I used to run the Airline History Website almost 15 years ago. Many people allowed me to use their photos and here are a set of ‘snaps’ by Peter Goodearl which I feel you guys might like to see, because they are evocative
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Peter Goodearl’s photos are not taken with an expensive camera and were all taken in the late 1960s (1966-1970).
This first snap shows a lovely circa 1969 ramp at Southend with Channel and BAF Viscounts and Carvairs present. There is a red Vanguard which looks Invicta-ish (Air Canada?).
This is one of the Channel Doves, also circa 68-70.
This is fairly evocative too. British Eagle was still going so this is prior to mid 1968 I guess. I think that was about the time BKS was taken into British Air Services holding company.
Another Gatwick 60s snap, this time of an Airspeed Ambassador of DanAir London. I find it amazing that aircraft like this were flying two years prior to the introduction of the 747!
And the same departing – what an interesting shape.
Another of Peter’s snaps at 10Right circa same time! I like this because it shows that silly little meter high fence that ran around the 14 miles of Heathrow’s perimeter. LOL – what naive and relaxing times.
I think MEA had one of the nicer VC10 liverys. This was circa 1966-67.
Wardair 707 and 727 at Gatwick circa 1968-69. Amazing that they flew a 727 from Canada to Gatwick! BUIA Herald and C47 in background along with another DanAir Ambassador plane.
Heathrow in 1968 (Echo stands I believe) with an Air France CV990 on stand.
Another ‘London Airport’ photo showing more British European types in Beta stands and those old cargo buildings on the north side that I am way too young to remember.
Another Comet with barn-door type basic flaps (like the 707). Pity such shapes are no longer seen at airports.
A classic Heathrow 1960s’ shape of a BEA Trident 1 departing.
An interesting photo of a Trident 1 rolling with the old control tower in the background. Is this threshold 10L or 28L??
A Vanguard departing Heathrow in 1968 showing its distinctive lines and flaps.
Vanguards at Glasgow
BOAC VC10 landing at Heathrow 1968 – a very lovely shaped aeroplane.
Clipper Nautilus N464PA on the southern taxiway Heathrow 1972 (note this 707 has the underfin). The PAR truck behind certainly looks like WWII vintage!
Would that be the NASA DC6 on the west side of the aerodrome? Just a shot in the dark – a long-shot you might say. 🙂
I recall Heathrow had Precision Approach Radar until mid 1970s when ILS became the standard approach facility.
Did you guys know that Stansted had the last fan marker in the UK? It remained at STN because that aerodrome was used for instrument approaches by pilots training for the IR. Stansted had all the various types of precision and non-precision approaches you could want for practicing IR approaches. Well, until it became London’s 3rd airport, I guess.
You should follow the small road that circles the airport. Follow it to the far end (west end) and park by the fence about 500mtrs from the end of the runway in an area with places to stop next to this ‘crash access’ road. I took this from this location…
Love the oldies, especially Longshot’s.
Also that airborne shot showing the Vanguard of Air Viking (or was it Viking Air) is just sweet!
Here is a ‘broken’ AEI CL44 for Misrair 777 (unloading cargo at STN in 1984)
And one landing at LHR (fortunately not ‘broken’)
Finnair had a lovely livery on the DC8 it flew
SAS 1960s livery DC8-62 at Heathrow filling in while the MD80s were on order
This lovely photo of a Pink Court Line One-Eleven ‘Halcyon Day” by my friend Caz Caswell (I wanted to share it with you guys)
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