Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2014 21:28:14 GMT 1
One which escaped from the last batch - the daily visit of an AF caravelle to Ringway:
A few from Tollerton now - vintage 1963 or thereabouts:
Not far from Tollerton was Burnaston - the home of Derby Airways, for another year at at least, until they moved to Castle Donington. It still seems incredible that Derby Airways operated those Argonauts off a grass strip. The site is now the Toyota UK factory.
OK - hands up all those who know where VR-A is(was)? Well it was Aden (when it was still a British territory - it's now part of Yemen) and the quasi-BOAC colour scheme gives it away a bit. Following the introduction of the Viscounts, the Argonauts were retired and this one was brought back to be used as spares.
A few from Heathrow now, or LAP as we knew it in those days:
Now this is an interesting photo. I have looked carefully at this registration and I'm convinced that it's D-ABOL! It's clearly a Lufthansa B720, which was probably on the Frankfurt run. However, if you put this reg into Google it comes up as a Condor 757! Given the reputation of the Germans for efficiency, I wonder what happened here. It seems odd that they would allocate the same registration to two different aircraft. Anyone any thoughts on this?
The Vanguard in the left of the shot, G-APEM, had a landing accident at Ringway much later in 1991.
An evening departure for 9G-AAH on it's long trip (for a Brit) to Accra. Note the unusual service vehicle under the tail of the BEA Viscount.
Another African departure, this time with a jet. The EAA Comet 4 heads for the take-off to Nairobi. This was originally registered as VP-KRL, but following Kenya's independence in December 1964 it became the first aircraft on the register as 5Y-AAA.
More to follow...
A few from Tollerton now - vintage 1963 or thereabouts:
Not far from Tollerton was Burnaston - the home of Derby Airways, for another year at at least, until they moved to Castle Donington. It still seems incredible that Derby Airways operated those Argonauts off a grass strip. The site is now the Toyota UK factory.
OK - hands up all those who know where VR-A is(was)? Well it was Aden (when it was still a British territory - it's now part of Yemen) and the quasi-BOAC colour scheme gives it away a bit. Following the introduction of the Viscounts, the Argonauts were retired and this one was brought back to be used as spares.
A few from Heathrow now, or LAP as we knew it in those days:
Now this is an interesting photo. I have looked carefully at this registration and I'm convinced that it's D-ABOL! It's clearly a Lufthansa B720, which was probably on the Frankfurt run. However, if you put this reg into Google it comes up as a Condor 757! Given the reputation of the Germans for efficiency, I wonder what happened here. It seems odd that they would allocate the same registration to two different aircraft. Anyone any thoughts on this?
The Vanguard in the left of the shot, G-APEM, had a landing accident at Ringway much later in 1991.
An evening departure for 9G-AAH on it's long trip (for a Brit) to Accra. Note the unusual service vehicle under the tail of the BEA Viscount.
Another African departure, this time with a jet. The EAA Comet 4 heads for the take-off to Nairobi. This was originally registered as VP-KRL, but following Kenya's independence in December 1964 it became the first aircraft on the register as 5Y-AAA.
More to follow...