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.
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).
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 610 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
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.
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
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- Avion Video Series
- Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Airbus A300
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
- Avro York
- BAC One-Eleven
- Beechcraft Queen Air
- Beechcraft Super King Air
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 720
- Boeing 727
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- Boeing 747SP
- Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
- Breguet Provence
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- British Aerospace BAe 125
- Britten-Norman Islander
- 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 50
- De Havilland DH104 Dove
- 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
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
- 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
- Nord Aviation Noratlas
- Nord Aviation Nord 262
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Transall C-160
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Valetta
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Air Berlin USA
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- Air Charter International
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- British Eagle International Airlines
- British European Airways
- British Midland Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
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- British United Airways
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Capitol Air
- Channel Airways
- Court Line
- ČSA Czech Airlines
- Cunard Eagle Airways
- Dan-Air
- Derby Airways
- Eagle Airways Ltd
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- Finnair
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- Iberia
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- Jersey Airlines
- KLM
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- LOT Polish Airlines
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- Orion Airways (1956)
- Pan American World Airways
- Pegasus Airlines (1959)
- Qantas
- SABENA
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- Spantax
- Swissair
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