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[[File:Vlcsnap-2020-05-12-22h14m05s403.jpg|thumb|500px|none|De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C of [[:Category: Middle East Airlines|MEA-Middle East Airlines]] and Viscount 951 Vanguard of [[:Category: British European Airways|BEA-British European Airways]].]] | [[File:Vlcsnap-2020-05-12-22h14m05s403.jpg|thumb|500px|none|De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C of [[:Category: Middle East Airlines|MEA-Middle East Airlines]] and Viscount 951 Vanguard of [[:Category: British European Airways|BEA-British European Airways]].]] | ||
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+ | [[:Category: British European Airways|BEA]]'s [[:Category: Vickers Vanguard|Vanguard]] in the background beside an [[:Category: Airspeed Ambassador|Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador]]. Some unidentified aircraft on the left, maybe one [[:Category: Vickers Viscount|Viscount]] among them. | ||
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Documentary (2019)
Starring:
Howard Asbridge (Narrator)
This third ‘London Airport’ DVD goes back even further; to the 1940s, with BOAC Yorks, a BSAA Lancaster Freighter, Constellations and even an Air France Languedoc.
Then there’s a BEA Ambassador and a BOAC Stratocruiser plus KLM and Sabena DC4s. And do you remember Island Airways’ Dragon Rapides giving pleasure flights over London?
Outside the Queens Building in 1959, the ramp’s pretty quiet; just a few early Viscounts and the occasional DC6B. But, after a drive to Heathrow in 1961, on almost empty approach roads, the airport itself is now crowded with turboprops and early jetliners.
But, there are a still a few piston propliners; Air France Super Constellations, Sabena and Swissair CV440s, a Cambrian DC3 and we fly to Liverpool on a Starways DC4.
Tridents, Comets, 707s, DC8s, VC10s, 1-11s, DC9s; all the early jetliners are here and they feature in some great airside action or in those famous views from the spectator terraces.
On the cargo ramp, there’s close up action with a Singapore Airlines 707C, BEA Merchantman and a Fred Olsen Electra.
Singapore Airlines’ Concorde also features in this wonderful review of Heathrow in its heyday.
Also from this series:
Avion Video Series
Douglas DC-3C
London Airport at Heathrow in the early days after 1946.
Registration OO-AUY, c/n 43089. Built in 1943 as C-47 Skytrain four USAAF, retrofit post war as DC-3C. An interesting Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II of B.O.A.C in the background right.
Avro 685 York C.I
Registration G-AGJA, c/n 1207. Delivered to B.O.A.C in Januray 1944, then operated for a while by British South American Airways on May 1949 until September 1949. Went back to B.O.A.C until Mai 1951. Sold to Lancashire Aircraft Ltd then sold to Skyways of London Ltd in February 1955. Withdrawn frome use on May 1959.
Lockheed Constellation behind it.
Avro 685 York C.I
Registration G-AGNY, c/n 1226. Delivered to B.O.A.C in September 1945. Sold to Eagle Aviation Ltd on October 1949 to Skyways of London Ltd on April 1953.
Destroyed in an accident in August 1954.
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
Registration F-BCUN, c/n 61.
In the background, a Lockheed Constellation on the right and Douglas DC-3 on the left.
On the right backround, a Douglas DC-4 from an unidentified airline.
Unidentified airline Douglas DC-3 in the background left.
Better view of the Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II of B.O.A.C in the background right.
Avro 691 Lancastrian
Registration G-AGUJ, c/n PP689.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration PH-TLO. c/n not found yet.
Lockheed Constellation
Unidentified airline. Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II on the left background.
Lockheed 749A Constellation
Boeing 377-10-32 Stratocruiser
Douglas DC-4-1009
Vickers 707 Viscount
Rare view of first Aer Lingus livery of the Viscount
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide
Registration G-AGJG, c/n 6517. Built in 1943 and delivered to Scottish Airways Ltd for commercial operation until January 1947. Sold to BEA on February 1947 who operated the aircraft until September 1948. Sold to Adie Aviation Ltd in October 1948, then to Mediterranean Air Services Ltd in January 1949. Went back to Adie Aviation Ltd on August 1950, then sold to a private owner on June 1953. The company Island Air Services bought it in May 1954 for commercial use from London Airport until March 1959. Since that period the aircarft saw some tenth of different private owners until nowadays, still working machine.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Registration F-BHBB, c/n 4621.
