Couple of olduns

[longshot]

I think that's where I got confused ref Darts an Tynes.

Argonaut, I agree with you, times have certainly changed. Some would argue that our part in the Airbus product is something we should be proud of, and I am, but it's really not comparable with the likes of Comets, Concords, Vulcans and Lightnings, and to think, we built them all on our own Now that's something I'm really proud of

Mmm...don't forget Concorde was joint Anglo-French and if we hadn't been locked into a treaty to build it it would had been dumped....it cost both Governments a LOT of money

[Planemike]

Argonaut, I agree with you, times have certainly changed. Some would argue that our part in the Airbus product is something we should be proud of, and I am, but it's really not comparable with the likes of Comets, Concords, Vulcans and Lightnings, and to think, we built them all on our own Now that's something I'm really proud of

Yep, now we leave it to the Brazilians...........

[Argonaut]

Interesting photo in Heathrow in late 1960s with Britannias, Vanguard, BAC 1-11,Trident and Comet in view, not a single imported aircraft.

[cockerhoop]

similar to summer charter days at Ringway in the early 70s when the Dan-air comets and Court 1-11s would overshadow the odd Britannia 737

[MSR777]

Mmm...don't forget Concorde was joint Anglo-French and if we hadn't been locked into a treaty to build it it would had been dumped....it cost both Governments a LOT of money

Oops, yes sorry about that, forgot that was French involvement. Apologies to any French viewers

[HP81]

not a single imported aircraft.

I bet the car park was the same!

[teddymax]

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your old great photos (Carvair,Viking,Britannia....).
Here now some more of my oldtimer photos.

Frank


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at VIE


taken at JER


taken at HAJ


taken at LTN


taken at LGW


taken at SEN


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at MEB


taken at BNE


taken at RHO


taken at VIE


taken at LHR


taken at LHR


taken at LHR

[widmeister]

Monarchs and Court Lines at LHR. Hmmm... diversions ?

[teddymax]

Yes, some diversions on this day.

[HP81]

Excellent pictures, everyone.

S.B.

[Argonaut]

Great photos teddymax, a few Viscounts from me tonight, all B&W I am afraid, could not afford colour back then. This thread is great at unearthing great old photos. Keep them coming everybody.

[longshot]

Lovely photos nicely edited with some space around the aircraft, Frank/teddymax.....some of the best shots of British airliners in the 60s/70s have come from Germany in recent years from Ralf Manteufel and Peter Seefeld and now teddymax!

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your old great photos (Carvair,Viking,Britannia....).
Here now some more of my oldtimer photos.

Frank

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[by738]

I have never seen that lebanon 747 before. fascinating

[Argonaut]

A few more Vikings, D-BONE and D-BORA being worked on in the hanger in Luton ( anybody recognise their Mini ? ) G-AHPJ and G-AIVK of Overseas Aviation at Dublin 1961, G-APOR of Tradair and OE-HAE of Aero Transport.

[Banupa]

On the lighter side from the early 1970's.

[Argonaut]

Love the Doves and Heron Banupa, they were so much a part of the 1960/70s good to see them. A few Dakotas from me CF-ICU of Spartan at Gatwick 1963 CS-TAD (ex Aer Lingus) at Dublin 1963, EI-AFC Dublin 1961, ET-AIB at Addis Ababa in 1984, F-BFGV of French Ministry Dublin 1961, G-AGJV of British Midland in Dublin.

[Banupa]

Here's a couple more.

[longshot]

Tasty selection of Daks, there,chaps.

[Banupa]

How about Beagle 206's?

[Argonaut]

A few more Daks:-
G-AKNB BUA
G-AMJU Silver City
G-AMSH Irelfly
G-AMSN Starways
G-ANEG Executive Air Transport
All in Dublin
and OO-AWN Sabena at Heathrow

[EGTC]

Banupa, those beagle pics are real nice

[VeeOne]

Banupa

Love the Fairey Surveys C-47 photo. I have been in the right seat of the far Dak whiskey Charlie at White Waltham.

g-alwc remained in use by Clyde Surveys until the start of the 1980s but g-amca was gone by the late 1970s, replaced by a queen air. There was a third C-47 that Fairey had in the mid to late 1960s which had a long pointed nose cone.

Any other photos from White Waltham on that day?

Sarah

[Banupa]

Hi Sarah, yes, quite a few WW pics in my albums and on slides. It's just a matter of waiting for me to copy them! Most are of light stuff from the other side of the airfield though. I used to cycle to WW when I was at school, when there was always interesting stuff there such as Comper Swift G-ABUS, a Luton Minor and 2 Fairchild Argus with the Warner Scarab radials. Faireys were busy with Gannets and there were usually 2 or 3 parked outside their hangars, though I never saw any fly. Later, the Rotodyne could be regularly seen, sometimes making an awful din! Happy days... There were supposed to be one or more Balliols on the RAF side, but I never saw them either.

[teddymax]

Here now more photos from the good old days.


taken at AUK


taken at LHR


taken at LTN


taken at LTN


taken at LTN


taken at LTN


taken at LTN


taken at BWU


taken at LHR


taken at FRA


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at HAM


taken at LPA


taken at LPA


taken at CPH


taken at BRU


taken at HAM


taken at VIE


taken at HAM

[longshot]

Wow! G-AYSL a British airways 707 with Pratt&Whitney JT-4 engines! ex Pan-Am via Dan-Air ?

[Argonaut]

First class photos there teddymax, some really interesting items. I couldn't match the quality of photos, however I attach photo of C-74 Globemaster 1. When I first saw this aircraft at Heathrow in 1963 I didn't know what it was, was it a DC-7 on steroids ! They only lasted a very short time in civil service.

[garryrussell]

The BOAC Viscount were not anything to do with the runway at Manchester as the pic in the Flicker links says

Prestwick was a gateway for Transatlantic flight. The two Viscounts were Cambrian operated for BOAC in their livery as feeders to Prestwick from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

In those days Transatlantics could only be operated from gateway airports so flight originating in Glasgow or Edinburgh had to stop at Prestwick an expensive sector so the Viscounts were used.

Still a part of the active Cambrian fleet, they did ocassionally appear on other routes as back ups.

They may well have done work from Manchester, but that was not the reason for their being.

[garryrussell]

The Douglas C-74 Globemaster pictured above was famously used in the opening sequences of the film "The Italian Job" at Milan where it had been grounded.

Always struck me as having a bit of a Chinese look about it.

Only 14 were built and one of those was converted into the prototype of the more successful double deck C-124 Globemaster II

[longshot]

Indeed Douglas marketed a civil C-74 version at the end of WWII as the first DC-7 and I think Pan Am expressed an interest but none were built.

First class photos there teddymax, some really interesting items. I couldn't match the quality of photos, however I attach photo of C-74 Globemaster 1. When I first saw this aircraft at Heathrow in 1963 I didn't know what it was, was it a DC-7 on steroids ! They only lasted a very short time in civil service.

[Argonaut]

The Douglas C-74 Globemaster pictured above was famously used in the opening sequences of the film "The Italian Job" at Milan where it had been grounded.

Always struck me as having a bit of a Chinese look about it.

Only 14 were built and one of those was converted into the prototype of the more successful double deck C-124 Globemaster II

Yes, it looked really good in CAAC colours, pity it did not survive, I think it was burnt out in Turin after it's film career.