Civilian Aviation

Scanning some old photos came across these all taken one day back in 1975. Thought it would be nostalgic to see a typical day.
Excuse quality, some faded and all were printed on a dimpled paper, so you will see granulation if enlarged.
Note the biz-jets over by the Hunting hangar.
Pete.

Tarom BAC111

BAC111 Tarom YR-BCF Heathrow

Air Malta B720 leased from PIA

B720 Air Malta AP-AMJ Heathrow

Sabena B707, normally it was a B727 at this time.

B707 Sabena OO-SJO Heathrow

Middle East Airlines B707, they were using a mix of B707 & B720

B707 MEA OD-AFE Heathrow


Saudia B707 on lease from Ethiopian AL.

B707 Saudia ET-ACQ Heathrow

JAT B727 - would gradually take over from the DC9's.

B727 JAT YU-AKA Heathrow

Seaboard World DC8's were regular normally on cargo flights. This one on lease to Loftleidir Icelandic.

DC8 Loftleidir Seaboard World N8642 Heathrow

Finnair sometimes used a DC8 instead of a DC9.

DC8 Finnair OH-LFV Heathrow

Alitalia went through a period when you might see anything - DC8, DC9, B747.

DC8 Alitalia I-DIWT Heathrow

At that time, the sole Air Jamaica DC8.

DC8 Air Jamaica 6Y-JII Heathrow

The sole Air Ceylon DC8.

DC8 Air Ceylon 4R-ACQ Heathrow

SAS sometimes used a DC8 instead of the usual DC9's.

DC8 SAS OY-KTE Heathrow

Touraine Air Transport Fokker F-27, later using a mix including Fairchild F-27J and Fairchild FH-227.

F-27 TAT F-BVTU Heathrow

LOT Ilyushin IL-18. By now, they were using Tupolev Tu134 and Ilyushin IL-62 as well.

IL-18 LOT SP-LSI Heathrow

Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu134. The Ilyushin IL-18's had become rare to see.

Tu134 Balkan LZ-TUC Heathrow

CSA Tupolev Tu134. They were also using Ilyushing IL-62's.

Tu134 CSA OK-CFD Heathrow

Gulf Air VC10. They acquired a handful from BAW.

VC10 Gulf Air G-ARVC Heathrow

BAW VC10
VC10 BAW Heathrow

more excellent memories of Heathrow in the past, the quality looks pretty good to me.

thanks for posting them
andy

Fabulous! Another post showing the wider variety of types that used to around, and the sleek and colourful colourshemes of the era. I'm a massive DC-8 fan, so I love the selection here. But much of the rest is of interest too, e.g. the Gulf Air VC-10, Sabena and Saudia 707s, and the CSA Tu-134 is a cracker. I wasn't old enough to start this hobby until 1985 - when I see posts like this I wish I was older!

Brilliant

Memories of every weekend 1967-1973 sitting up there ...and then there were the school hoildays

Thanks for posting

Paul

and one of the things about these old photos is the backgrounds!

other aircraft gems, some of which are long forgotten and then the scenery, south side of Heathrow was so rural compared to today!

For someone who loves the lines of the DC-8, this post is just too much to take!!!

I'm off to sit down in a dark room for ten minutes!!

Great post. Presumably all taken from the much missed Queen's Building?