Vickers 708 Viscount
Registration G-ARIR, c/n 36. Delivered to Air France on June 1954. Sold to Starways Ltd in February 1961, then Air Inter in November 1963. Sold to Alidair in November 1975. From 1975 to 1979, leased and sub-leased several times to Dan-Air, British Midland Airways, Guernesey Airlines , Alidair Scotland. Became Inter City Airlines in March 1981 due to corporate name change of Alidair, but the company ceased operations in 1983. Contract with Shell Oil continued for a while in the year 1983, then the airplane was purchased by Hards Travel for Janus Airways operation. Sold in 1984 to MMM Aero Services (3MAS) in Zaïre. Destroyed in 1989.
Douglas DC-6B
Registration LN-LMT, c/n 44170/439.
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Convair 440-12 Metropolitan
Vickers 708 Viscount & Vickers 700/800 Viscount
General view at London Heathrow Airport with one Viscount from Air France and BEA.
Vickers 808 Viscount
Green top/White tail livery. Arrival of this 808 Viscount at the same terminal seen above.
Vickers 708 Viscount
Registration F-BGNU, c/n 38. Delivered to Air France on July 1954, and operated till 1961, when leased to Air Vietnam. Returned to Air France in January 1963, but sold to Air Inter. Withdrawn from service in January 1975. Donated to Aéro Club de Mulhouse , Habsheim Airfield. Transferred to Auto und Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany in 1985 were it still is nowadays.
Viscount of Aer Lingus on the left (listed further). In the far background is another BEA's Viscount.
Who knows who were these VIP standing on the stair for the photo?
Vickers 808 Viscount
Registration EI-AJI, c/n 289. Delivered to Aer Lingus in June 1957 and operated until October 1969. Stored at Collinston Airport, Dublin, then broken up for scrap in May 1972.
Douglas C-47/DC-3 and BEA's Viscount in the background.
Vickers 806 Viscount
Viscount F-BGNU from Air France is taxiing towards the runway.BEA's Viscount on the right.
On the left, tail fin of G-AOYT, c/n 268. Delivered to BEA on May 1958. Sold to Winner Airways (Taiwan) in May 1969, then purchased in 1976 by Far Eastern Air Transport. Leased to Indonesion company Mandala Airlines in September 1977. Scrapped after a belly landing in 1985.
Several BEA's Viscount in the row.
Vickers 802 Viscount
Registrated G-AOHS, c/n 167. Delivered on June 1957 to BEA. In 1971, it operated for the regional division BEA Scottish Airways until the merge into British Airways in July 1973. Withdrawn from service in June 1975 and stored at Rhoose Airport, Cardiff and used for fire and rescue training by the Cardiff Airport Fire Service.Definitively scrapped in March 1980.
Two other BEA's Viscount in the far background.
Vickers 806 Viscount
Vickers 806 Viscount in Peony/Three crown livery of BEA worn from 1950 to 1959.
Vickers 701C Viscount
Registration G-ANHA, c/n 61. Delivered to BEA in October 1954. Purchased by Brazilian VASP in August 1962. Withdrawn from use on February 1969 then stored until 1975 when donated to Aero Clube Rio Claro. Scrapped in 1989.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
Shell Petroleum's executive airplane. Could be G-AMAA, c/n 5223 if single in the company's fleet.
Vickers 814 Viscount
Waiting on the left Vickers 814 Viscount in Large yellow livery of Lufthansa worn from 1959 to 1967.
View through window of Starways's Douglas DC-4 taxiing towards the runway (see below).
Douglas DC-4-1009
Taking off from London Heathrow Airport with Hunting's hangar in the background.
Various Aircraft
1 - Vickers Viscount.
2 - Vickers Viscount.
