Developed to meet army AOP specification A.2/45 in competition with the Heston J.S.6. The first prototype was the Auster M with a Gipsy Major engine. This is the second aircraft, the Model N, and is powered by a more powerful Gipsy Queen. In the end the Army selected the Auster AOP.6 to fulfil its needs. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

The original 1938 terminal complex with the control tower and terminal at centre and hangar at left. Wartime buildings at right. All demolished in 1961 to make way for today's Terminal 1.

Ex USAAF 43-14905 and RAF HB632. Served Thorne Aviation, based at Squires Gate, Blackpool, from early 1949 until sale to Finland as OH-FCH in November 1951.

This C-54G wearing serial 5555 is undergoing an overhaul at RAF Burtonwood (Lancs) where the USAF had a major facility. The Skymaster still wears its code '406' which it used during its participation in the Berlin Airlift. Very rare, scanned from a 3" x 2" print

Ex USAAF 41-38862 and RAF EV798. Sold to Australia as VH-AZL.