AirUk Reunion, Items of Interest
With many thanks to Barry Friend, who was an Air UK Southampton Airport Superintendent who has very kindly sent to us the following Herald pictures. G APWH Southampton 1967. This aircraft carried all the colour schemes from the early British United until the hybrid BIA/Air UK, and was broken up at […]
Recently Daniel Bygrave from the City of Norwich Aviation Museum made contact with us to let us know that MY has had a respray, Daniel said:- The museums F-27 has been over to the other side of Norwich Airport to the “Air Livery” hanger for a re-spray! She now looks […]
Thanks to Robert Young for sending us these picture postcards… Air Anglia F27 Air Anglia F28 Air Anglia Piper Chieftain AirUK BAC1-11 AirUK Bae146-200 AirUK Bandeirante AirUK F27 Friendship AirUK Handley Page Herald AirUK Shorts 360
Another photo for your website perhaps, taken in Grenoble (LFLS) on Pete’s final turnaround on his retirement day. It was good to see so many familiar faces @ Duxford yesterday, and to catch up with everyone and hear their news.
This picture was a publicity stunt by Air UK to highlight the number of female pilots we had in the Company. I believe we had more than any other UK airline then, including BA. By no means all of the girls were able to assemble so this was not the […]
Thanks to Chris Sharp for sending in this picture (taken in September 1986) In the Picture (Left to Right are): Chas Perrin, Sue Reeve, Lisa Kemp, Cathy Wickham, ? , Tony Goadby, Eugene Hayes, Margaret Watts, Julie Cox Maybe someone can identify the two ladies marked with a ‘?’
Captain Paul Burton (September 25th 1947 – January 24th 2010) Paul Burton, who died recently after a long battle with cancer, was a true original: a professional of the highest calibre who took a maverick delight in puncturing the pompous and the self-important; a doting father and grandfather with an extended family of […]
Thanks to Robert Young for this picture. Robert says “Rita Moore (MGM), one of the all time favourite hosties in the history of Air UK, taken at Innsbruck, known in Air UK days as ‘Death Valley’”
Thanks to Steve Leech for this picture, found ‘in his attempt to sort out 18 years of ‘loft stuff’ before we move to sunnier climes’. Amsterdam circa ? If you look closely 3 of the 7 are 146’s
Thanks to Saly Ferbrache (Guernsey) for these few pictures:- Captain Trevor Grant, Dart Herald, May 1982 First Officer Mike Vivien, Dart Herald, May 1982
