The Hanover Air Show 1962

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On Sunday 6th May 1962, a Starways DC-3 took off from Speke, for the three-hour flight to Hanover with a precious cargo. The cargo consisted of 36 members of the Merseyside Group of Aviation Enthusiasts (MGAE), who were heading to the air show. Apart from Paris, the Hanover Air Show, superseded in 1992 by the Berlin Air Show, was the only air show held in continental Europe at the time.
Apparently the air show had a dubious reputation for always having bad weather, despite being held in May on alternate years. On the day we were there, it was certainly overcast, as the following photos show. However, there were some very unusual aircraft on display:

S-58 GERMAN ARMY

POTEZ-HEINKEL CM 191

GERMAN ARMY VERTOL H-21C SHAWNEE

CESSNA 320 SKYNIGHT

G-ARAY, THE AVRO 748 DEMONSTRATOR, WITH A DART HERALD BEHIND

FINNAIR CARAVELLE OH-LEB TAKEN FROM THE STARWAYS DC-3 AS WE TAXIED IN

THE ORIGINAL OE-FEB  -  A SGP M222 FLAMINGO, OF WHICH ONLY FOUR WERE EVER BUILT. THE CURRENT A/C IS AN AUSTRIAN A319 

N5024K THE PANAM DC-6 WHICH TOOK US TO TEMPLEHOF

UMBAUGH U-18 FLYMOBIL. THE SIGN IN THE WINDOW SAYS 'PLEASE DO NOT PLAY WITH THE ROTORS'

More to follow...

[ian531]

Great set of shots, thanks

Ian

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PART II:

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF INTER-EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION WAS THIS FIAT G91 IN LUFTWAFFE COLOURS

PERSONALISED REGISTRATIONS WERE AROUND EVEN IN 1962! THE SIAI MARCHETTI S322 RIVIERA

OE-DSA SAAB 91 SAFIR

ANOTHER SHOT OF THE H-21C, WHICH IF NOTHING ELSE, SHOWS THE FASHIONS OF THE DAY!

In those days of a divided Germany, the only simple way to reach West Berlin was by air. From the major cities, such as Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover and Munich, there were regular flights by BEA, PanAm and Air France. Lufthansa was not allowed to operate any domestic flights. In order to reach Berlin, the flights had to cross East Germany though three air corridors, one from the northwest, one from the west and the other from the southwest. The flights ran down specific airways called corridors, from which no deviation was possible. The air corridors, each of which was only 20 miles wide, compelled aircraft to fly at a maximum height of 10,000 ft. The PanAm flights went into Tempelhof, which was right in the centre of the city. So, having got as far as Hanover, Keith Crowden and myself decided to take a trip on the PanAm DC-6 operation to Tempelhof. No photos from this part of the trip, because Tempelhof was still a very sensitive area at that time, but apparently we didn't miss very much because there was very little flying that day at the Hanover Show.

With acknowledgements to Leerlaufprozess

[planemike]

Oh, how the nostalgia just oozes out of the screen............!!!!