London Airport - Heathrow in the 1960s & 70s
Documentary (2003)
Starring:
Howard Asbridge (Narrator)
Remember where it all began? On the roof terrace at a major airport; noisy, exciting, full of variety and interest. You may have started a lifelong passion for aviation at that moment, but today’s airliners don’t really match up to those early days, do they?
Now we can take you back in time, with the help of some enthusiasts’ cine film, that has been digitally restored and matched to authentic sound. This production hasn’t been made by filming a flickering projection screen. With a specialist ‘Telecine’ conversion process, also used by the BBC and by ITV, we can digitally transfer pictures direct from the film on to digital video tape. These can then be enhanced and edited as necessary.
We start in the 1960s with Viscounts and 707s everywhere, alongside Caravelles, DC8s, Britannias, DC7s, Comets and TU104s. The earliest shot appears to be in 1963, with more from 1964.
Highlights include BEA Herald, Lufthansa C46, Ghana, Swissair and MEA CV990s, the crashed TCA DC8, Aer Lingus Carvair, CSA and CPA Britannias, British Eagle and UAA DC6s. Alitalia, Dan Air and BOAC DC7s, UAA Caravelle.
The 1970s begin with early 747s, DC10s and Tristars. We’ve still got some 707s and increasing numbers of DC8Fs, plus Concorde and the last days of the Tridents.
Highlights include Pan Am DC10 & 737, Northeast Trident, Merpati Vanguard, National 747, Libyan 727, SAA 747SP.
Overall the variety is amazing. Let’s just list the 707s: BOAC, PanAm, TWA, Air France, Lufthansa, TMA, MEA, Air Malta, El Al, PIA, Kuwait, Olympic, SAA, TAP, QANTAS, Montana [Austrian], Kenya, Air Mauritius, US Govt.
So, why not relive those memories today?
Also from this series:
Avion Video Series
The 1960s (first half)
Tupolev Tu-104A & Vickers 951 Vanguard
In the background at London Heathrow Airport in the early 60's.
Vickers 808 Viscount
Registration EI-ALG, c/n 312. First flew on February 1958 as 805 version, delivered to Eagle Airways Ltd as G-APDX on March 1958, exported to Bermuda's subsidiary of Eagle on February 1959 as VR-BAY. Sold to Aer Lingus on February 1960 and converted to 808 Standard. Wfu on October 1969. Scrapped in 1972.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
In the background is a Vickers 951 Vanguard from BEA.
The same seen another day.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Taxiing between EI-ALG already listed above and another Vanguard from BEA in the background.
Convair 990A-30 Coronado
On approach in the sky of Heathrow. Must be either HB-ICA, c/n 30-10-7 Bern or HB-ICE, c/n 30-10-14 Vaud of Swissair on lease to Ghana Airways in 1964. See the Ghanaese flag on the tail fin.
Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald 100
It seems we have two Alitalia's aircraft in the background, a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N to the left beside a Douglas DC-8.
Douglas DC-6B
Boeing 707-436
Wearing the Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery of the era 1955-1966.
Douglas DC-6A
Vickers 951 Vanguard from BEA to the right.
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
BEA 's Vickers Vanguard to the right in foreground.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle IA
KLM's Vickers 803 Viscount in the foreground.
Douglas DC-8-33
Tail fin of Vickers 951 Vanguard registered G-APEI, c/n 712 in the foreground. Delivered to BEA on July 1961. Transfered to British Airways on April 1974. Sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines on March 1975 as PK-MVD.IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Vickers 803 Viscount
Vanguard from BEA in the background.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Comet 4C of B.O.A.C in Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery passing a Vanguard from BEA in the foreground right.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Registration G-APDP, c/n 6417. First flight on May 1959, delivered to B.O.A.C on June 1959. Wet lease to Qantas from 1959 to 1963. In April 1962, sub-leased to Air Ceylon in Blue Tail Twin Stripe livery with red markings. In November 1967, leased to Malaysia–Singapore Airlines as 9V-BBH. Return to B.O.A.C on January 1968. Sold to Dan-Air London on January 1972. Bought by Royal Aircraft Establishment in July 1973. Wfu 4/75, b/u 8/84 Farnborough.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 720-040B
Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald 100
Seen again later on, a BEA 's Viscount has replaced the Alitalia's Caravelle in the background left beside the same Douglas DC-8.
Leaving the tarmac taxiing in front of an Austrian's Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R in the background.
Tupolev Tu-104A
Registration CCCP-42460, c/n 06601902.
Unidentified aircraft in the background.
Two military Douglas C-124 Globemaster II parked in the background, and a quadrijet to the right.
Vickers 739A Viscount
BEA's Vickers 800 Viscount behind, with unidentified British Eagle's Britannia or 707 in the background beside another unidentified quadrijet to the right.
Douglas DC-6B
Batch of three BEA's De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B in the background. Unidentified in the very far.
BEA's Vickers 800 Viscount in the foreground.
Swissair's quadrijet and unidentified aircraft in the background.
Boeing 707-328
In the background, from left to right, Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA, McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and a BAC One-Eleven.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Viscount 951 Vanguard of BEA-British European Airways in the background.
Vickers 808 Viscount of Aer Lingus in the foreground,
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Viscount 951 Vanguard of BEA-British European Airways in the background.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Curtiss-Wright C-46D-10-CU Commando
Registration N9890Z, c/n 33111. Ex-USAAF as 44-77715, sold to Capitol Airways on October 1961, then to Lufthansa on March 1964. Back to Capitol Airways on July 1969, sold to Jonathan Logan Inc on August 1969,then Butte Knitting Mills on October 1969, Carolina Aircraft Corp on April 1971, Ed Cantrell on July 1971, The American National Banko on December 1971, Clarks Aerial Service on July 1972, Brownfield Aerial Inc on October 1977, Onyx Aviation Inc on March 1978, Advance Aviation Inc on July 1978, Gulf Aircraft Sales Inc on April 1979.Last owner Pedro A Garcia on April 1979, scrapped.
Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Either HP-385, or HP-367 depending on the date of the picture. The first (HP-385) crashed in Marseille-Marignane on October 1963. To the left, a Boeing 707-344 of South African Airways/Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens.
Bréguet Br.763 Provence
Canadair CL-44D4-1
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
To the left background, unidentified Douglas DC-3 and Cambrians's Vickers Viscount.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France in the background.
BEA's Vanguard and Vickers Viscount in the far background.
Vickers 701 Viscount & Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Foreground: Cambrian's Viscount in Vermilion red stripe/white stripe earlier livery.
Boeing 707-331
Wearing the nice Twin Globes livery used for TWA's fleet between 1962 and 1975.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines in the foreground.
Viscount and Vanguard of BEA to the left in the far background.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair in the very far background.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways in the background.
Vanguard from BEA in the background.
Two Vanguard from BEA in the background. Nose of a Viscount to the rignt foreground.
Bristol 175 Britannia 324
Good Fortune name worn by G-ARKA (1961-1969) and G-ARKB (1963-1969). The E is missing on the tail fin.
Boeing 707-430
Registration D-ABOF, c/n 17721/162. Delivered to Lufthansa on October 1960. Leased to Condor Flugdienst on March 1977. Sold to Geminair as 9G-ACK on August 1977, then Air Trans Ltd as N90498 on July 1981. Sold to Bata International the same year and month as 3C-ABI. Ended at Bornemouth (EGHH/BOH) as EL-AJC in 1983 for fire training. Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Surrounded by two Viscount of BEA.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Viscount of BEA-British European Airways in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Wearing The winged arrow livery.
Convair 990A-30 Coronado
Again, either HB-ICA or HB-ICE already seen above, from Swissair on lease to Ghana Airways.
Some Comet 4B of BEA in the background, and an unidentified turboprop airliner behind the Coronado, a Vanguard or L-188 Electra?
Some Vanguard s or Viscount s in the far background.
Viscount of British Eagle International Airlines just behind.
Viscount Vanguard of BEA in the foreground.
Douglas DC-8-54CF Jet Trader
Registration CF-TJM, c/n 46653/178. Crash of Flight 861 on the 6 Nov 1963 at LHR substantially damaged in runway overshot after an aborted take-off. Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy 222
Viscount of BEA-British European Airways in the background (already seen above).
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Unidentified name, too small and blurry.
Tail fin of Vickers 951 Vanguard registered G-APEI, c/n 712 in the foreground already listed above, and seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA-British European Airways in the background, and Vickers 951 Vanguard from BEA to the left foreground.
Vickers 951 Vanguard from BEA in the foreground. Tupolev Tu-104A of Československé Aerolinie in the background.
DC-3 to the right in the background.