3 - Douglas C-47/DC-3.
4 - Vickers Viscount.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Registration G-AMON, c/n 27. Built in February 1952, delivered to BEA on December 1953. Sold to Cambrian Airways on March 1963 who operated the aircraft until March 1976. Sold to the British Airways Board and written off on April 1976.
Another Viscount of BEA with older livery seen in the background left. Listed below.
Vickers 803 Viscount
Seen from one window of the Viscount G-AMON listed above.
Douglas DC-3
Very blurry C-47/DC-3 in the right, seen from the cokpit of Viscount G-AMON when arriving at Aeropuerto Madrid-Barajas (MAD/LEMD).
Bristol 175 Britannia 318
Nose of BEA's Viscount G-AMON on the right, at Aeropuerto Madrid-Barajas (MAD/LEMD).
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
2 tail fins of Bristol Britannia from B.O.A.C at London Heathrow Airport in the early 60's. 2nd variant with white stripes on dark blue fin.
Various Aircraft
1 - Vickers Vanguard or Lockheed L-188 Electra.
2 - De Havilland DH106 Comet perhaps from BEA-British European Airways.
3 - Unidentifiable.
4 - Vickers Vanguard probably from BEA-British European Airways.
5 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
6 - De Havilland DH106 Comet landing in the runway background.
7 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
8 - Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador.
Various Aircraft
1 - Unidentified aircraft.
2 - Bristol 175 Britannia.
3 - Unidentifiable.
4 - Vickers Viscount.
5 - Unidentifiable.
6 - De Havilland DH106 Comet landing in the runway background.
7 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Jet age is annouced , here at final landing the Comet seen above n°6. Could be a 4C of the Royal Air Force.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
SAS's Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III in the background.
Austrian's Caravelle VI-R taxiing between SAS's Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III and BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the foreground.
Taxiing in front of two Vickers Viscount from BEA-British European Airways.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Towed Comet 4C of B.O.A.C passing a JAT's Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III (listed below).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Boeing 707-436
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle in the background and BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the foreground.
BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the foreground.
Boeing 707-436
In a sunny day for one time, Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle in the background and BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the foreground.
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Landing at London Heathrow Airport. An unidentified aircraft in the far background.
Vickers 701 Viscount
In the background on the left in the Vermilion red stripe/white stripe earlier livery.
Convair 440-11 Metropolitan
Two BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the background.
Boeing 707-344
Comet 4C of B.O.A.C in the right (listed below).
MEA's De Havilland DH106 Comet on the left.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
SAA/SAL's Boeing 707-344 on the left.
Another one seen few minutes later.
Douglas DC-8-32
Boeing 707-138B
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C of Aerolíneas Argentinas in the foreground.
Passing behind an unidentified Boeing 707 and a Douglas DC-6B of Pan Am-Pan American World Airways (listed below).
Douglas DC-6B
Qantas's Boeing 707-138B behind.
Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
Registration OO-SCT, c/n 381.
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Boeing 707-321
Douglas DC-8-43
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France on the right.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.650 Argosy 102
Unidentifiable aircraft in the far background left and centre. Two British Eagle's Britannias on the right.
Plus another Britannia from B.O.A.C in the background right.
BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the foreground.
Vickers 951 Vanguard
Registration G-APE... A genuine classic of this era in GB with its Red Square livery that suits so well the model. Notice the Comet 4C of B.O.A.C passing by in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
The B.O.A.C's Comet 4C fades to the right. Tail fin of BEA's Vanguard on the left.
Full stop for the Caravelle.
Vickers 951 Vanguard & Vickers 800 Viscount
Registration G-APEP, c/n 719 for this 951 Vanguard built in 1961 and in service with BEA from 1961 to 1974. Modified as Vickers 953C Merchantman in 1974 and operated by British Airways Cargo until 1979, then sold to Air Bridge Carriers .
Several BEA's Viscount 800 series around, and a Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident on the right. In the very far background, still remaining a British Eagle's Britannia.
Avro 748 Srs.1/106
Registration G-ARRW, c/n 1549 built in 1963. 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.
