Photo Album: "Historic Aviation"

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Photo ID: 1968822 Views: 1831 Aircraft Location & Date Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter Mk21 Blackpool - Squires Gate (BLK / EGNH) UK - England, 1962 Remark Photographer G-AIMH (cn 12798) 'City of Birmingham' purchased from Compagnie Air Transport on 01/04/52 as F-BECT. Leased to Manx Airlines Ltd in May 1956. Returned to Silver City Airways in 1958 and withdrawn from use at Lydd in October 1962. Graham Dives Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 1096247 Views: 16416 Aircraft Location & Date Aerlinte Eireann (Seaboard & Western Airlines) Lockheed L-1049E/01 Super Constellation London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) UK - England, September 2, 1958 Remark Photographer N1005C (cn 4557) Leased from Seaboard and Western for just over two years. Aerlinte Eirann were a subsidiary of Aer Lingus, to operate trans-atlantic schedule flights from Ireland to New York. This aircraft operated the last scheduled "Prop" service from New York to Ireland December 21/22, 1960 - the Boeing 720 jet had arrived. These airline titles were only used for a short time, and were replaced by "Irish Air Lines" in 1959 and "Irish International Airlines" in 1960. Ian MacFarlane Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 0981361 Views: 15691 Aircraft Location & Date UK - Air Force Vickers Valiant B1 Farnborough (FAB / EGLF) UK - England, September 1955 Remark Photographer WP209 Taken almost exactly 50 years ago at the 1955 Farnborough SBAC Air Show, this is a relatively early Vickers Valiant. Kodachrome transparency taken by my late father, David W. Baldock. Michael Baldock Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 1282062 Views: 18639 Aircraft Location & Date UK - Navy Hawker Sea Hawk FGA4 Off-Airport - Mediterranean Sea International Airspace, August 22, 1955 Remark Photographer ***** / J-189 Sea Hawks of 804 naval air squadron starting up aboard HMS Eagle during their record 201 sorties, taken en route Malta/Gibraltar. This record remains unbeaten in the RN to this day. John Toms Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 0113417 Views: 19844 Aircraft Location & Date Capital Airlines Lockheed L-049E Constellation Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American Field) (MIA / KMIA) USA - Florida, July 1959 Remark Photographer N2736A / 756 (cn 1977) Ex BOAC G-AHEL Mel Lawrence Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 1922944 Views: 40235 Aircraft Location & Date UK - Air Force Blackburn B-101 Beverley C1 In Flight UK - England, 1957 Remark Photographer XH123 (cn 1029) A late production Beverley on a photo sortie from its place of birth - Brough airfield, East Yorkshire, shortly after completion. Obtained from Blackburns over 50 years ago. RAScholefield Collection Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search Photo ID: 1922024 Views: 76332 Aircraft Location & Date BOAC De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 In Flight UK - England, 1951 Remark Photographer G-ALYP (cn 06003) The first production Comet 1 (nearest) first flew on 9 January 1951. It was delivered to BOAC on 13 March 1952 and performed the world's first scheduled jet airliner flight Heathrow-Johannesburg on 2 May 1952. It crashed on 10 January 1954 after structural failure near Elba after take-off from Rome. DH's Comet 1 prototypes G-ALVG and G-ALZK (far) complete the then world-beating formation of this, the most beautiful jetliner built. Each has a slightly different fin scheme. Obtained from DH 50 years ago. RAScholefield Collection Contact Link to me! FIT SCR View Large Photo View Similar Photos Add to Album Send as Postcard Correct information Cross data search
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