Tupolev Tu-104A
Vickers Viscount of BEA to the right background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA in the background, and Vickers 951 Vanguard from BEA in the foreground.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Unidentified name, too small and blurry. Caravelle III of SAS to the left, and wing of Vanguard from BEA on the right.
Viscount from BEA on the left background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Boeing 707-436
Vanguard from BEA in the foreground.
Natural ventilation...
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Douglas DC-8-32
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of SAS in the background to the left.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Taxiing in the background, a Vickers 814 Viscount of Lufthansa.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B
Lockheed L-188C Electra
Wearing the 1958-1961 livery.
Lockheed L-188C Electra
Wearing the 1962-1971 livery adopted since 1964 for Electra's fleet.
To the left, we can guess an Aer Lingus's Viscount tail fin, and a BEA's Vanguard. In the very far background, a batch of airplanes that might be some Bristol Britannias and one Vickers Viscount of British Eagle.
Vickers 708 Viscount
BEA's Vickers 800 Viscount in the foreground.
Douglas DC-8-54CF Jet Trader
Registration N8782R, c/n 45667/185. Delivered new to Trans Caribbean Airways on June 1963. Transferred to American Airlines fleet on March 1971 when the merge of the company into American Airlines. Leased to Seaboard World Airlines on June 1972 and operated until January 1975. Immediatly sold to IAS Cargo International Aviation Service as G-BDHA, sold and merged into British Cargo Airlines on August 1979. Bought as HI-426 by Agro Air Associates in November 1983 and leased by Aeromar Cargo, then transferred after merge with Aerochago SA on February 1986. Return to Agro Air Associates on June 1998, re-registered HI-426CA on April 1989. Leased to Alas de Transporte Internacional on August 1990. Returned to Agro Air Associates as N426FB on June 1991, then leased to Fine Air on September 1992. Transferred to Arrow Air after merge on February 2001. Stored at Roswell Air Center Airport(KROW), New Mexico USA in April 2001. Broken up.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle in the background.
Vickers 802 Viscount
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Cambrian's Viscount in the background.
Douglas DC-8-32
Bristol 175 Britannia 318
On dry lease from and wearing colour of Cubana de Aviación. Must be OK-MBA or OK-MBB, operated between 1964 and 1969.
BEA's Viscount in the background.
Ilyushin Il-18B
Registration HA-MOF, c/n 183006301. Delivered new on June 1963 as Il-18B, converted to Il-18V on March 1969. Destroyed in a ground accident with a truck in November 1977 at Bucharest Otopeni (OTP/LROP).
Two BEA's Viscounts in the background.
Boeing 707-328
Bristol 175 Britannia 102
White tail fin livey of 1960-65 era.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the foreground left. Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA,and unkown aircraft in the far background.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA background and Bristol 175 Britannia of Britannia Airways in the far background.
Caravelle of Alitalia and Swissairin the background.
Vickers Viscount
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Nice batch.
Registration G-ARPA, c/n 2101. Delivered in April 1961. Transferred to British Airways in April 1974. Wfu in April 1976.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
In the foreground, tail fin of Vickers 951 Vanguard from BEA-British European Airways, registered G-APEE, c/n 708. Crashed on approach to London Heathrow Airport on the 27th October of 1965.
Boeing 727-30
1964-66 with unpainted door frame.
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Wearing Meat Cleaver livery (1964-1966)
Surrounded by some BEA's Viscount, Comet and Trident.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B
Douglas DC-8-54CF Jet Trader
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
One of the 2 aircraft G-AMAA or G-AMAG operated by Shell Co. for VIP transport between 1959/60 to 1966.
Lockheed L-188C Electra
BEA's De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B in the background.
BEA's Vickers Vanguard in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
BEA's De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B and Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy 222 in the background.
Viscount of BEA in the far background.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 of Shell Aviation and Viscount of BEA in the far background. BEA's Vickers Vanguard to the right foreground.
Vickers 951 Vanguard
Either G-APEF or G-APEP, too blurry to figure out fore sure.
Boeing 707-138B
Vickers 802 Viscount
BEA's Comet and Argosy in the background.
Airspeed Ambassador of Shell and BEA's Vanguard to the right.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA-British European Airways in the background.
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 of Shell Aviation and Viscount of BEA in the background.
Ilyushin Il-18 of Polkskie Linie Lotnicze-LOT in the background with Comet behind, an unidentified aircraft to the left above the Ambassador already mentionned before.
Boeing 707-436
Vanguard from BEA in the background , tail fin of Viscount of BEA in the foreground.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N of JAT Yugoslav Airlines and VI-R of Austrian Airlines in the background.
Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
Still wearing the Aero O/Y title on the tail fin.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the background. Viscount of BEA in the foreground right.
Boeing 707-138B
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the background. Viscount of BEA in the foreground.
Viscount of BEA in the foreground right.
Vickers 814 Viscount
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the foreground. Convair 440-61 Metropolitan of Aero O/Y Finnair in the background.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Towed between Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the foreground and a Convair 440-61 Metropolitan of Aero O/Y Finnair in the background.
Douglas DC-8-43
Vickers Viscount of Aer Lingus to the right.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Bristol 175 Britannia 314
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of SAS in the background. Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines in the foreground.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle IA of Finnair to the left background.
Tail fin of Vickers 953 Vanguard from BEA in the foreground registered G-APEP c/n 719. Delivered in December 1961 christenized Superb. Converted as Vickers 953C Merchantman in 1971. Transferred to British Airways fleet on April 1974. Sold to Air Bridge Carriers in 1982 then to Hunting Cargo Airlines on August 1992. Wfu in October 1996. Stored at Brooklands Museum, Weybridge (EGLB).
Already met on this site: IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing) as Vickers 953C Merchantman
Boeing 707-321
Vickers Viscount from BEA in the background.
Boeing 707-331
Douglas DC-8 of Japan Air Lines to the right.
Douglas DC-8-53
Another unidentified Douglas DC-8 behind in the background, and tail fin of Douglas DC-7 from B.O.A.C Cargo Service to the right.
Douglas DC-7CF Seven Seas
Passenger aircraft DC-7C Seven Seas from B.O.A.C converted to freighter DC-7CF version in the early years of 1960.
Two unidentified Douglas DC-8 in the background.
Boeing 720-058B
Either 4X-ABA or 4X-ABB.
A Boeing 707 of B.O.A.C in the background.
Ilyushin Il-18V
BEA's Vanguard tail fin in the foreground.
BEA's Vanguard to the right foreground.
Avro 748 Srs.1/106 & Various Aircraft
1 - Avro 748 Srs.1/106 of BKS Air Transport .
2 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
3 - Vickers Viscount of BEA.
4 - Unidentified aircraft.
5 - Bristol 175 Britannia 102 of BKS Air Transport.
6 - Vickers Vanguard of BEA.
7 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA.
8 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
9 - Vickers Vanguard of BEA.
10 -De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
1 - Avro 748 Srs.1/106 of BKS Air Transport .
2 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
3 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA.
4 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
5 - Vickers Vanguard of BEA.
6 - Unidentified aircraft, maybe a quadrijet?
7 - Unidentified aircraft.
8 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
9 - Unidentified aircraft.
1 - Avro 748 Srs.1/106 of BKS Air Transport .
2 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
3 - Vickers Vanguard of BEA.
4 - Unidentified aircraft.
5 - Unidentified aircraft.
6 - De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
7 - Unidentified aircraft.
8 - Unidentified aircraft.
9 - Vickers Viscount of BEA.
Boeing 707-321
Vickers Vanguard of BEA to the right.
The 1960s (second half)
Boeing 707-321
Painted door frame, it must be since 1966.
Tail fin of Vickers Viscount from BEA in the foreground. Another one behind the 707. Two Vickers Vanguard to the left background, and an unidentified 4 engine airplane in the far background.
To the right background: Britannia of British Eagle and another BEA's Vickers Vanguard.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
Registration OO-SRC, c/n 66. Delivered to SABENA on December 1961, leased to Sobelair on April 1971. Sold to Catair on April 1976, then to Europe Aero Service on April 1978. Wfu at Perpignan (PGF/LFMP) in 1984.
Doors frames were painted in black since 1968 on the SABENA's fleet.
Boeing 707-331
Registration N8733, c/n 20062/785. Delivered new to TWA in April 1969 and operated until September 1983. Then with Worldwide Airlines until May 1986, then stored at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson (DMA,KDMA).
Doors frames were painted since 1966 on the TWA's fleet.
Boeing 727-30
1967/1968 livery, with small caps title and painted door frames.
Bristol 175 Britannia 102
Blue tail fin from 1966-70 era.
BAC One-Eleven in the background.
