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1970's London Gatwick Part 2

Turboprops and Jets

Slideshow and Pictures 1 to 3
Slideshow of: 1970's London Gatwick Part 1 - Turboprops and Jets ©Caz Caswell 1970-2008
1970's Gatwick Part 2 Slideshow 		G-AOVJ Britannia 312 of Caledonian Airways
G-AOVJ Britannia 312 		G-ATMA Britannia 314 of African International - August 1972
G-ATMA Britannia 314 		5Y-ALT Britannia 313 of African Safari.
5Y-ALT Britannia 313

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Pictures 4 to 7
G-AWGT Canadair CL-44 D4-1 of Tradewinds Airways - Previously with Transglobe.
G-AWGT Canadair CL-44 D4-1 		15924 Canadair CC-106 Yukon of 437 Squadron Canadian Armed Forces - from south pier - 1970.
15924 Canadair CC-106 Yukon 		CCCP-75852 Ilyushin Il-18 of Aeroflot the Soviet Unions answer to the Vickers Vanguard and Lockheed Electra.
CCCP-75852 Il-18 		YR-IMJ Ilyushin Il-18D of TAROM - This was a popular aircraft in use with the then Eastern Bloc countries.
YR-IMJ Il-18D

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Pictures 8 to 11
G-BCLO Sikorsky S-58ET of British Airways Helicopters - 1975.
G-BCLO Sikorsky S-58ET 		5Y-ALF de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4 of East African Airways - A regular Saturday visitor in the Early 1970's.
5Y-ALF Comet 4 		G-ARGM de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B of BEA Airtours - these formerly operated by British European Airways Mainline, before being passed to the then new Airtours division.
G-ARGM Comet 4B 		G-APMB de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B of Dan-Air - November 1976.
G-APMB Comet 4B

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Pictures 12 to 15
G-BDIX Dan-Air de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4C - 27 April 1977 - this is an ex RAF C4 XR399.
G-BDIX Comet 4C 		I-DABW Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N of SAM [Societ Aerea Mediteranea] - the Caravelles came from parent company Alitalia.
I-DABW Caravelle VI-N 		EC-BRJ Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10R of Transeuropa - these were now being gathered by the charter carriers.
EC-BRJ Caravelle 10R 		PH-TRY Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R of Transavia - A striking scheme for its day, that has seen many variations over the years.
PH-TRY Caravelle VI-R

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Pictures 16 to 19
OE-LCE Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R of Austrian Airlines.
OE-LCE Caravelle VI-R 		EC-ARI Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R of Iberia from the South Pier - August 1970.
EC-ARI Caravelle VI-R 		OY-SAC Sterling Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 12B - October 1972.
OY-SAC Caravelle 12B 		PH-TRR Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Transavia - October 1974
PH-TRR Caravelle III

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Pictures 20 to 23
CCCP-42397 Tupolev TU-104A of Aeroflot - Always drew a lot of attention from by many in its heyday, then eventually bowing out to the more modern TU-154's on the short to medium haul routings.
CCCP-42397 TU-104A 		CCCP-42415 Tupolev TU-104A of Aeroflot - Picture taken from the Laker Maintenance Area - August 1974.
CCCP-42415 TU-104A 		TC-JAJ Boeing 707-321 of THY Turkish Airlines - An ex Pan Am 707. One of the many that around this time were being sold-on after giving sterling service with Pan Am.
TC-JAJ 707-321 		G-APFK Boeing 707-436 of BEA Airtours an ex BOAC Rolls Royce Conway Powered Aircraft - Picture taken from the Laker Maintenance Area in 1973.
G-APFK 707-436

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