Clear to Land

Clear to Land screen title.

Documentary (1968)

Production:
Conquest Film Unit (Production)

Also from this series:
BEA films series

Produced in 1968, this film not only promoted BEA but the Autoland system fitted to its fleet of Tridents...a plane built by Hawker Siddeley with that in mind.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C

Landing at London Heathrow Airport (LHR). See discussion tab (1)

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C

At London Heathrow Airport (LHR) surrounded by the aircraft already depicted above and another of the same type in the foreground.
Registration G-ARPR, c/n 2119. Initially planned as G-ARPT but not taken up. First flight as G-ARPR in January 1965. Delivered to BEA in April 1965. World's first fully automatic landing with revenue passengers on LBG-LHR as BE343 in June 10th of 1965. Transferred to British Airways in April 1974 after merge. Sold to Civil Aviation Authority in September 1981. Used as a fire trainer Teesside UK.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.G-ARPR Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1 (interior)

In flight.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1 of BEA-British European Airways.

Autoland procedure by ILS.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1 of BEA-British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1 of BEA-British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C

At Aéroport Paris Le Bourget (LBG). See discussion tab (2)
Registration G-ARPA, c/n 2128. First flight in September 1962. Delivered new to BEA in August 1965. Transferred to British Airways after merge in April 1974. Wfu in February 1975 at Prestwick International, Glasgow (EGPK/PIK). Broken up in April 1976.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.G-ARPA Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C

At Aéroport Paris Le Bourget (LBG).

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways.

Douglas DC-6B

At Aéroport Paris Le Bourget (LBG). In the background is the Trident 1C already mentionned above, taxiing towards the runway.

Douglas DC-6B of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C

At Aéroport Paris Le Bourget (LBG).
Registration G-ARPL, c/n 2112. First flight in July 1964. Delivered new to BEA in August 1964. Transferred to British Airways after merge in April 1974. Wfu in March 1982. Used as a fire trainer at Turnhouse, Edinburgh (EGPH/EDI). Broken up in March 1996.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).