Douglas DC-7B(F)
Registration G-ATAB, c/n 45361/876. Originally delivered in September 1957 as a standard DC-7B to United Air Lines, registered N6348C named Mainliner Akron - Canton. It only served as a passenger aircraft for 3 years and was converted to DC-7B(F) standard with two main-deck cargo doors in December 1960. Sold to Trans World Leasing Ltd in January 1965, re-registered G-ATAB and leased to Trans Meridian Flying Service. It was returned to Trans World Leasing in March 1966 and leased to Dan-Air London in April 1966. Dan-Air bought it in December 1966 and it continued in service until it was retired at their engineering base at Lasham, Hants, UK, in June 1969. It was broken up there in August 1973.
Unusual Turquoise livery, adapted in 1966. Changed later to standard red cheat line livery. Nicknamed Torrey Canyon because of problems with leaking oil.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
Unidentified airliner in the far background on the right.
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Wearing Blue Tail Twin Stripe 1955-1966 livery. BEA's De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B in the background.
BEA's Vickers 951 Vanguard in the background.
Unidentified airliner in the far background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
BEA's Viscount in the foreground left.BEA's De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B in the background left, and Alitalia's Caravelle VI-N to the right.
BEA's Viscount behind the Alitalia's Caravelle VI-N in the background.
Curtiss-Wright C-46D Commando
One of the several Commandos leased from Capitol Airways operated for European cargo service by Lufthansa between 1964 and 1969.
British Eagle's Britannia to the right in the background.
Vickers 808 Viscount
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Vickers Vanguard from BEA in the far background.
Douglas DC-6B
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of SAS in the background to the right.
Vanguard G-APEP from BEA already seen above in the foreground.IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing) as Vickers 953C Merchantman
Vickers 837 Viscount
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the background.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the foreground.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the foreground.
Boeing 707-437
Taxiing between a Vickers Viscount of BEA in the foreground, and another one from Lufthansa. In the far background is a De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B of BEA.
Viscount and Comet 4B from BEA in the background.
Convair 990A Coronado
Vickers 814 Viscount
Large yellow livery worn from 1959 to 1967.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the background.
Boeing 707-138B
In V-JET livery (1961-71).
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Some BEA's Comet 4B in the background.
Icelandair's Viscount in the foreground.
Vickers 759D Viscount
Registration TF-ISN, c/n 140. Delivered November 1956 to Hunting-Clan Air Transport. Sold to Icelandair-Flugfélag Íslands on March 1957. Wfu on May 1970 in Reykjavik.
Trident 1C and Viscount of BEA in the background.
Boeing 707-344
Boeing 727-30 of Lufthansa in the background.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
Registration HB-IFB, c/n 45732. Delivered to Swissair in August 1966. Sold to FAA-Federal Aviation Administration in August 1968 as N119, re-registered N29 in 1975. Wfu for a while in October 1993, stored at Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City (KOKC/OKC). Sold to US Department of Justice on June 1994 registered N813TL.
Lockheed L-188C Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines just behind.
Vickers 814 Viscount
Large yellow livery worn from 1959 to 1967.
Two Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the background.
Bristol 175 Britannia 102
Registration G-ANBE, c/n 12906. Delivered new to B.O.A.C on March 1956. Sold to Britannia Airways on January 1966. Scrapped at London Luton (EGGW/LTN) on July 1972.
Two British Eagle's variants in the background.
Boeing 707-430
Small caps letters adopted on the usual livery in 1967.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N of Alitalia to the right.
G-ANBE already listed above in the foreground.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C & Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
Very likely same HB-IFB Obwalden already seen above, and a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III from Swissair in the background.
BAC 111-304AX One-Eleven
Registration G-ATPJ, c/n 033. Delivered on June 1966 to British Eagle International Airlines. Leased to SAS from May 1967 to March 1968, then to KLM until September 1968. Sold to Dan-Air London on March 1970. Went to Chili as CC-CYF on lease to Chilean airline LADECO between November 1990 to November 1994. Stored at Museo Nacional de Aeronautica de Chile then at Santiago-Los Cerillos airport (SCTI/ULC). Partially dismantled by November 1999.
Boeing 707-436
In Golden Speedbird livery (1965-1970).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N of Alitalia in the foreground.
G-ANBE Britannia already listed above in the foreground.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 707-436 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
2 - Boeing 707-321 of Pan American World Airways.
3 - Douglas DC-8-30 of Pan American World Airways.
1 - Boeing 707-436 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
2 - Boeing 707-321 of Pan American World Airways.
3 - Douglas DC-8-30 of Pan American World Airways.
4 - Douglas DC-8-53 of JAL-Japan Air Lines.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4 of Aerolíneas Argentinas in the foreground.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways, Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 and Boeing 707 in the far background.
To the left in the background: Bristol 175 Britannia 102 of BKS Air Transport.
BAC 111-304AX One-Eleven
Unidentified Bristol 175 Britannia to the left and Douglas DC-3 in the background.
Vickers Viscount of BEA to the right.
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Tupolev Tu-114
Vickers VC10 Srs 1102 of Ghana Airways in the foreground.
Boeing 707 to the right.
Boeing 707-436 of BOAC and Boeing 707-138B of Qantas in the foreground.
Vickers VC10 Srs 1102
Must be 9G-ABO or 9G-ABP at this era.
Douglas DC-8-53
Vickers VC10 of Ghana Airways already seen above to the left.
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Golden Speedbird livery.
BAC 111 One-Eleven
Either 201AJ, 301AG or 304AX series. Impossible to figure out from the distance.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B
Unknown aircraft in the background on the right.
Vickers Vanguard of BEA in the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R
Vickers 800 Viscount of BEA in the foreground.
Another Caravelle in the background from an unidentified airline.
The 1970s (first half)
Vickers VC10 Srs 1101
Wearing Golden Speedbird livery.
Registration G-ARVE, c/n 807. Delivered on October 1964. Transfered to British Airways fleet in April 1974, but stored at London Airport - Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) and scrapped in October of the same year.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of Northeast Airlines (UK) to the right in the background.
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
Registration G-AXRN c/n129. First flight in November 1969 as Britten-Norman Ltd, sold to Humber Airways in February 1970. Leased to Ellerman Lines Ltd from January to December 1973. Sold to Fairey Britten-Norman Air Services in March 1975. Sent to Canada in April 1976 as C-GGYY and operated by BC Yukon Air Service. Sold to RAM Air Charter Ltd in November 1982, then Buffalo Airways in December 1982, Page Flight Services Ltd in December 1985, Western Arctic Air in October 1989, Aklak Air in May 1990, Arctic Wings And Rotors Ltd in April 1993. Sent to USA as N555DM for Wilfredo Velez. Last owner with Vieques Aviation Management Corp. in July 2010. Wfu nowadays.
Same Vickers VC10 Srs 1101 listed above taxiing in the background.
Boeing 727-30
Another famous three-engine airplane in the foreground: Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C in Large Red Square BEA's livery still active until 1971.
Boeing 707-436
P&W JT9D-7A engine of Boeing 747-136 from BOAC in the foreground.
Boeing 747-136
Wearing 1970-74 Golden Speedbird with Blue Titles livery.
Registration G-AWNF, c/n 19766/111. Delivered to BOAC on March 1971. Transferred to British Airways on April 1974. Sold to Kabo Air for spares as 5N-JJJ in January 2001. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 747-258B
Beside three BOAC's Boeing 707-436 to the left.
Boeing 747-136
Another one in the background.
Boeing 747-136
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Wearing Speedjack / Quarterjack livery (1968-1974).
Tupolev Tu-104A
Boeing 707-344
Boeing 747-136
PAN AM's Boeing 747-121 behind in the background.
Boeing 747-136
Boeing 747-121
Douglas DC-8-53
Boeing 747-121
Boeing 747-131
Twin Globes livery (1962-1975).
1 - Boeing 747-131 of Trans World Airlines.
2 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
3 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Alitalia.
4 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Iberia.
5 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, unknown airline.
6 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B of Finnair.
1 - Boeing 747-131 of Trans World Airlines.
2 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways.
3 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
4 - Boeing 727-31 of Iberia.
5 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
6 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Alitalia.
7 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Iberia.
1 - Boeing 747-131 of Trans World Airlines.
2 - Boeing 747-237B of Air India.
3 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
4 - Vickers VC10 of BOAC.
5 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
6 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
7 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
8 - Unidentified airliner.
9 - Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways..
10 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
11 - Boeing 707-436 of BOAC.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Registration G-ARPG, c/n 2107. Delivered on February 1964. Transfered to British Airways. on April 1974. Wfu 1976.
Ilyushin Il-62
Wearing Aeroflot livery.
