Aviation
13th April 2005
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"039" on of USAF's F111E is seconds away from returning to it's home base at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire. These "swingers" and the EF111As performed for many years from this base and provided many hours of enjoyment to Midland aviation enthusiasts.
A Boeing Stearman owned by one of the Waldo Wright's flying team, taxis out of the Polk City ramp for another pleasure flight into the skies above Florida
A Boeing Stearman owned by one of the Waldo Wright's flying team, taxis out of the Polk City ramp for another pleasure flight into the skies above Florida
A day trip to Santa Domingo airport was quite cool for me. I sat in an air-conditioned
A day trip to Santa Domingo airport was quite cool for me. I sat in an air-conditioned "Wendy's" and looked out through tinted windows onto the ramp. The highlight of the day was to watch what was probably the last flyable "unpreserved" Lockheed Constellation take to the skies. HI583CT was loaded with cargo, started up in the traditional "connie cloud", then taxi's out and took off. A truly amazing sight !!
A Hunting operated Lockheed Electra taxis into the sunset.
A Hunting operated Lockheed Electra taxis into the sunset.
A pair of DC3s parked up at Coventry. N170GP was engineless.
A pair of DC3s parked up at Coventry. N170GP was engineless. "Mike Juliet" was configured as a pollution Control aircraft at that time.
A TAP TriStar is lining up on the runway at Santa Domingo airport
A TAP TriStar is lining up on the runway at Santa Domingo airport
A typical BHX picture from the 1990s. A Britannia Boeing 767 is loading passengers and baggage for another holiday destination whilst Birmingham-based British Airways BAC 1-11 G AZMF waits it's next duty
A typical BHX picture from the 1990s. A Britannia Boeing 767 is loading passengers and baggage for another holiday destination whilst Birmingham-based British Airways BAC 1-11 G AZMF waits it's next duty
A view through the viewing windows at BHX. LN-SUV a Braathens 737-200 taxis onto stand as European Air charter Caravelle F-GDFY is parked on a remote stand
A view through the viewing windows at BHX. LN-SUV a Braathens 737-200 taxis onto stand as European Air charter Caravelle F-GDFY is parked on a remote stand
Aerochago's HI583CT taxis from the ramp towards the runway at Santa Domingo airport in the Dominican Republic
Aerochago's HI583CT taxis from the ramp towards the runway at Santa Domingo airport in the Dominican Republic
Aerospatiale Caravelle F BJTU taxis through the maze of taxiways at Paris Orly airport in June 1990. An Air Algerie 737-200 takes another taxiway in the opposite direction. In the far distance another joint Aerospatiale product rests in the airpark - an Air France liveried Concorde.
Aerospatiale Caravelle F BJTU taxis through the maze of taxiways at Paris Orly airport in June 1990. An Air Algerie 737-200 takes another taxiway in the opposite direction. In the far distance another joint Aerospatiale product rests in the airpark - an Air France liveried Concorde.
Air Canada
Air Canada "minibus" C-FNVU taxis towards it's stand at Tampa International in Nov 2005
Air Charter operated several Caravelles, F-GDFY is parked at Birmingham airport.
Air Charter operated several Caravelles, F-GDFY is parked at Birmingham airport.
I developed an interest in aviation in the mid 1980s after scooping a couple of Air UK Fokker Friendships on a trip to Jersey with the Bescot NUR welfare trip.

From then on I enjoyed all sorts of trips in all manner of aircraft - some will be pictured here.

My continued thanks to Mike for all your help.