12 results found
Registration / Serial:LX-LGG
Aircraft Original Type:Sud-Est SE-210 Caravelle
Aircraft Generic Type:Sud SE-210 Caravelle
Aircraft Version:Sud SE-210 Caravelle VI-R
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Luxair
Aircraft Name:Princesse Marie-Astrid
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Photo ID:624721Submit Correction
View count: 111
Delivered new to Austrian Airlines as OE-LCE on 01 Jun 1963. To Luxair as LX-LGG on 05 May 1972. To SAN Ecuador on 16 Jun 1978 and used for spares recovery at Quito. Since scrapped. In the background is an Iberia Boeing 727-256 EC-CIE. Beyond is the Hunting hangar which housed executive jets. Now the site of Terminal 4.
Registration / Serial:LX-LGG
Aircraft Version:Sud SE-210 Caravelle VI-R
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Luxair
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Registration / Serial:LX-LGG
Aircraft Original Type:Sud-Est SE-210 Caravelle
Aircraft Generic Type:Sud SE-210 Caravelle
Aircraft Version:Sud SE-210 Caravelle VI-R
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Luxair
Aircraft Name:Princesse Marie-Astrid
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Photo ID:624721Submit Correction
View count: 111
Delivered new to Austrian Airlines as OE-LCE on 01 Jun 1963. To Luxair as LX-LGG on 05 May 1972. To SAN Ecuador on 16 Jun 1978 and used for spares recovery at Quito. Since scrapped. In the background is an Iberia Boeing 727-256 EC-CIE. Beyond is the Hunting hangar which housed executive jets. Now the site of Terminal 4.
Registration / Serial:LX-LGG
Aircraft Version:Sud SE-210 Caravelle VI-R
C/n (msn):156
Operator Titles:Luxair
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Registration / Serial:YR-TPG
Aircraft Original Type:Tupolev Tu-154
Aircraft Generic Type:Tupolev Tu-154
Aircraft Version:Tupolev Tu-154B-1
C/n (msn):78A262
Operator Titles:TAROM - Transporturile Aeriene Române
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Photo ID:624707Submit Correction
View count: 80
Delivered new to Tarom as YR-TPG on 01 Apr 1978. My photo date of 15 Apr 1978 was the first sighting of this aircraft in the West. To Yuzhnaya as UN-85777 by 28 Jun 1999. To Air Scorpio by Oct 1999. Noted at DME on 01 Jun 2001 owned by East Line but without titles. On lease to 20 Oct 2001. No more sightings. Presumed broken up.
Registration / Serial:YR-TPG
Aircraft Version:Tupolev Tu-154B-1
C/n (msn):78A262
Operator Titles:TAROM - Transporturile Aeriene Române
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Registration / Serial:YR-TPG
Aircraft Original Type:Tupolev Tu-154
Aircraft Generic Type:Tupolev Tu-154
Aircraft Version:Tupolev Tu-154B-1
C/n (msn):78A262
Operator Titles:TAROM - Transporturile Aeriene Române
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Photo ID:624707Submit Correction
View count: 80
Delivered new to Tarom as YR-TPG on 01 Apr 1978. My photo date of 15 Apr 1978 was the first sighting of this aircraft in the West. To Yuzhnaya as UN-85777 by 28 Jun 1999. To Air Scorpio by Oct 1999. Noted at DME on 01 Jun 2001 owned by East Line but without titles. On lease to 20 Oct 2001. No more sightings. Presumed broken up.
Registration / Serial:YR-TPG
Aircraft Version:Tupolev Tu-154B-1
C/n (msn):78A262
Operator Titles:TAROM - Transporturile Aeriene Române
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Kerry TaylorContact
Registration / Serial:N68740
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-5AMC Canso A
C/n (msn):407
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:426618Submit Correction
View count: 160
Registration / Serial:N68740
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-5AMC Canso A
C/n (msn):407
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:N68740
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-5AMC Canso A
C/n (msn):407
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:426618Submit Correction
View count: 160
Registration / Serial:N68740
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-5AMC Canso A
C/n (msn):407
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:426617Submit Correction
View count: 158
Registration / Serial:XM655
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET87
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:426617Submit Correction
View count: 158
Registration / Serial:XM655
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET87
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:426616Submit Correction
View count: 70
Registration / Serial:D-IBAM
Aircraft Version:Cessna 340A II
C/n (msn):340A0091
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:426616Submit Correction
View count: 70
Registration / Serial:D-IBAM
Aircraft Version:Cessna 340A II
C/n (msn):340A0091
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:G-AXDD
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-31 Navajo/Chieftain/Cheyenne
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-31 Navajo/Chieftain/Mojave/Cheyenne
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-31-300 Navajo
C/n (msn):31-376
Operator Titles:Fitair
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:401851Submit Correction
View count: 126
Fitair had a registered address at Basildon, Essex, so the aircraft was probably based at Southend.
Registration / Serial:G-AXDD
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-31-300 Navajo
C/n (msn):31-376
Operator Titles:Fitair
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:G-AXDD
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-31 Navajo/Chieftain/Cheyenne
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-31 Navajo/Chieftain/Mojave/Cheyenne
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-31-300 Navajo
C/n (msn):31-376
Operator Titles:Fitair
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:401851Submit Correction
View count: 126
Fitair had a registered address at Basildon, Essex, so the aircraft was probably based at Southend.
Registration / Serial:G-AXDD
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-31-300 Navajo
C/n (msn):31-376
Operator Titles:Fitair
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:XB261
Aircraft Original Type:Blackburn B-101 Beverley
Aircraft Generic Type:Blackburn B-101 Beverley
Aircraft Version:Blackburn B-101 Beverley C1
C/n (msn):1004
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:A&AEE - Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Historic Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:401845Submit Correction
View count: 281
Preserved at the long-gone Historic Aircraft Museum. What a pity it wasn't saved when the HAM closed in 1983.