Registration SU-ARO, c/n 705. Delivered to Aeroflot as CCCP-86650 on August 1970. Leased to United Arab Airlines as SU-ARO on June 1971, titled EgyptAir after the break-up of the company in 1972. Sent back to Aeroflot as CCCP-86650 on August 1972, then leased to Cubana de Aviación. Preserved in the Museum of Civil Aviation at Ulyanovsk (ULV/UWLL) since 1984.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Vickers 953 Vanguard
Registration G-APEN, c/n 717. Delivered on November 1961. Transfered to British Airways on April 1974. Sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines in 1975.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
Wearing Speedjack / Quarterjack livery with British Airways title, transition period after merge of BEA and BOAC in 1974.
Boeing 747-136
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
Registration G-AWZX, c/n 2324. Delivered on March 1973 to BEA-British European Airways, transferred to British Airways on April 1974. Wfu in October 1984.
Wearing Speedjack / Quarterjack livery with no title, transition period after merge of BEA and BOAC in 1974.
Boeing 707-336C
P&W JT3D-3B engine.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E
Registration G-AVYC, c/n 2137. Cancelled order from Channel Airways. Delivered to BKS Air Transport in April 1969. Renamed to Northeast Airlines (UK) in 1970. Merged into British Airways. in 1974. Withdrawn from use at Heathrow in 1980 and scrapped there in 1981.
Boeing 737-130
Registration D-ABEI, c/n 19020. Delivered to Lufthansa on April 1968. Sold to PEOPLExpress Airlines as N403PE on May 1981. Transfered to Continental Airlines, after merge of PEOPLExpress Airlines into Continental Airlines in February 1987. Re-registered N16203 in August 1989.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
1 - Boeing 737-130 of Lufthansa.
2 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
3 - Unidentified.
4 - Boeing 747-143 of Alitalia.
5 - Unidentified.
6 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
7 - Boeing 727-31 of Iberia.
1 - Boeing 737-130 of Lufthansa.
2 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
3 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
4 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
1 - Boeing 737-130 of Lufthansa.
2 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
3 - Boeing 747-237B of Air India.
4 - Lockheed L-1011 TriStar from unknown airline.
Douglas DC-8-55CF Jet Trader
Ready for take-off.
Unidentified Convair 240/340/440 to the right.
Boeing 707-344B
Ready for take-off.
To te right, same unidentified Convair 240/340/440 already mentionned above.
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 awaiting clearance in the foreground.
Fokker F27 Friendship of SABENA awaiting clearance in the foreground.
Rotation.
Vickers 802 Viscount
BEA's Speedjack / Quarterjack livery.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Registration G-ARPL, c/n 2112. Delivered on July 1964 to BEA-British European Airways, transferred to British Airways on April 1974. Wfu in October March 1982, stored at Edimburg Turnhouse (EGPH/EDI). Used as a fire trainer, march 3/96.
Wearing Speedjack / Quarterjack livery with British Airways title, transition period after merge of BEA and BOAC in 1974.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Another Trident 1C and a Vanguard in the background.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E
Vickers VC10 from BEA and BOAC in the background left.
Several Boeing 747 in the background.
Boeing 707-436
Landing.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
2 - Boeing 747 unknown marking.
3 - Boeing 747-237B of Air India.
4 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
5 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
6 - Boeing 707 of BOAC.
1 - Boeing 747-237B of Air India.
2 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
3 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
4 - Boeing 747 unknown marking.
5 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
1 - Boeing 747-237B of Air India.
2 - Boeing 747-136 of BOAC.
3 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
4 - Boeing 747-132 of Delta Air Lines.
5 - Douglas DC-8 or Boeing 707 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
Douglas DC-8-63CF
1 - Douglas DC-8-63CF of Seaboard World Airlines.
2 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B of Finnair.
3 - Vickers VC10 Srs 1101 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
4 - Boeing 727-31 of Iberia.
1 - Douglas DC-8-63CF of Seaboard World Airlines.
2 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
3 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Iberia.
4 - McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Alitalia.
5 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B of Finnair.
6 - Vickers VC10 Srs 1101 of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Registration HB-IFT, c/n 47281. Delivered to Swissair in December 1968. Sold to Texas International Airlines in January 1981 as N533TX. Transferred to Continental Airlines in October 1982 after merge of the two companies. Leased to Eastern Air Lines between January 1990 and January 1991. Re-registered N17533 in July 1993. Leased to Legend Airlines in July 2000 as N922LG, then to Laser Airlines in March 2002 as YV-1121C. Re-Registered YV167T in November 2005. Wfu , stored at Orland Sanford International (SFB/KSFB) in 2013.
Douglas DC-8-63CF
Boeing 747-131
Boeing 727-228
Boeing 707-384B
Douglas DC-8-61
Boeing 747 of Pan Am and BOAC in the background.
Boeing 747-121
Vickers 953C Merchantman
Registration G-APEK, c/n 714. Delivered to British European Airways on September 1961 as Vickers 953 Vanguard. Converted to Merchantman on January 1970 for use by cargo division BEA Cargo. Transfered to British Airways Cargo on April 1974. Sold to Air Bridge Carriers in November 1979. Wfu in 1990. Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Aero Spacelines 377SGT Super Guppy
Registration N212AS, c/n 02. Built in 1972, ferried from USA before delivery to Aéromaritime in Toulouse as F-BPPA in 1973 for Airbus airlinks. Changed to Airbus Skylink in 1983. Preserved at Toulouse Blagnac (LFBO/TLS].
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas DC-8-63
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
To the right background: Caravelle III of Air France, Tupolev Tu-134 of Aeroflot, Douglas DC-8 of Japan Air Lines.
Boeing 707-436
Boeing 707-321B
Douglas DC6-B(F)
Boeing 747-206B
Registration PH-BUG, c/n 20427/170. Delivered to KLM on December 1971. Leased to VIASA from 1972 to 1973, then to Garuda Indonesia from May 1991 to August 1991. Sold to Corsair International as F-GPJM on February 1995. Wfu on April 2002 at Aerorport Marcel Dassault - Chateauroux (LFLX/CHR).
Boeing 747-237B
Passing by the 747 from KLM listed above.
Ilyushin Il-62
Registration OK-ZBC, c/n 00701. Delivered on April 1970. Wfu on September 1984. Stored at Praha Ruzyně / Prague Ruzyne (PRG/LKPR).
Elegant aircraft.
Ilyushin Il-18V
Registration HA-MOH, c/n 184007104. Delivered to Malév in 1964. Crashed on approach of Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD) on the 15th January of 1975, due to very poor visibility.
Douglas DC-8-54CF Jet Trader
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Vickers Super VC10 Srs.1151
Full Titles Negus livery used from 1973/74 to 1981.
Take-off.
Rotation.
Tupolev Tu-134A
Douglas DC-8-54F
In the foreground, tail fin of Vickers Super VC10 Srs.1101 from BOAC registered G-ARVF, c/n 808. Delivered on April 1964. Sold to United Arab Emirates on July 1974. Preserved at Hermeskeil Museum, Germany since 1981.Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 747-148
Registration EI-ASI, c/n 19744/84. Delivered on December 1971 christenized St.Colmcille. Leased as HS-VGB to Air Siam from September 1973 to April 1976. Went back to Aer Lingus renamed St.Patrick, then leased to Air Algérie for 10 days on October 1979. Returned to Aer Lingus, christenized St.Oliver Plunkett on March 1994. Sold to Kabo Air on February 1997 as 5N-ZZZ. Stored at Roswell International Air Center, USA (KROW/ROW) in 2000.
Boeing 747-121
Touch down behind a Boeing 707 of BOAC.
Vickers Super VC10 Srs 1154 of East African Airways in the foreground.
Boeing 727-29
Boeing 707-458 of El Al Israel Airlines in the background.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of BEA-British European Airways in the background.
Handley Page HPR.7 Herald 201
Registration G-APWH, c/n 156. Delivered on June 1962 to Jersey Airlines. Changed to British United (CI) Airways in June 1963. With reorganisation of the BUA group on November 1968, it became British United Island Airways. The company name changed again in July 1970 as BIA-British Island Airways. After merge with Air Anglia in 1980 it changed to Air UK. WFU on February 1982.
Tail fins of Caravelle from Air France and DC-8 of Alitalia in the background.
Vickers 806 Viscount
Mandala Airlines operated several Viscounts from the 1970s to the 1990s. This livery corresponds to the early years of the 70s.
Boeing 747-131
Twin Globes livery (1962-1975).
Trident of BEA orBritish Airways with BEA's livery to the right.
Boeing 747-148
Two unidentified airliners in the far background.
Boeing 737-248
Passing behind the Boeing 747-148 mentionned above.
Boeing 747-131
Vickers VC10 or Ilyushin Il-62 in the foreground on the right.
Rotation. Tail fin of a BOAC's 707 in the foreground.
