Motion History: The Air Ferry - Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Documentary (2020)
Production:
Ruairidh Mac Veigh (Editor)
Ruairidh Mac Veigh (Writter)
Ruairidh Mac Veigh (Narrator)
Documentary on the Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair a car-carrying conversion for the Douglas DC-4, built to provide improved air ferry services between England, Ireland and Continental Europe.
Also from this series:
Motion History
Entrepreneur Freddie Laker's origin
Handley Page H.P.59 Halifax B.II Series IA
Escorted by a Supermarine Spitfire.
With more than 6000 aircraft produced, the Halifax would be a source for civilian use after WWII.
Freddie Laker's new company Aviation Traders Ltd (ATL) created in 1948 will participate at the conversion of several ex RAF Bombers for civilian use, and for the 1948/49 Berlin Airlift.
Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax C.VIII
Cargo and passenger version used as civil transport after WWII, especially in the Berlin Airlift 1949.
Registration G-AIAP, c/n 1354. Built for the RAF as PP281. Sold to B.O.A.C in September 1946. Sold to Airtech Ltd in October 1948. Sold to Eagle Aviation Ltd in February 1949. Destroyed in a crash on takeoff from Calcutta Dum Dum Airport (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport nowadays (CCU/VECC)) the 25th November 1950.
Douglas C-54D Skymaster
Berlin airlift.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Berlin airlift.
Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof (THF/EDDI) during Berlin Airlift.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1B & Vickers 701 Viscount
In 1949, ATL changed the name of its company to Aviation Traders Engineering Limited (ATEL) and became in the 1950s a sales agent of refurbished ex BEA Vickers Viking.
From left to right:
1 - Vickers VC1 Viking 1B, unknown registration.
2 - Vickers VC1 Viking 1B, registered G-AJBY, c/n 250. First flight in September 1947 owned by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Delivered to British European Airways in October 1947. Sold to Aero Express in November 1955, registered D-AFUS. Sold to Deutsche Flugdienst in April 1958, re-registered D-BELA. Written off in October 1958 after an emergency landing due engine failure in Belgium.
3 - Vickers 701 Viscount, registered G-AMNY, c/n 006, named RMA Sir Ernest Shackleton. Delivered new to British European Airways in February 1953. Written off in February 1960 after losing control due hydraulic failure while taxying.
4 - Vickers 701 Viscount, unknown registration.
Douglas Dakota IV
Registration G-ANTD, c/n 26414/14969. Delivered new to USAAF as Douglas C-47B-10-DK in October 1944, registered 43-49153. Lend lease to RAF changed to Dakota IV, registered KJ977. Bought by C E Harper Aircraft Co in July 1954, registered G-ANTD. Sold to Derby Aviation in April 1955, named Dove Dale. Changed to British Midland Airways in October 1964 after merge with Mercury Airlines. Sold to Aircraft & General Finance Corp. Ltd and leased to Cameroon Air Transport in October 1968, registered TJ-ACF. Returned to G-ANTD when sold to Field Aircraft Services Ltd in August 1970. Sold to East Lease Ltd in April 1971, operated by Air Anglia until November 1973. Broken up at International Norwich (EGSH/NWI).
Vickers 744 Viscount
First turbo-prop powered airliner in the history of aviation, fitted with 4 Rolls-Royce Dart engines.
Hawker Siddeley HS.748
Powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Dart engines. A fair success for this generation of turbo prop airliners.
Registration G-HD**. Could be G-HDBA, G-HDBB or G-HDBC delivered to British Airways in 1984 / 1988 as 748-426 Srs2B and 748-378 Srs2B.
Handley Page HPR.7 Herald 206
Fitted with 2 Rolls-Royce Dart engines, the turbo prop version of the Herald arrived too late compared to the competitors on the market such as Fokker Friendship, Avro 748.
Registration G-BDFE, c/n 167. Delivered new to Eastern Provincial Airways in March 1963, registered CF-EPC. Leased to Bahamas Airways in February 1964, registered VP-BCG. Returned to CF-EPC from Eastern Provincial Airways in May 1964. Sold to BAF-British Air Ferries in June 1975, registered G-BDFE, named Rory Keegan. Leased to TAT-Touraine Air Transport in April 1979, then to Air Algérie in April 1980. Bought by Keegan Leasing And Management Southend-On-Sea in September 1982. Leased to Janus Airways in May 1983, then to Star Offshore Services Ltd. Sold to MMM Aéro Services as 9Q-CAA in February 1984. Wfu and stored at N'djili International Kinshasa (FZAA/FIH) in April 1986. Broken up in March 1987.
Fokker F27-600 Friendship
Powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Dart engines. Around 750 aircraft built, exceeding the number of Viscount produced.
Registration D-AELD, c/n 10442. First flight in September 1970, registered PH-EXA. Leased to Air Anglia in April 1971, registered PH-FPR. Leased to Royal Air Inter in September 1972. Expected to be operated by Turavia, as I-VANA, but not taken up. Sold to Bangladesh Biman in November 1973, registered S2-ABP. Purchased by Satair Leasing as OY-SLF in August 1990. Sold to WDL Aviation in August 1991, registered D-AELD, named Jaegermeister. Wfu at Wahn,Cologne (Köln) - Bonn ( EDDK/CGN) in October 2002.
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