This Gemini was flown by Loxhams Flying Services from their Squires Gate base between June 1947 and its sale in 1952. It stands in front of their wartime-built hangar at Blackpool.

This Halifax C.8 was operated by Peteair from June 1948 until June 1949 when it was scrapped. Ex RAF PP328 and LN-OAS of Vingtor.

The Avian was stored at Hesketh Park aerodrome from the outbreak of war and by 1948 was in derelict condition. Rescued in the mid 1950s and currently exhibited in Manchester.

Thorne Aviation was a small charter operator based at Squires Gate between May 1947 and summer 1949. They used this Autocrat on pleasure flights and other activities for most of that period. The Lancashire Aircraft Corporation hangars are in the background, now used by Westair and others.