BOAC's Boeing 747-136 in the foreground.
The 1970s (second half)
Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald 214
Registration G-ATIG, c/n 177. Delivered to Sadia Transportes Aereos as PP-SDI in October 1965, changed as Transbrasil Linhas Aereas in July 1972. Sold to BMA-British Midland Airways as G-ATIG on April 1975. Purchased by Brymon Airways on January 1977. Sold to Hards Travel Service Ltd on December 1982, then to Janus Airways on January 1986. Bought by SEA-South East Air on August 1987. Sold to short life Westair International in 1989. Went to Janes Aviation on July 1991, then with Nordic Oil Services Ltd on February 1993. Seen as BAC Cargo in1994. Said to be scrapped since.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
First era livery Full titles Negus (1974-1981). Entered into service with British Airways in 1976.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
Registration G-BOAA, c/n 206. Entered into service with British Airways on January 1976. Leased to Braniff International Airways between January 1979 to May 1980. Stored then on display at Museum of Flight East Fortune since April 2004. Already met on this site: IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Vickers VC10 Srs.1101 of Gulf Air in the background.
Boeing 707 of British Airways in the background.
Vickers Super VC10 Srs.1151
Concorde G-BOAA listed above taxiing behind. Boeing 707 of British Airways to the left background and Vickers 953C Merchantman of British Airways to the right.
Boeing 707-138B
One of the two ex-Qantas 707-138B operated by this short live (1975-1981) austrian company.
British Airways's VC10 in the foreground.
Boeing 707-384B
Tail fin of Boeing 707 from British Airways in the foreground.
Vickers Super VC10 Srs.1151
British Airways's Boeing 747 to the left.
Ilyushin Il-62M
Followed by a British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident. To the right background, an unusual Vickers Vanguard of Merpati Nusantara Airlines proably here for maintenance.
British Airways's Boeing 747 to the left background.
Douglas DC-8-63
1977 new livery, surrounded by an Alitalia's Boeing 727-243/Adv and a British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident taxiing in the background.
Boeing 747-270C/SCD
Taking off behind a Boeing 727-21 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident taxiing to the left behind the 727.
Vickers VC10 of British Airways in the foreground.
Boeing 727-256/Adv
Registration EC-CBK, c/n 20605/921. Delivered to Iberia on February 1973. Leased to VIASA as YV-128C from September 1992 to January 1998. Return from lease on August 1998 at Miami - Opa-locka (KOPF/OPF) with registration EC-GTA. Scrapped in June 2001.
Behind is an Alitalia's Boeing 727-243/Adv and a SAS's DC-9-41.
Better view of the DC-9-41.
Boeing 727-2H9/Adv
Tail fin of Swissair's DC-9 in the foreground.
Boeing 747SP-21
Boeing 707 of British Airways in the foreground.
Tail fin of VC10 from British Airways in the foreground.
Vickers 953 Vanguard
Already partially seen above. Rare in Europe.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
A batch of British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1 and 3B to the left foreground.
Vickers Super VC10 Srs 1154
Boeing 707 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways and two Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II in the background.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
Registration N112AK, c/n 47151/285. Delivered new to Trancinda Investment Co on April 1968 as N228Z. Sold to American Capital Aviation on September 1972 as N112AK. Went to Caiman Islands for Hanglindair as VR-CKE on January 1984, re-registerd VR-CKA on June 1985. Sold to Aeronautic Services (KAK Aviation) as VP-CKO (Caiman new prefix) on December 1994. Sold to Comtran International as N915MJ on January 2000. Stored at Miami International (KMIA/MIA). Broken up on March 2002.
Boeing 747-258B
On approach for landing behind the DC-9 listed above.
On the left-hand side among a batch of 7 British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1 and 3B, tail fin of a British Airways's Vickers Viscount.
Boeing 707-382B
Unidentified Boeing 747 in the foreground.
Boeing 720-023B
Registration OD-AFL, c/n 18034/207. Ex American Airlines delivered on June 1961 as N7548A. Purchased by MEA on October 1970. Written off 8/21/85 BEY and destroyed on ground by a mortar on August 1985 at Beyrouth International (OLBA/BEY).
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Vickers Super VC10 Srs 1151 from British Airways in the foreground, registration G-ASGI, c/n 859. Delivered to British Overseas Airways Corporation on February 1966. Transfered to British Airways on April 1974. Purchased by RAF on May 1981. Wfu & Stored at RAF Abingdon, scrapped March 1987.
Same VC10 seen above to the left and a 707 from British Airways in the foreground.
Boeing 720
Boeing 720 (unidentified type 040B, 047B or 051B) of Air Malta taxiing behind a Boeing 707-336C from British Airways registered G-AVPB, c/n 19843/735. Delivered to BOAC on August 1968, transferred to British Airtours on April 1974. Sold to ZAS Airlines of Egypt on february 1984 as SU-DAC, then to Air Memphis as SU-PBA on September 1995. Crashed on take-off at Moi International, Mombasa (HKMO/MOI) on October 1998.
Airbus A300B4-103
Registration SX-BEC, c/n 56. Delivered new to Olympic Airways on February 1979. Sold to Translift Airways on May 1996, then to GECAS (lending/leasing division of General Electric) as N202AP in January 1997 (Polaris Holding Co.). Wfu at Piedmont Triad International Greensboro - High Point (KGSO/GSO) in July 2004.
See the business jet in the far background left, from there it might be a British Aerospace BAe 125 or Dassault Falcon 20.
Unidentified Boeing 727 in the background.
Boeing 747-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines taking-off in the background. Wearing the new Twin Stripe (Solid Titles) livery (1979-1995).
Boeing 707-300
Either Series 3P1C or 336C, as 2 were used by the State of Qatar.
Boeing 707-351B
Unidentified Tri-jets in the background.
Boeing 737-2P6/Adv
Registration A6-AAA, c/n 21613/530. First flight for الإمارات العربية المتحدة al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah, United Arab Emirates as A6-HHK on October 1978. Delivered as A6-AAA on November 1978. Sold to Interlease Aviation Investors on October 1995 and leased to AirTran Airways as N1PC. Leased to Frontier Airlines on November 1998. Stored at Pinal Airpark, Marana USA (KZMJ/MZJ) on October 2003. Leased to Aloha Airlines as N853AL on March 2006, ceased operation on April 2008. Sold to Skybus Llc on August 2008, then Aerospace Trading Llc on November 2008. Sold to Aerosur as CP-2561 on December 2008. Wfu on March 2012.
Lockheed L-188CF Electra
Registration LN-FOI, c/n 2005. First flight on October 1959 as N9724C from Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Delivered to TEAL-Tasman Empire Airways Limited as ZK-TEA Aotearoa IV (ZK-BMP not used) on October 1959. Transferred to Air New Zealand on April 1965 when company's name changed with same registration and christenized Aotearoa. Sold to California Airmotive Corp. as N31231 on May 1972. Leased to Flamingo Air Lines from June 1972 to November 1972. Converted to freighter L-188CF on December 1972. Purchased by Fred Olsen Flyselskap A/S as LN-FOI on September 1973 operating cargo flights for SAS. Sold to Voksenkollen Hotelcompani A/S on April 1990. Stored at Coventry UK on November 1991.
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 747SP-68
Registration HZ-HM1, c/n 21652/329. First flight by The Boeing Company as N1780B on August 1978. Delivered to Saudia-Saudi Arabian Airlines (VIP Aircraft) on July 1979. Changed to Saudi Arabian Airlines Royal Flight re-registered HZ-HM1B on September 1984.
Boeing 747 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways taxiing in the background.
Vickers VC10 C1K
Registration XR806, c/n 826. Delivered to RAF 10 Squadron on April 1967. Broken up on December 1997 after defuelling accident.
Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
Registration N720X, c/n 73. First flight by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co. as N773G on June 1961. Sold to Martin Marietta Corp. on August 1961, then to Wallace & Johnson as N773WJ. Sold to Western Commander Inc. as N207M on November 1976, then to Xerox Corp. as N720X on November 1976. Sold to Consolidated Airways Inc. on February 1985,then to Kirk E. Molhook on July 1985. Wfu on November 1988.
Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald 214
Registration G-ATIG, c/n 177. Delivered to Sadia Transportes Aereos as PP-SDI in October 1965, changed as Transbrasil Linhas Aereas in July 1972. Sold to BMA-British Midland Airways as G-ATIG on April 1975. Purchased by Brymon Airways on January 1977. Sold to Hards Travel Service Ltd on December 1982, then to Janus Airways on January 1986. Bought by SEA-South East Air on August 1987. Sold to short life Westair International in 1989. Went to Janes Aviation on July 1991, then with Nordic Oil Services Ltd on February 1993. Seen as BAC Cargo in 1994. Said to be scrapped since.
