They may be old, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be special!
Avro Vulcan B.2 XM575
Vickers Varsity T.1 WL626
BAC 1-11 500 G-AVMU
Hawker Hunter GA.11 WV382
We in the UK really had an aversion to putting the engines of our aircraft in pods under the wings like the rest of the world didn’t we?
The VC10, Trident and BAC 1-11 exhibited here put the engines at the back of the fuselage, the Comet embedded the engines into the wing, and when we did put engines in pods under the wing on the BAe-146, we put the wings on the roof!
What would have been a typical scene in the late 1960’s at Heathrow Airport; a BAC 1-11, a Hawker Siddeley Trident and a Vickers VC10 all ready to depart with their national and international services, the 1-11 being on a domestic service within the UK, the Trident to somewhere in the near continent, and the VC10 being prepared for a long-distance or transatlantic service.
Days once common now sadly memories.
BAe Nimrod R1 XW664
Well, at least we know where one of these planes eventually ended up!
Hawker Hunter T.7 XL569
Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E G-AVFB
Britten SA.1 Sheriff G-FRJB
V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1)
De Havilland Dove G-ANUW
Consolidated B-24M Liberator 44-50493
Panavia Tornado GR.1 ZA465
Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy G-BEOZ
Avro Anson I N4877
Fairey Swordfish NF370
Morane-Saulnier Rallye 100s G-BBLM
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II 70259
McDonnell Douglas F-4J(UK) Phantom 155529
Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XV350
General Dynamics F-111E 67-120
English Electric Canberra T.17 WH740
North American B-25J Mitchell 44-31171
North American P-51D Mustang 44-84847
Hawker Hunter GA.11 WV382
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Armstrong Whitworth Meteor TT.20 WM224
Boeing-Stearman PT-17
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle 76-020
English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF588
Douglas C-47A Skytrain 43-15509
BOAC Vickers VC10 G-ASGC
Bristol Britannia 312 G-AOVT
Vickers Viscount Type 701A G-ALWF
Handley Page Dart Herald 201 G-APWJ
de Havilland Dragon Rapide HG 691
Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9 MJ627
T-6J Harvard Mk4 52-8543/66
Socata TB-10 Tobago F-GBHB
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ‘Sally B’
Cessna F172P Skyhawk II HB-CGI
Bae-Aérospatiale Concorde G-AXDN
Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings TG528
English Electric Lightning F.1A XM135
BAC TSR-2 XR222
Avro Vulcan B.2 XJ824
de Havilland Dove 6 G-ALFU
Dan Air Avro 685 York C1, G-ANTK
Avro Lancaster B X KB889
Short S.25 Sunderland ML796
Hawker Hurricane
Vickers VC10C Mk.1 XR808
Bristol Britannia 312
De Havilland Comet 1XB
General Dynamics F-111F-CF
Supermarine Spitfire I
Hawker Hurricane IIc
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1
Lockheed C-130 Hercules C.4
BAC Jet Provost T.5A
De Havilland Devon C.2
Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21
Hunting Percival Pembroke C.1
V-1 flying bomb
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1
Handley Page Hastings T.5
Short Belfast C.1
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1
Many period propeller planes lined up in the RAF Cosford Museum, including (from front to back) an Avro York, a Douglas Dakota, and a Handley Page Hastings T.5.
Douglas Dakota C.4
British Aerospace EAP
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
BAC TSR-2
BAe Harrier GR9A
FMA IA 58 Pucará
Avro Lincoln B.2
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
Mitsubishi Ki-46 ‘Dinah’
Making a final approach to its home base of Warton Aerodrome between Preston and Blackpool in Lancashire is BAe Systems owned British Aerospace 146-200 G-TYPH.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Hawker Afghan Hind
Sopwith Pup
Sopwith 1½ Strutter
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1
Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1
Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1
Hawker Hunter F.6A
On one of its final ever airshows, preserved Avro Vulcan XH558 soars over my house as it approaches the Dartmouth Regatta. On September 26th, this final airworthy Vulcan Bomber made its last aerial appearance at the Yorkshire Airshow, after which it was be retired to the quiet life of a museum after 55 years and over 8,000 hours of flying.
Vickers Viscount 804 G-CSZB
The remains of two Vickers Turboprops, now shed of their bodies and left only as cockpits. On the left is Vickers Viscount 804 G-CSZB, while on the right is Vickers Vanguard 953C G-APES
Vickers Vanguard 953C G-APES
Arriving at Tenerife South-Reina Sofia Airport from Moscow Domodedovo with Flight 341 is Transaero Airlines Tupolev Tu-214 RA-64549, delivered under serial number 42507013 in August 2008.
