Although BMA flew from Luton this was a Heathrow weather diversion. Delivered to Lufthansa on 05 Oct 1958 as D-ALUN. To Nora Air Services on 26 Jul 1971. To BMA on 12 Feb 1972 as G-BAPF. To SE-FOY with Skyline Sweden on 15 Oct 1975. Back to BMA as G-BAPF in May 1978. To Baltic Airlines in Mar 1988 and did various leases with Gambia Air Shuttle and Hot Air. WFU and stored at Southend in Jun 1991. To Moreton-in-the-Marsh for fire training in Mar 1992.

The start of the end for Monarch's Boeing 720 fleet with the first Boeing 757 being delivered into Luton on 22 Mar 1983. This is the former G-AZNX ----- Delivered new on lease to TWA as N793TW on 27 Aug 1961. To Northwest as N732US on 01 Jul 1968. To Monarch Airlines as G-AZNX on 23 Mar 1972. To Jet Charter S (Jet 24) as N24666 in Mar 1983. To Davis Monthan on 21 Jun 1983 for parts for the KC-135E re-engine programme. Broken up in Oct 1990.

A Heathrow weather diversion. Delivered new to Lufthansa as D-ABHF on 16 Jul 1981. To JETZ/LAN ac CC-CRP on 07 Nov 1996. Noted as LAN on 31 Mar 2004. To CC-CRP with Aerolineas Principal Chile on 25 Sep 2009. PWFU at SCL on 21 Aug 2014. Noted stored at SCL on 30 Mar 2016. Parked behind is a Monarch Airlines Boeing 720.

Home built in the UK in 1998 and registered G-NPKJ on 12 Feb 1998. Still current in 2024.

Visiting from Leicester. Built in the USA in 1978 and registered N31450. Reregistered to N32TP then to N555JR. To the UK register as G-PTTS on 09 May 2003. Still current in 2024.

Visiting from Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green. Built in France in 1980 and registered in Sweden as SE-IHA. To Austria as OE-IHA. To the UK register as G-SHAH on 07 Feb 1997. Reregistered to G-JIMH on 17 Jun 2005. Still current in 2024.

Visiting from Retford - Gamston. Built in France in 1977 and delivered new to the UK register as G-BFGG on 14 Nov 1977. Still current in 2024.

Visiting from Netherthorpe. Home built in the UK and completed in 2008. Registered as G-SCZR on 07 May 2008. Still current in 2024.

Built in the USA in 1984 and registered N4317Z. Transferred to the UK register as G-BPDT on 22 Dec 1988. Still current in 2024.

Unusual visitor from the South East of France. French microlights do not carry normal registrations. They carry a number letter code. The number relates to the department they are registered in followed by an individual letter code. 74 is Haute-Savoie in the southeast of France bordering Italy and Switzerland. After stopping for about half an hour for fuel he was back on his way.

Built in Austria in 2006 and registered in Germany as D-GSSS. Transferred to Poland as SP-SII. To the UK register as G-YDEA on 12 Dec 2012. Still current in 2024.

Built in the USA in 1974 and registered N54439. Reregistered to N46PR. Transferred to the UK civil register as G-BSNM on 18 Jul 1990. Reregistered to G-MEAH on 14 Jun 1991. Reregistered to G-VFAS on 15 Jan 2008. Still current in 2024.

Delivered new to the West German register as D-CONO in Jun 1976. To the US as N70WW in Mar 1984. To Italy as I-NIKJ in Nov 1988. To N255RG in Apr 1991. To Canada as C-GCJD on 09 Jun 1994. To N354LQ on 24 Apr 1998. Still current in 2024. The new terminal is in construction in the back ground. This is when the terminal gained its red brick frontage. Contact Air were a familiar sight in those days with their brightly coloured Lears and Falcons.

Still in its former Royal Navy colour scheme. It used to be based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall with 750 NAS to train observers. (What the RAF called navigators and the US WSO's). First flight 12 Mar 1953. Delivered to the Royal Navy on 23 Apr 1953. WFU for storage at 5 MU on 26 Jun 1979. To the UK civil register as G-BRFC on 10 Sep 1980. To the USA as N7SY on 12 Nov 1999. Back to G-BFRC on 08 Aug 2006. Moved to the St Athan Museum in Aug 2018. Deregistered on 19 Nov 2020.

What a registration ! Delivered new to Soc' Ital-Avio SRL on the Italian register as I-DEAF in Jun 1981. To the US as N28GA in May 1993. Back to Italy as I-JESO on 21 Sep 2003. To Germany as D-CIAO in Apr 2007. Still current in 2024.

Short Brothers company Sherpa demonstrator. First flight 23 Dec 1982. Converted to a C-23A Sherpa in Dec 1988. WFU and stored in Nov 1996. Registration cancelled on 14 Nov 1996. Scrapped with the Forward fuselage preserved at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

New to Air Belgium on 20 Mar 1981 as OO-RVM. To Eagle Air as TF-VLK on 21 Apr 1981 lsd to Britannia Airways. To Air Belgium as OO-RVM on 08 Nov 1981. To Orion Airways as G-BKMS 01 Mar 1983. To Wien Air Alaska 10 Oct 1983. To America West as N143AW 05 Dec 1984. To Amberair as G-BKMS 06 Apr 1988. Merged into Paramount Airways Oct 1988. To Dragonair 01 Nov 1988. Reregistered to VR-HYZ 1989. To Sultanair as TC-JUS 1990. To Lithuanian Airlines as HA-LEH 1991. To LY-GPA 1992. To Aerosweet as UR-BVZ 1999. To Air Kazakstan as UR-B3705 2000. To Metro Batavia as PK-YTG 2004. Noted WFU CGK 28 Oct 2007.

Registered new to Canadair as C-GBOQ in Feb 1982. Delivered to Taubman Air Inc as N80AT on 18 Mar 1982. To N88AT in Mar 1986. To N66MF in Aug 1986. To N900DP in Nov 1996. To N900LG on 01 Jun 2005. To N275JP on 08 Feb 2016. Still current in 2024. In the background is Monarch B737-200 G-DFUB.

Delivered new to Guernsey Airlines as G-BITX on 15 May 1981. To British Air Ferries in Sep 1987. To Fairflight Charters in Feb 1988. To Gill Air on 15 Feb 1989. To Muk Air as OY-MUB on 19 Apr 1990. WFU at Bournemouth on 14 Apr 2001. Scrapped in 2001 with the fuselage going to Pocklington for use by a parachute club. Noted there in Dec 2014. Britannia's new Boeing 767 hangar is under construction in the background.

Delivered new to the US register as N50FM on 12 Jun 1980. To N63A in May 1981. To NL Industries as N253L in Oct 1982. To N519CW on 15 May 2000. To N519EM on 03 Nov 2006. Still current in 2024.