Already listed above in this document.
Boeing 747-136
Tail fin of an unidentified Boeing 707 in the foreground.
Tail fin of a British Airways's Boeing 707 in the foreground.
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar of British Airways in the foreground.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1
British Airways's Boeing 707 in the foreground.
BAC 111-208AL One-Eleven
Boeing 747SP-44
Boeing 747 of British Airways in the background.
Airbus A300B4-203 of EgyptAir to the right.
Boeing 747-135
Boeing 747 in the background.
Boeing 707-327C
Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100
Boeing 737-200
Wearing the 1970s era livery.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33RC
Registration EC-BYK, c/n 47428/669. First flight on July 1972 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation registered EC-BYK and built for Cargosur but never delivered. The order was reassigned to Iberia who took delivery of the airplane on August 1972, christenized Cuidad de Badajoz. Purchased by McDonnell Douglas as N521MD on April 1990. Sold to the United States Navy as 164607 City of Dublin on August 1990. Sold to NASA as N934NA on September 2005. Preserved Pima Air and Space Museum 2006.
Douglas DC-8-63
Boeing 747-121
Registration N748PA, c/n 19652/26. First flight on March 1970 with The Boeing Company. Delivered to PAN AM-Pan American World Airways christenized Clipper Hornet on March 1970. Renamed Clipper Crest of the Wave in 1985. Broken Up at Pinal Airpark Marana USA (KMZJ/MZJ) on February 1992.
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Airbus A300B2-1C
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
Registration G-AWZD, c/n 2305. Delivered on March 1971 to BEA-British European Airways, transferred to British Airways on April 1974. Sold to New ACS as 9Q-CTM on November 1984. Broken up.
Wearing Speedjack / Quarterjack livery with British Airways title, transition period after merge of BEA and BOAC in 1974.
Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of British Airways to the left background.
A second one behind her.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
Registration G-AWZJ, c/n 2311. Delivered on September 1971 to BEA-British European Airways, transferred to British Airways on April 1974. Wfu on February 1986 at International Prestwick - Glasgow UK (EGPK/PIK), broken-up fuselage on display at Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum Scotland 1999.
Wearing Negus livery on the tail with British Airways title and ex BEA's cheatline, transition period after merge of BEA and BOAC in 1974.
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 to the right background and an Ilyushin Il-62 of Aeroflot in the far background.
Broken-up fuselage of a Trident in the foreground.
Boeing 747SP-21
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Boeing 737-230/Adv
Boeing 727-185C
Iberia's Douglas DC-8-63CF in the foreground.
Boeing 737-236/Adv
Background left, three Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident from British Airways with previous BEA liveries. Boeing 747SP-21 from PAN AM in the far background.
Unidentified airliners on the right background.
Boeing 727-2L5
Boeing 727-228
Registration F-BPJK, c/n 20202/774. First flight on November 1969 by The Boeing Company. Delivered to Air France on November 1969. Wfu 1991, stored at Annecy - Meythet (NCY / LFLP). Broken up in 2004.
Unidentified small jet in the background.
Boeing 727-2H9/Adv
Registration YU-AKG, c/n 21039/1119. First flight on March 1975 with The Boeing Company. Delivered to JAT as YU-AKG on March 1975. Transferred as Jat Airways on August 2003. Stored at Nikola Tesla airport, Belgrade Serbia (LYBE/BEG) on September 2004.
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
The 1980s (first half)
We can wonder why the Documentary is not titled Heathrow 1960s to 1980s.
Sikorsky S-61N MkII
Registration G-BIMU, c/n 61752. Built in 1974 as N4024S, re-registerd N4042S for Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.In February 1979, the aircraft was sold to Commercial Aviation as VH-CRU. Went back to US with Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska Inc. as N8511Z in November 1980. The aircraft was sold to British Caledonian Helicopters as G-BIMU on January 1981. It operated on the Gatwick Heathrow Airlink Helicopter Service that was operated in the period 1978-1986. In November 1987, British Caledonian Helicopters was sold to Bristow Helicopters. The aircraft changed to Bristow Helicopters in May 1990. Leased to CHC Scotia in 2007. Exported to the USA on October 2015. Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Sikorsky S-61N MkII
Registration G-LINK, c/n 61806.The Gatwick Heathrow Airlink was jointly operated by the British Airports Authority, British Airways and British Caledonian Airways before the M25 London orbital motorway saw its demise. The aircraft was transferred to Brazil in June 1986 and became PT-HTT.
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 737-236/Adv
First era livery Landor (1984-1997).
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 747-2B4BM of MEA-Middle East Airlines.
2 - Boeing 747-238B of Qantas.
3 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
4 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
5 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
6 - Unidentified.
7 - Airbus A310-221 of Swissair, first delivery to the company went in 1983.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
2 - Unidentified.
3 - Airbus A310-221 of Swissair.
4 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
5 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
6 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
2 - Unidentified.
3 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
4 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
5 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
6 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 757-236 of British Airways.
2 - Boeing 747-312 of Singapore Airlines.
3 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
4 - Boeing 747-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
5 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
6 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
7 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
Various Aircraft
1 - Unidentified.
2 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
3 - Boeing 747-312 of Singapore Airlines.
4 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
5 - Boeing 747-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
6 - Unidentified.
7 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
8 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
Various Aircraft
1 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
2 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
3 - Boeing 747-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
4 - Unidentified.
5 - Unidentified.
6 - Boeing 747 from unknown airline.
7 - Boeing 747-136 of British Airways.
8 - Boeing 747-344 of SAA-South African Airways.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Registration PP-VMW, c/n 47844/336. Delivered to VARIG on October 1980. Leased to PLUNA in July 1994. Sold to Northwest Airlines as N237NW on December 1997, then to ATA Airlines as N703TZ on July 2007. Leased to World Airways on February 2008. Wfu on June 2011 at Pinal Airpark, Marana USA (KMZJ/MZJ).
Boeing 720
Unidentified type 040B, 047B or 051B on landing approach.
Boeing 757-236
Registration G-BIKH, c/n. Delivered to British Airways on October 1983, wearing British Negus livery (1980-1984). Converted to freighter as Boeing 757-236 SF on January 2002 and leased to European Air Transport as OO-DLP operated by DHL Aviation. Sold to EAT Leipzig as D-ALED on March 2010. Purchased by DHL Aviation as G-BIKH again on June 2017.
Boeing 737-248C
Registration EI-ASC, c/n 20218/199. Delivered to Aer Lingus on September 1969. Leased to Nigera Airways from August to December 1985, then to VASP as PP-SNY until March 1986. Leased to Hispania as EC-DZB on May 1986. Went back to Aer Lingus from January 1989 to November 1990. Leased to TAT-European Airlines for La Poste as F-GGFJ on November 1990,then to AirAsia as N218TA on August 1997. Went to Royal Air Cambodge as XU-711 on September 1999, then back to US register N218TA on August 2001. Sold to TAF Linhas Aéreas as PR-DMA on December 2002, stored in Singapore.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40I
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
British titles Negus livery (1980-1985).
Sikorsky S-61N MkII of Gatwick Heathrow Airlink down in the foreground.
Airbus A310-203
Registration PH-AGB, c/n 245. Delivered to KLM on June 1983.Purchased by ILFC-International Leasing and Financing Corporation on June 1996. Sold to FedEx Express as N426FE on July 1996 and converted to freighter Airbus A310-203F on November 1996. Stored at Southern California Logistics, Victorville USA (KVCV/VCV) on February 2016.
Boeing 737-2V6/Adv
Registration HB-IEH, c/n 22431/803 . Delivered new to PetrolAir on October 1981. Then PrivatAir following the company's name change in January 1997. Sold to Southern Aircraft Services as N737WH on March 1997, then to Southern Aviation as N787WH on October 1999. Sold to Perpetual Motion Inc on June 2007, Blair Investors Corp on November 2009, and
Sarab Ltd as VP-CAQ on June 2011. Operated by Jet Connections Ltd since 2012.
Unidentified Boeing 707 behind to the left.
Boeing 747 of South African Airways and British Airways in the far background right.
Boeing 727-27
Registration PT-TYK, c/n 19499/444. Delivered new to Braniff as N7289 on August 1967. Sold to TransBrasil on February 1980 as PT-TYK. On share with AeroBrasil on October 1984, then AeroBrasil solo until 1989. Acquired by Corsair Inc and leased to ACES Colombia as HK-3483X on May 1989, then to Americana de Aviacion as OB-1542 on November 1992. Returned to Corsair Inc as N7289 on January 1994, exported to Peru on May 1995 as OB-1512, and stored for spares for Americana de Aviacion.