Registration / Serial:XB261
Aircraft Version:Blackburn B-101 Beverley C1
C/n (msn):1004
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:XB261
Aircraft Original Type:Blackburn B-101 Beverley
Aircraft Generic Type:Blackburn B-101 Beverley
Aircraft Version:Blackburn B-101 Beverley C1
C/n (msn):1004
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:A&AEE - Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Historic Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:401845Submit Correction
View count: 281
Preserved at the long-gone Historic Aircraft Museum. What a pity it wasn't saved when the HAM closed in 1983.
Registration / Serial:XB261
Aircraft Version:Blackburn B-101 Beverley C1
C/n (msn):1004
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:FU-6
Alternate Serial:52-7133
Aircraft Original Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Aircraft Generic Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
C/n (msn):[ 52-7133 ]
Operator Titles:Belgium - Air Force
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Historic Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:401842Submit Correction
View count: 202
Preserved at the Historic Aircraft Museum, which used to be located on the western perimeter of Southend airport. It closed many years ago.
Registration / Serial:FU-6
Alternate Serial:52-7133
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
C/n (msn):[ 52-7133 ]
Operator Titles:Belgium - Air Force
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:FU-6
Alternate Serial:52-7133
Aircraft Original Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Aircraft Generic Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
C/n (msn):[ 52-7133 ]
Operator Titles:Belgium - Air Force
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Historic Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:401842Submit Correction
View count: 202
Preserved at the Historic Aircraft Museum, which used to be located on the western perimeter of Southend airport. It closed many years ago.
Registration / Serial:FU-6
Alternate Serial:52-7133
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
C/n (msn):[ 52-7133 ]
Operator Titles:Belgium - Air Force
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:VH-DQQ
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182K Skylane
C/n (msn):18258176
City / Airport:Gympie (YGYM / GYP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Photo ID:367781Submit Correction
View count: 155
Damaged by a cyclone at Nadi, Fiji, on December 12, 2012.
Registration / Serial:VH-DQQ
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182K Skylane
C/n (msn):18258176
City / Airport:Gympie (YGYM / GYP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Registration / Serial:VH-DQQ
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 182 Skylane
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182K Skylane
C/n (msn):18258176
City / Airport:Gympie (YGYM / GYP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Photo ID:367781Submit Correction
View count: 155
Damaged by a cyclone at Nadi, Fiji, on December 12, 2012.
Registration / Serial:VH-DQQ
Aircraft Version:Cessna 182K Skylane
C/n (msn):18258176
City / Airport:Gympie (YGYM / GYP)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Registration / Serial:VH-RUT
Aircraft Original Type:Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
Aircraft Generic Type:Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander/Defender
Aircraft Version:Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:Noosa Air
City / Airport:Maryborough / Queensland (YMYB / MBH)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Photo ID:364962Submit Correction
View count: 196
Registered in 1970, still registered in 2021 although photos from 2019 show it stored with engines, wheels and other components removed.
Registration / Serial:VH-RUT
Aircraft Version:Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:Noosa Air
City / Airport:Maryborough / Queensland (YMYB / MBH)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Registration / Serial:VH-RUT
Aircraft Original Type:Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
Aircraft Generic Type:Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander/Defender
Aircraft Version:Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:Noosa Air
City / Airport:Maryborough / Queensland (YMYB / MBH)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Photo ID:364962Submit Correction
View count: 196
Registered in 1970, still registered in 2021 although photos from 2019 show it stored with engines, wheels and other components removed.
Registration / Serial:VH-RUT
Aircraft Version:Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
C/n (msn):165
Operator Titles:Noosa Air
City / Airport:Maryborough / Queensland (YMYB / MBH)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website
Registration / Serial:VH-TFE
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10120
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Photo ID:27551Submit Correction
View count: 204
Former Department of Civil Aviation/Department of Transport Friendship awaiting disposal. Was sold in the UK as G-SPUD.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFE
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10120
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-TFE
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10120
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Photo ID:27551Submit Correction
View count: 204
Former Department of Civil Aviation/Department of Transport Friendship awaiting disposal. Was sold in the UK as G-SPUD.
Registration / Serial:VH-TFE
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10120
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-CAV
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10131
Operator Titles:(Department of Transport)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Photo ID:15837Submit Correction
View count: 188
Test flown as PH-FAY on the 22nd of August 1959 and purchased by the Australian Department of Civil Aviation. Entered the register as VH-CAV on the 24th September 1959. It was sold to Air Anglia in December 1978, registered G-STAN and named "Jimmy Savile". It was withdrawn from service in May 1995 and scrapped in 1996.
Registration / Serial:VH-CAV
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10131
Operator Titles:(Department of Transport)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Registration / Serial:VH-CAV
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F27 Friendship
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F27 Friendship/Troopship (C-31)
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10131
Operator Titles:(Department of Transport)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact
Photo ID:15837Submit Correction
View count: 188
Test flown as PH-FAY on the 22nd of August 1959 and purchased by the Australian Department of Civil Aviation. Entered the register as VH-CAV on the 24th September 1959. It was sold to Air Anglia in December 1978, registered G-STAN and named "Jimmy Savile". It was withdrawn from service in May 1995 and scrapped in 1996.
Registration / Serial:VH-CAV
Aircraft Version:Fokker F27-100 Friendship
C/n (msn):10131
Operator Titles:(Department of Transport)
City / Airport:Melbourne - Essendon (YMEN / MEB)Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 April 1978
Photo by:David Tanner (via Daniel Tanner)Contact