G WTVC Cessna 404 Titan. Glasgow 1978/9 Air Westward part of BIA when the merger between BIA and Air Anglia took place in 1980. Photo Glasgow Airport Aviation Enthusiasts Club. G BWAL Piper PA-31 350 Navajo Chieftain. Oxford June 1979 Air Wales another part of the merger to form Air […]
G UKTA Fokker 50 Brussels June 1995 Air UK From Feb 1995 also with KLM UK. Sold to Sudan Airways as ST ASJ, damaged beyond repair Kenana Sudan December 2006, nose gear collapsed and veered off the runway No 1 engine penetrated fuselage. Photo Alastair Gardiner. G UKTB Fokker 50 […]
G APWE Handley Page HPR7 Herald 201. Jersey April 1981 First flew in December 1961, with Jersey Airlines from January 1962, flew in all colours until withdrawn in 1982 and scrapped at Norwich by October 1985. Photo Richard Vandervord. G APWJ Handley Page HPR7 Herald 201. London Heathrow 1983 Another […]
G UKFA Fokker F28 0100 Dusseldorf March 1997 Previously C FICY Intair Canada, & N602RP International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Air UK from October 1992, KLM uk January 1998. To PH OFA KLM Cityhopper 2003. Preserved at the Aviodrome Lelystad, Netherlands. Photo Paul Spijkers. G UKFB Fokker F28 0100 Dusseldorf […]
G ASKK Handley Page HPR7 Herald 211. Southampton 1981. Served with BUA from 1967, infamous in that it was the heaviest of the Herald fleet and not much liked by the cargo department ! Pictured in the modified scheme which it carried until withdrawn in 1985. In good care with […]
The three series of Bae 146 aircraft that Air UK used are depicted in these latest pictures. G UKPC Bae 146-100 London Heathrow May 1980 Second colour scheme, with Air UK 1989 – 1994. Air UK used the 100 series on a new route to Florence which at the time […]
Featuring a selection of Short 330 & 360 with different colour schemes. G BKDN Shorts SD3-30-100 London Stansted May 1983. Shown here with white tails, but later pictures show blue tails possibly due to exhaust emissions. This picture shows the name Enterprise Covered, possibly the naming ceremony for the first […]
Latest set of pictures feature the various series of Friendships operated by Air Anglia and Air UK. G BLFJ Fokker F27-100 Aberdeen May 1992. Originally G SPUD then G OMAN the joint British Midland/Air UK Manx Airlines subsidiary. Re-registered in 1984 as G BLFJ, served Air UK until 1994. The […]
Air Anglia operated a variety of aircraft some of which are featured here along with one of the original three companies that led to its formation. G AMPZ Douglas DC3C Dakota Southampton 1970. First registered in 1952 and served with many operators, pictured in Southampton in Rig Air colours at […]
Richard Vandervord a much respected aircraft photographer has kindly offered his collection of Air Anglia, BIA & Air UK photo images for use on the Air UK reunion web site. We will be featuring Richards pictures in the future and thank him for his generous offer. G BAZJ Handley Page […]