Douglas DC-8-73F
Ex DC-8-63F converted to DC-8-73F with CFM56-2C engines, around 1984. Quite rare to see them nowadays.
Unidentified Boeing 707 in the background.
So looong fuselage.
Boeing 747-249/SCD
Lockheed L-1011-385-3 TriStar 200
Registration G-BHBO, c/n 193N-1205. Delivered to British Airways on April 1981, named The Morning Jewel Rose with British titles Negus livery (1980-1984). Changed name for St Magnus Bay with Landor Livery (1984-1997) in 1984. Sold to American International Airways as N109CK on December 1996. Changed to Kitty Hawk International on February 1999 after merge with Kitty Hawk Inc in 1997. Broken up at Oscoda - Wurtsmith Oscoda USA (KOSC/OSC) on March 2001.
Unidentified Boeing 707 in the background.
Short 360-100
Registration: G-BMAJ, c/n SH3611. Delivered to British Midland Airways on May 1983. Leased to Manx Airlines as G-WACK from April 1986 to April 1987 and between July 1987 and July 1988, then to Loganair. Sold to Pacific Coastal Airlines as C-GPCE on April 1999. Sold to AirNow as N642AN on November 2005. Sold to Air Cargo Carriers on December 2007. Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Vickers 813 Viscount
Registration: G-BMAT, c/n 349. Delivered new to South African Airways as ZS-CDW on December 1958, re-registered later as ZS-SBW. Sold to British Midland Airways as G-AZLT on January 1972. Leased to Cyprus Airways from February to June 1975. Return to British Midland Airways, re-registered as G-BMAT on March 1981. Sold to Seat T Hully Sales Ltd as G-OHOT on February 1989. Leased to BAF-British Air Ferries from November 1989 to April 1993, then transferred to BWA-British World Airlines. Wfu on February 1994 near Uttoxeter, England crashed after multiple engine failure (icing).
Boeing 707-323C
Registration OD-AHC, c/n 19589/701 . Ex American Airlines delivered as N8418 on April 1968 . Purchased by MEA on May 1982. Re-registered OD-AHC on November 1982. Stored on June 1998 at Beyrouth International (OLBA/BEY).
Boeing 707-344B
Registration 3B-NAE, c/n 18891/441. Delivered new to South African Airways as ZS-DYL on August 1965, re-registered ZS-SAD in 1968. Leased to Luxair as LX-LGR on September 1980. Returned to South African Airways as ZS-SAD on November 1980. Leased to Air Zimbabwe as VP-WKW on December 1980. Returned to South African Airways as ZS-SAD on February 1981. Sold to Air Mauritius as 3B-NAE on April 1981. Sold to AGES-Air Ground Equipment Sales Corp. from Liberia registered EL-AJT, leased to Club Air on May 1988. Returned to AGES on October 1988. Leased to Compagnie Nationale Naganagani on December 1988, retuned to AGES on October 1989. Leased to Liberia World Airlines on January 1990. Chartered for Transwede on April 1990, then for Air Zimbabwe on August 1990, Jet Alsace on October 1990. Leased to CMA-Cargo Moravia Airlines on October 1990. Returned to AGES on April 1991. Leased to Guyana Airways on June 1991. Returned to AGES on August 1991. Leased to Air Guinée on September 1991, and back to Guyana Airways on December 1991. Returned to Guyana Airways in 1996. Written off from use at Kent International, Ramsgate UK/RAF Manston (EGMH/MSE) on July 1996. Broken-up February 1997.
Boeing 737-248/Adv
Registration EI-BEB, c/n 21714/565. Delivered new to Aer Lingus on April 1979. Sold to 1/93 East West India as VT-EWH on January 1993, then to FSB as N1714T on October 1997, then Euro Capital. Leased to Kenya Airways as 5Y-KQJ on Marc 1998. Wfu at Nairobi on June 2007.
Short 360-100 and BAC 111 One-Eleven of British Airways in the background.
Short 360-100
Seems wearing Air Europe colours, but not matching exactly. Besides, this company used to operated from Gatwick not Heathrow.
Foreground, BAC 111 One-Eleven of British Airways and 737 from Aer Lingus already seen above.
Boeing 747
Unidentified untitled Boeing 747 taking off.
Boeing 757-236 of British Airways in the foreground.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of British Airways in the foreground.
Short 330-100
Registration G-BJFK, c/n SH3077. Delivered new to Inter City Airlines on September 1981. Chartered for BMA-British Midland Airways on October 1981. Bought by Short Brothers Plc on March 1984. Leased to Air UK on May 1984. Returned to Short Brothers Plc on January 1985. Leased to Spacegrand Aviation Services on April 1985. Leased to Jersey European Airways on October 1985. Leased to National Airways on July 1987. Fairflight Leasing on April 1989 and lease to Air Europe Express. Returned to Short Brothers Plc on January 1990, and stored at Exeter. Leased to Snunit Aviation as 4X-CSP on July 1991. Sold to Emek Wings in 1993, renamed Israir on July 1996. Sold to GAS-General Aviation Services as N390GA pn May 1997, then sold to Air Cargo Carriers on April 1998. Sold to Airtrade Aviation and operated by SkydiveDubaï as DU-SD6 on October 2018. Stored at Executive West Prospect Satellite Field, Fort Lauderdale USA (KFXE/FXE).
Already met on this site:IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
British titles Negus livery (1980-1985).
Tupolev Tu-134A
Rotation.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
Registered G-BMAG, c/n 45719/18. Delivered new to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-DNB on April 1966. Leased to Cyprus Airways from November to December 1975. Purchased by AWAS-Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services and leased to BMA-British Midland Airways on December 1982. Sold to TAESA as XA-SXT on May 1995. Stored at Toluca, Mexico on November 1999.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B
It smells like the end for these three nice birds.
A still active Lockheed L-1011-385-3 TriStar 200 of British Airways in the background.
Fokker F28-4000 Fellowship
No logo from subcontracting airline that must be TAT-Transport Aérien Transrégional on this series 4000. F-GDSK or F-GDUZ.
Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 213
Fokker F27-200 Friendship
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
Registration G-AVMV, c/n 149. Delivered new to British European Airways on April 1969. Transfered to British Airways on April 1974. Sold to European Air Charter on June 1993. Scrapped at International Bournemouth UK/RAF Hurn (EGHH/BOH).
Boeing VC-137B Stratoliner
Either 58-6970, 58-6971 or 58-6972, in white livery United States of America.
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar of British Airways to the right in the background.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
British titles Negus livery (1980-1985).
We can guess tail fin of a Boeing 747 from South African Airways just behind the Concorde's one. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar of British Airways to the right in the background.
Various Aircraft
1 - Airbus A300B4-203 of EgyptAir.
2 - Lockheed L-1011 TriStar perhaps from PAN AM.
3 - Boeing 747 of British Airways.
Short SC.5 Belfast C1
Registration G-BFYU, c/n SH1821. First flight on February 1965 as G-52-15 with Short Bros & Harland. Delivered to Royal Air Force as XR367 Heracles on November 1966. Purchased by Rolls Royce Military Ltd on January 1978. Sold to Eurolatin Aviation Ltd as G-BFYU on November 1978. Transferred to Transmeridian Air Cargo on October 1980, renamed TAC Heavylift. Changed to HeavyLift Cargo Airlines few years later as St.David with same registration. Stored at Southend June 1992.
Boeing 747 of British Airways in the background.
Boeing 707-123B
Boeing 747
Two Boeing 747-136 from British Airways and three Boeing 747-131 from TWA.
Airbus A300B4-320
One of the four SAS's A300B4-320.
A Boeing 747-246B from Japan Air Lines added in the row of 747 listed just above.
Boeing 747-300 in the background.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1
Registration G-BBAI, c/n 193N-1102. Delivered to British Airways on April 1975, named The Molly McGredy Rose with British titles Negus livery (1980-1984). Transferred to British Airtours on April 1985, rebranded Caledonian Airways (1988) on March 1988 named Loch Inver. Leased to Worldways Canada as C-FCXJ from December 1988 to April 1989 and between December 1989 and April 1990. Back as G-BBAI, leased to Air Algérie from June to September 1990. Broken-up at Abu Dhabi on November 1999.
Just behind Vickers VC10 Srs.1103 of Oman Royal Flight registered A4O-AB listed further.
Unidentified in the background left.
Rolls Royce RB211-22B engine. To the left foreground, Boeing 727 N444SA listed below.
