Aviation pictures - 1970s

Aviation pictures 1970s

Concorde overflies in the 1970s

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  British Airways Tristar, brought to the island in 1979 to clear a backlog of passengers after several days fog
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  The BAC 1-11 jet was the headline maker in the 1970s
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  Airport forecourt in the 1970s
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  Channel Airways pioneered jet aircraft on Jersey routes in the early 1970s, using the Trident, one of the largest commercial aircraft to operate to the island airport
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  Channel Airways' inaugural Trident flight. When it was approaching the Airport one air traffic controller is said to have passed contact with the aircraft to a colleague, causing some consternation by advising him that the aircraft was landing 'on three engines'
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  Channel Airways' Trident flights were not a commercial success and the airline folded in 1973
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  Channel Airways' inaugural Trident flight
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  Fire engines in the 1970s
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  Departure lounge in the 1970s
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  Air traffic control in the 1970s
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  Airport bar in the 1970s
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  Airport restaurant in the 1970s
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  Departure waiting lounge in the 1970s
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  The Airport in the 1970s viewed from a departing aircraft
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  This BIA Herald crashed on Christmas Eve 1974 - there were no casualties
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  Another picture of the 1974 crash
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  A BAC-111 in 1970
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  British United Carvair, one of a number of aircraft used to carry cars over the years
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  Another Carvair
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  1974
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  Cattle destined for Libya in 1975
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  An aerial view in the 1970s
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  The larger car ferry, Carvair, was occasionally operated to Jersey by BAF
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  Argosy freighter
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  Carvair
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  British Air Ferries Herald
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  Departures lounge in the 1970s
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  1970s departures
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  Airport Fire Service
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  Major maintenance work was undertaken in the British Airways hangar in 1976

Aurigny's popular islander Joey

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  A British Air Ferries Viscount
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  A British Air Ferries Viscount on final approach to Jersey Airport
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  Touchdown for the BAF Viscount
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  British Caledonian hostesses
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  Jersey Ferry Heron
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  The Airport in the 1970s
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  Jersey Ferry Islander in 1973
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  Jersey Ferry Twin Pioneer in 1972
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  Aurigny Islander over Alderney
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  Aurigny flew the Islander in their early years
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  Aurigny Air Services Islander
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  British Caledonian BAC 1-11 at Jersey Airport
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  Channel Airways pioneered jet services to Jersey and used the large Trident
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  Channel Airways Viking
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  Intra Airways Dakota
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  Intra Airways Viscount at Brussels in 1976
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  Jersey European 1979 timetable
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  Intra Airways Dakota
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  Commemorative cover for first Intra Airways flight in 1971
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  Intra Airways Viscount at Gibraltar
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  A Russian Yak 40 arrives on a sales tour in 1976
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  Flight clearance
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  A busy weekend in the 1970s
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  Jersey Air Ferries Viscount
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  British Airways BAC111
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  British Caledonian BAC111
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  Boarding a BAC111 in 1970
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  Work on extending the runway in 1977

Night work on a AirUK F27 in one of the Airport hangars

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  Aero Club
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  Met Office briefing for a pilot
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  A packed departure lounge when fog brought flying to a standstill in 1977
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  Baggage builds up on the apron during a foggy spell in 1979
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  BEA Rapide
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  The forecourt in the 1970s
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  A Viscount in BOAC livery in 1972
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  Intra Airways Viscount
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  Engineers work on an Intra Airways Dakota
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  British Airways BAC1-11
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  Airport hangar in 1977
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  Aurigny hangar in 1977
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  Airport fire crew
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  Last Air UK flight to Southampton
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Aero Club flying instruction

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  Air rally
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  1979 Air rally
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  Aero Club
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  Aero Club
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  1979 air rally
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  Air UK BAC111
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  British Caledonian BAC 111
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  BUA BAC 111
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  British Caledonian Viscount
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  Airport restaurant bar in the 1970s
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  Air UK Herald
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  BEA Viscount
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  Work in progress on realigning the main eastern taxiway
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  A French helicopter on the beach at Havre des Pas in 1977 - Picture Jersey Evening Post
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  A Baylee charter aircraft in the 1970s - before the days of executive jets
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  The Automobile Association's Airport office in the 1970s
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  Aurigny Islander in the 1970s
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  The last surviving Occupation blister hangar
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  Aviator Restaurant staff in 1974

The public terrace in 1977

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  Fire tender in 1971
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  Oops ....
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  British Air Ferries Carvair
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  Peter's Aviation DH Dove
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  A British Caledonian BAC111 takes off
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  British Midland check-in in the 1970s
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  Coaches on the forecourt in 1972
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  The fatal crash of a Beagle light aircraft at Corbiere in 1972
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  British United Airways BAC-111
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  Arrivals hall
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  Arrivals hall
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  Airport restaurant
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  Airport restaurant
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  Departures lounge
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  A British Airways Tristar flew in in 1978 to clear a backlog of fogbound passengers
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  August 1979
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  An Intra Airways Dakota, one of seven owned by the airline in the 1970s, being worked on in front of a hangar at Jersey Airport
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  The newsagent shop in the 1970s
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  The newsagent shop in the 1970s
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  A Lockheed Tristar used by British Airways to clear a backlog of passengers after fog in 1979
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  Work starts on the new pier in 1977

Early '70s aerial view

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