Aircraft Collection (page 4)

An Old Fairey Gannet aircraft landed at the Midland Air Museum in Coventry, care of a 15 ton crane. The plane came from the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton

This is the bustling sky over Windsor Castle, which is five miles away from Heathrow Airport and under on of the main flight paths

Hawker Typhoon a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. Seen here armed with armed with four " 60 lb" RP-3 rockets under each wing

The arrival of the first Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet at Heathrow Airport. The aircraft had been delayed for three hours in New York where one of the fan jet engines had been giving trouble

Tees Valley Airshow, Durham Tees Valley Airport, Darlington, County Durham, Saturday 14th May 1989

A Royal Aircraft Factory B. E. 2 was a British single-engine two-seat biplane which was in
A Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine two-seat biplane which was in service with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 1912 until the end of World War I. About 3, 500 were built

Virgin Group staff hijacking the British Airways Concorde model that stands at the entrance to the tunnel and changed the livery to Virgi on the day the first Virgin airways flight arrived at

Shorts S30 Empire Flying Boat G-AFCZ named Clare owned and operated by BOAC. Seen here at Poole in Dorset following its trans-atlantic flight. 10th August 1940

New U. T. A French Airways uniforms for stewardesses. Circa 1964
New U.T.A French Airways uniforms for stewardesses. Circa 1964

Lufthansa Airlines new Boeing 727 aircraft seen up against B. E. A new Trident
Lufthansa Airlines new Boeing 727 aircraft seen up against B.E.A new Trident. The 727 is the American answer to the Trident. The 727 is now in service and called here on its way to DYsseldorf

Air Hostess of Boeing Stratocrusier that will be used for the Queens Royal tour of the Commonwealth. 16th September 1953

Airport assistance hostesses. 21st April 1965

Swiss air Stewardess in uniform. 13th February 1967

New uniforms for B. E. A stewardesses. 21st October 1963
New uniforms for B.E.A stewardesses. 21st October 1963

The interior of Handley page Hermes airliner. September 1946

BOA new cabin crew uniforms. 13th February 1967

A German battleship Tirpitz seen here after attack by Royal Navy midget submarine in Kaafjord Norway. Circa September 1943

Aviation - RAF St Athan - Part of the collection of aircraft at the RAF St Athan Historic Aircraft Museum. In the foreground Messerschmitt ME 163B (Komet) - 15th January 1987

Aviation - RAF St Athan - Mr Charlie Burke of Trealow, an air frame fitter and Junior technician Kevin Fish (right) check the dorsal fin of a RAF Victor - 9th June 1982

The first Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet arrived at Heathrow Airport, three hours late. It had been delayed in New York where the one of the fan jet engines had been giving trouble and had to be changed

Mandy Hopper, 11, from Ash Avenue, Gilesgate, wrote to The Journals Fix It desk " I would like to be an air hostess on an aeroplane

Steve Casey, pictured with left to right, Anne Liddle, Jeanette Jenkins and Linda Clough. Dan-Air, the company accused of labelling cabin staff as sexually promiscuous

A newly operational RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from 202 Squadron A Flight based at RAF Boulmer takes part in exercise at Dunstanburgh Castle

The international airline Dan-Air which operates from Newcastle Airport, paid a compliment to the city by asking Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Councillor Hugh White

British Caledonian Airways sales staff, Pat Neill (left) and Gilly Penny. Pat, 23, and Gilly, 24, were part of a six strong sales force meeting travel agents and top industry

Wing walker, Tanya Gaze, and pilot Mike Dentith pictured with the Cadburys Crunchie Boeing-Stearman Model 75 biplane at Elvington 01/09/1998

Two RAF Westland Whirlwind helicopters at RAF Boulmer. The aircraft in the foreground is a search and rescue helicopter. 24/10/1974

The RAF Avro Vulcan V-bomber (XL319) lands at Sunderland Airport to become the centrepiece of the North East Aircraft Museum. 21/01/1983

A RAF Avro Vulcan V-bomber. 05 / 02 / 1975
A RAF Avro Vulcan V-bomber. 05/02/1975

The RAFs Red Arrows aerobactic team burst into the sky above Newcastle Airport with an off the cuff demonsration of their terrifying skills

The Chrysalis human powered biplane aircraft which was built at M. I. T
The Chrysalis human powered biplane aircraft which was built at M.I.T. by students, Robert Parks, Harold Youngren, John Langford, Hyong Bang and Mark Drela under the direction of Prof

A Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber aircraft flying in the Sunderland International Airshow. 04/08/1996

The RAFs Red Arrows squadron leader, Bill Aspinall (right) and journalist Stuart Birch pictured after a flight in one of the squadrons Folland Gnat aircraft. Circa: March 1973

Mr Peter Bell shows off some of the microlights on sale at Acklington Auction Mart, while Mr John Charlton demonstrates one of the aircraft

RAF Gloster Meteor jet aircraft at RAF Acklington due to take part in a Battle of Britain display. 13th September, 1963

A twin engine Piper Comanche which was the cause of a full scale emergency at Sunderland Airport. The planes undercarriage failed and then it developed engine trouble as it flew over the airfield

Microlight pilot and ex-Army captain 33-year-old Storm Smith, who flew from Madrid to Britain in his aircraft. 26th June, 1997

A World War Two RAF Avro Lancaster bomber aircraft, complete with Guy Gibsons serial number of AJG from 617 Dambuster Squadron, flies past Teesside Airport. 22nd August, 1981

A RAF Anglo-French SEPECAT Jaguar, ground attack aircraft, drops its bomb on the mock runway at Redesdale Camp, Northumberland. 26th July 1988

Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters at RAF Boulmer. 06 / 02 / 1979
Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters at RAF Boulmer. 06/02/1979

A Westland Lynx helicopter, operated by the Royal Navy. Circa : 1992

Craig Blundred, from the North East Aircraft Museum, pictured with the Supermarine Swift during restoration. 30/08/1998

A de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth, based at Sunderland Airport, is dusted down by ATC air cadets for a fly past. 30th May, 1980

Winners of the Sunday Sun competition to win a flight on Concorde in August 1984. Pictured are left to right: Glenis Nixon, flight engineer Bill Brown and Margaret Heckels, in the aircrafts cockpit

Happy passengers about to board the British Airways Concorde airliner / aircraft at Newcastle Airport. 29th August, 1983

Great-Grandad Anthony Foley, of Braeside, Dunston, Gateshead, was given a birthday present of a trip on Concorde. The retired engineer will be celebrating his 71st birthday by booming through

A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner named Eastern Belle of Sir Freddy Lakers Laker Airways, arrived at Newcastle Airport to take businessmen, travel agents

Six lucky Evening Chronicle readers who had won a flight on Concorde when the aircraft was to return to Newcastle on the August Bank Holiday

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