Vickers 813 Viscount
Registration: G-AZNC, c/n 352. First flight with Vickers Ltd on January 1959. Delivered new to South African Airways as ZS-CDZ Hartbees on January 1959, re-registered later as ZS-SBZ but not used. Sold to Uk as G-AZLW but not used. Sold to British Midland Airways as G-AZNC on February 1972. Written off from use on February 1982 at Castle Donnington / RAF Castle Donington - East Midlands Nottingham - Derby UK (EGNX/EMA). Sold on May 1986 to British Aeropace, later Dowty Aerospace used as fire trainer by CAA Fire School at Durham Tees Valley Teesside, RAF Middleton Saint George, RAF Station Goosepool (EGNV/MME).
Boeing 727-29C
Registration N444SA, c/n 19987/634. First flight on September 68 with The Boeing Company. Sold to SABENA as OO-STE on October 1968. Purchased by World Airways and registered N696WA on April 1976. Leased to Yemen Airways on December 1979. Sold to Interair Llc on January 1980, then to Sheikh Hassan Ena as HZ-HE4 on June 1982. Sold to SonAir as D2-FSA on July 2002. Wfu.
Vickers VC10 Srs.1103
Registration A4O-AB, c/n 820. First flight with Vickers Ltd on October 1964. Delivered to BUA-British United Airways as G-ASIX on October 1964. Changed to CALEDONIAN/BUA named Loch Maree when merge with British Caledonian Airways on November 1970. Sold to Royal Flight of Oman as A4O-AB on October 1974. Final flight on June 1987. Donated to Brooklands Museum at London heathrow (EGLL/LHR).
Background , TriStar G-BBAI already mentionned above.
British Airways airplanes in the far background, with a Concorde and a 747.
Airbus A300B4-320
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven from British Airways in the background.
Boeing 707-369C
Registration 9K-ACJ, c/n 20084/758. First Flight on October 1968 by The Boeing Company. Delivered to Kuwait Airways on November 1968. Sold to Southern Air Transport as N525SJ on November 1985. Sold to Millon Air on July 1994. Registered PP-PHA for a while, leased to Phoenix Air Group as N851JB from July to November 1995. Sold to Cielos del Peru as OB-1699 on August 1999, then to Skymaster Airlines as PT-MTR on July 2000. Wfu on July 2006. Broken up at Eduardo Gomes International Manaus, Brazil (Amazonas) (SBEG/MAO) on July 2011.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Vickers VC10 Srs.1103
Already seen above.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Taxiing in front of two Boeing 747 from British Airways.
Douglas DC-8-63CF
Registration TF-FLC, c/n 46049/479. Delivered new to Seaboard World Airlines as N8639 on August 1969. Chartered for several months and several times by Loftleiðir-Icelandic Airlines between 1970 and 1975. Also by Cargolux from October 1974 to December 1974 and by Saudia-Saudi Arabian Airlines on June 1977. Leased to Flugleidir as TF-FLC on May 1979, chartered by Nigeria Airways on September 1979, returned to Flugleidir on October 1979 then chartered by Saudia-Saudi Arabian Airlines on November 1979, by Cargolux on December 1979. Sold to Flying Tiger Line and leased again to Flugleidir on october 1980. Chartered by Air India on December 1980. Returned to Flying Tiger Line as N778FT on February 1981. Leased to National Airlines on March 1981. Transferred to Icelandair again as TF-FLC on May 1981 and leased to Saudia-Saudi Arabian Airlines . Leased to Evergreen International Airlines on July 1982. Returned to Icelandair and leased again Saudia-Saudi Arabian Airlines on July 1986. Sold to Rosembald Aviation as N867BX then Burlington Air Express in July 1987. Transferred to American International Airways on March 1991. Transferred as BAX Global on May 1997, then to Air Transport International. Stored at Pinal Airpark Marana USA (KMZJ/MZJ) on October 2004. Bought on December 2005 as 4R-EXJ Expo Aviation 1969.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Far background, from left to right: Concorde, two 747 of British Airways and an unidentified 737.
Lockheed L-1011-385-3 TriStar 200
Still wearing Full titles Negus (1974-1981) livery. British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident in the foreground.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
One of the several ex-National Airlines's DC-10-30 integrated on July 1980 to the PAN AM's fleet after the merge of the companies.
British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident in the foreground.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100
British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident in the foreground.
Boeing 747-146
Vickers 800 Viscount
Two of the different 800 series still operated by BMA in the early 80s.
British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident in the foreground left.
Taking off in the background, an Ilyushin Il-62M from Aeroflot, listed below.
Ilyushin Il-62M
Elegant aircraft.
Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar
Still wearing the Maple leaf -Red cheatline with black anti-glare nose (1965-1981) livery.
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Rotation.
Boeing 737-236/Adv
Registration G-BGDG, c/n 21796/648. First flight on March 1980 with The Boeing Company. Delivered to British Airways on April 1980 christenized River Medway. Sold to Pegasus Aviation as N921PG on April 1998, then leased to Aerolíneas Argentinas as LV-ZEC. Wfu on November 2009 (Sky Holdings owner since 2007).
British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident in the foreground left.
Ilyushin Il-62
Rotation.
Take off.
Boeing 757-236
British Airways's Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3 in the foreground.
In the foreground right, the same Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident already seen several time above in the list.
Fokker F27-100 Friendship
One of the three F27 Friendship operated by the company, on lease from BMA-British Midland Airways.
Again, the same Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident already seen above in the list.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
Vickers 953C Merchantman of British Airways Cargo in the background.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
Registration G-BOAG, c/n 214. First flight on April 1978 as G-BFKW with BAC. Delivered to British Airways on February 1980. Re-registered G-BOAG on February 1981 with British titles Negus livery (1980-1985). Final flight on November 2003. Preserved at Museum of Flight Foundation, USA.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 of Iberia in the far background.
The 1980s (second half)
Boeing 747-133
Leased to Nigeria Airways from MEA-Middle East Airlines in the 1985/1986. 2 aircraft used then, EI-BRR and EI-BPH.
Boeing 737-200
The Boeing 737 replaced the Boeing 727s on the LHR-Berlin route of PAN AM in the mid 80s. This one is from Series 200 , either 210c, 214, 222, 275, 296, 297, 2A9C, 2Q9.
In the background, two Boeing 747 of British Airways and one from PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
Passing in front of a Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 and a Boeing 747 of British Airways.
Nigeria Airways's Boeing 707 to the right.
Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover CC.2
VIP version of the Andover.
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- Avion Video Series
- Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
- Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Airbus A300
- Airbus A310
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy
- Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
- BAC One-Eleven
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 720
- Boeing 727
- Boeing 737
- Boeing 747
- Boeing 747SP
- Boeing 757
- Boeing C-137 Stratoliner
- Breguet Provence
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- Britten-Norman Islander
- Canadair CL-44
- Convair 240/340/440
- Convair 880/990
- Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
- De Havilland DH106 Comet
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Douglas C-74 Globemaster
- Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Douglas DC-8
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Fokker F28 Fellowship
- Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
- Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II
- Handley Page Dart Herald
- Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
- Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Ilyushin Il-62
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- Short 330
- Short 360
- Sikorsky S-61
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Tupolev Tu-114
- Tupolev Tu-134
- Tupolev Tu-154
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viscount
- Aer Lingus
- AeroBrasil
- Aeroflot
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Air Canada
- Air Canada Cargo
- Air Ceylon
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Malta
- Air Mauritius
- Air New Zealand
- Air UK
- Alitalia
- Austrian Airlines
- BEA Cargo
- BKS Air Transport
- BOAC Cargo Service
- Britannia Airways
- British Air Ferries
- British Airways
- British Airways World Cargo
- British Caledonian Helicopters
- British Eagle International Airlines
- British European Airways
- British Island Airways
- British Midland Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- Brymon Airways
- Cambrian Airways
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Capitol Air
- ČSA Czech Airlines
- Cunard Eagle Airways
- Cyprus Airways
- Dan-Air
- Delta Air Lines
- East African Airways
- El Al Israel Airlines
- Finnair
- Flying Tiger Line
- Fred. Olsen Airtransport
- Gatwick Heathrow Airlink
- Ghana Airways
- Gulf Air
- Humber Airways
- Iberia
- Icelandair-Flugfélag Íslands
- Iraqi Airways
- Japan Airlines
- JAT Yugoslav Airlines
- Kenya Airways
- KLM
- Kuwait Airways
- Libyan Arab Airlines
- Loftleiðir-Icelandic Airlines
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Malév Hungarian Airlines
- Manx Airlines
- Middle East Airlines
- National Airlines
- Nigeria Airways
- Northeast Airlines (UK)
- Olympic Airways
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- Qantas
- SABENA
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Seaboard World Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airways
- Starways
- Sudan Airways
- Swissair
- Syrian Arab Airlines
- TAP Portugal
- Touraine Air Transport
- Transavia
- TransBrasil
- Trans-Canada Air Lines
- Trans Mediterranean Airways
- Trans World Airlines
- United Arab Airlines
- VARIG