Thanks for the link to the old thread with Channel Airways’ fleet list.

My first ever flight was from Southend to Jersey in a Channel Airways Viking. I don’t know the year but most likely 1958 (possibly 1959) and, as I can recall the Battle of the Flowers, most likely in August. We missed our return flight and got put on the next flight back, which happened to be on a Bristol Wayfarer. I no longer have a note of which aircraft I flew on but the listing narrows it down.

I can recall a Rapide of Air Caen at Jersey when we left (I think).