Taxiing between BEA's Vanguards and Viscount.
Vanguard G-APEP again in the foreground, with the Trident in the background left.
Moving away towards the runway, leaving a BEA's Viscount on the left.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
BEA's Viscount 800 in the foreground, and in the far background (x2). This Cambrian's Douglas C-47 is one of the tenth ex BEA used by the company at this time. Wearing the earlier Red-white stripe livery of the era.
Air France's Super G Constellation on the left, in the background and far background are two BEA's DH106 Comet.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Vickers 802 Viscount
In the background from left to right: Unidentified Douglas DC-4 or DC-6, Air France's Super G Constellation and tail fin of BEA's DH106 Comet on the right.
Two Caravelle's more in the panorama. The one on the left beeing from Air France.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Taxiing between BEA's Viscount 800 already seen above and a Cambrian's Douglas C-47 (maybe the same also seen above).
Argosy of BEA in the background.
Argosy of BEA in the background.
Far in the distance, a BEA's Vanguard.
Vickers 951 Vanguard & Vickers 806 Viscount
951 Vanguard taxiing behind a Vickers 806 Viscount in the foreground, registered G-AOYM, c/n 262. Both from BEA in the Red Square livery.
G-AOYM was delivered in December 1956 and operated by BEA until November 1971. Purchased by Cambrian Airways in 1971 and used until March 1976, then transfered into British Airways fleet until January 1984. Sold to British Air Ferries for a short while, and leased to Manx Airlines in 1985, then sold abroad to Lineas Aereas Canarias. Withdrawn from use in May 1989. Stored and finished her life as Disco/Bar/Restaurant in the 1990's on Tenerife , Canary Islands.
Passing by another BEA's 806 Viscount (listed below).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Following the same way than the previous Vanguard passing G-AOYM.
In the foreground Reg.G-AOYI, c/n 257 delivered in December 1956 and operated by BEA until July 1970. Purchased by Cambrian Airways on September 1970 and used until March 1976, then transfered into British Airways fleet until February 1981. Sold to British Air Ferries and leased to Esso Standard Libya in July 1981, to Occidental Libya Inc in December 1981, Sirte Oil Co. in June 1982, and Polar Airways in August 1982. Went back as British Air Ferries in 1983, leased to Guernsey Airlines on August 1983. Sold to London European Airways in February 1985, then to Caicos International Airways Ltd on April 1986. Service there until July 1987, went back to BAF until beeing scrapped in June 1992.
G-AOYI in the foreground.
Notice the De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA in the background.
Vickers 802 Viscount
In the foreground G-AOYI already listed above.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Another Caravelle III of SAS taxiing in front of a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Finnair. On the right, nose of BEA's Vanguard.
Two SAS's Caravelle III in the same shot.
Again one BEA's Vanguard in the background.
Boeing 707-321
Viscount 951 Vanguard in the background facing the BEA's hangars of London Heathrow Airport.
Two Viscount from BEA in the background.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C & Viscount 951 Vanguard
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
BEA's Vanguard in the background beside an Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador. Some unidentified aircraft on the left, maybe one Viscount among them.
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See also
- Avion Video Series
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy
- Avro Lancastrian
- Avro York
- BAC One-Eleven
- Beechcraft Baron
- Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 737
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Convair 240/340/440
- Convair 540/580/600/640
- Convair 880/990
- De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide
- 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-8
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
- Hawker Siddeley HS.748
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- Piper PA-23
- Piper PA-32
- SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viscount
- Aer Lingus
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Air Atlantique Ltd
- Air France
- Alitalia
- BKS Air Transport
- British Airways
- British Eagle International Airlines
- British European Airways
- British Midland Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- British South American Airways
- Cambrian Airways
- Cubana de Aviación
- Eagle Airways Ltd
- Finnair
- Fred. Olsen Airtransport
- JAT Yugoslav Airlines
- KLM
- Lufthansa
- Martinair
- Middle East Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- Qantas
- SABENA
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- South African Airways
- Swissair
- Trans-Canada Air Lines