraft Queen Air
- Beechcraft Super King Air
- Beechcraft Twin Bonanza
- Blackburn Beverley
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- Boeing 720
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- Boeing 737
- Boeing 747
- Boeing 747SP
- Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
- Breguet Provence
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- British Aerospace BAe 125
- Britten-Norman Islander
- Canadair CL-44
- Cessna 310
- Cessna 401/402
- Cessna 414
- Cessna 500 Citation I
- Cessna 550 Citation II
- Convair 240/340/440
- Convair 540/580/600/640
- Convair 880/990
- Convair C-131 Samaritan
- Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
- Dassault Falcon 20
- Dassault Falcon 50
- De Havilland DH104 Dove
- De Havilland DH114 Heron
- De Havilland DH106 Comet
- De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Douglas DC-8
- Enstrom F-28
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
- English Electric Canberra
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Fokker F28 Fellowship
- Grumman HU-16 Albatross
- Handley Page Dart Herald
- Handley Page Hastings
- Handley Page Hermes
- Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
- Hawker Siddeley HS.748
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Junkers Ju 52
- Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- Miles M.65 Gemini
- Nord Aviation Noratlas
- Nord Aviation Nord 262
- Partenavia P.68
- Percival Prince
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer
- Piper PA-23
- Piper PA-28
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Transall C-160
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Valetta
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Aer Lingus
- Aer Turas
- Aeroflot
- Air Berlin USA
- Air Canada
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- Air Spain
- Airwork Ltd
- Alitalia
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- Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
- BEA Airtours
- BEA Scottish Airways
- BKS Air Transport
- Brit Air
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- British Air Ferries
- British Air Services
- British Airways
- British Airways World Cargo
- British Caledonian Airways
- British Eagle International Airlines
- British European Airways
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- British Overseas Airways Corporation
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- British United Airways
- Cambrian Airways
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Capitol Air
- Channel Airways
- Condor Flugdienst
- Court Line
- ČSA Czech Airlines
- Cubana de Aviación
- Cunard Eagle Airways
- Dan-Air
- Delta Air Transport
- Derby Airways
- Eagle Airways Ltd
- East African Airways
- Eastern Air Lines
- El Al Israel Airlines
- Fairways Rotterdam
- Finnair
- Fred. Olsen Airtransport
- Ghana Airways
- Hapag-Lloyd Flug
- Iberia
- Icelandair-Flugfélag Íslands
- Iraqi Airways
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- Jersey Airlines
- KLM
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- LOT Polish Airlines
- LTU International
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- Malév Hungarian Airlines
- Martinair
- Middle East Airlines
- Monarch Airlines
- NLM CityHopper
- Orion Airways (1956)
- Overseas National Airways
- Pacific Western Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- Pegasus Airlines (1959)
- Qantas
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- Società Aerea Mediterranea
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