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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
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.
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.
Bristol 175 Britannia 102
Blue tail fin from 1966-70 era.
BAC One-Eleven in the background.
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).
Boeing 707-321
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 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
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.
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.
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).
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B
Lockheed L-188C Electra
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-18V
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
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.
Boeing 727-30
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.
Douglas DC-8-43
Vickers Viscount of Aer Lingus to the right.
Vickers 701 Viscount
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
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See also
- Avion Video Series
- Airspeed Ambassador
- Airspeed Consul
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 Argosy
- Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
- Avro York
- BAC One-Eleven
- Beechcraft Model 18
- Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 720
- Boeing 727
- Boeing 747
- Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
- Breguet Provence
- Bristol 170 Freighter
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- Canadair CL-44
- Convair 240/340/440
- Convair 880/990
- Convair C-131 Samaritan
- Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
- De Havilland DH104 Dove
- De Havilland DH106 Comet
- De Havilland DH114 Heron
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Douglas C-74 Globemaster
- Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
- Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Douglas DC-8
- Fairchild C-82 Packet
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Handley Page Dart Herald
- Handley Page Hermes
- Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
- Hawker Siddeley HS.748
- Ilyushin Il-14
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Martin 4-0-4
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- Percival Proctor
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Vanguard
- Vickers VC10
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Air Canada
- Air Ceylon
- Air France
- Air India
- Alitalia
- American Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- BKS Air Transport
- BOAC-Cunard
- British Eagle International Airlines
- British European Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- Cambrian Airways
- Capital Airlines
- Capitol Air
- ČSA Czech Airlines
- Cubana de Aviación
- Cunard Eagle Airways
- Dan-Air
- Derby Airways Cargo Service
- Eagle Airways Ltd
- El Al Israel Airlines
- Finnair
- Flying Tiger Line
- Ghana Airways
- Iberia
- Icelandair-Flugfélag Íslands
- Japan Airlines
- JAT Yugoslav Airlines
- KLM
- Kuwait Airways
- Loftleiðir-Icelandic Airlines
- LOT Polish Airlines
- LTU International
- Lufthansa
- Malév Hungarian Airlines
- Middle East Airlines
- Misrair
- Modern Air
- Morton Air Services
- Nigeria Airways
- Olympic Airways
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- Qantas
- SABENA
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Seaboard World Airlines
- South African Airways
- Spantax
- Starways
- Sudan Airways
- Swissair
- TAP Portugal
- Trans-Canada Air Lines
- Transcontinental SA
- Trans Mediterranean Airways
- Trans World Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- United Arab Airlines
- VARIG