Gatwick airlines in the Seventies

[LondonEye]

Responding to the nostalgia of the early days, some pictures of the commonly seen airlines in the seventies at Gatwick.
My first camera was some form of Instamatic. I then progressed to a SLR. A Praktica, with a separate handheld lightmeter, purchased at Dixons.
These pictures, not best quality, aim to represent that time.
Hopefully stir a few more fond memories for old ***s like me.

Pete.


Cv640 SATA HB-IMM Gatwick


Caravelle Sterling OY-STC Gatwick


Caravelle Alitalia I-DABI Gatwick


B707 Pacific Western C-FPWV 1 Gatwick


B737 Braathens LN-SUS 1 Gatwick


B737 Britannia G-AXNC Gatwick (2)


CL-44 Tradewinds G-AWGT Gatwick


F-28 Braathens LN-SUX 2 Gatwick


DC9 Martinair PH-MAO Gatwick (2)


DC9 Inex-Adria YU-AHW Gatwick


DC9 Itavia N7465B 1 Gatwick


DC8 ONA N821F Gatwick


DC8 TIA N4865T Gatwick


DC8 World N801WA Gatwick


DC8 Finnair OH-LFZ Gatwick


DC8 CP Air CF-CPT Gatwick


DC8 Capitol N900CL 2 Gatwick


DC10 Laker G-AZZD Gatwick


IL18 Balkan LZ-BEP Gatwick


DC6 Balair HB-IBS 1 Gatwick


Cv990A Spantax EC-BJC Gatwick


Tu134 Aviogenex YU-AHX Gatwick


VC10 British Caledonian G-ASIW Gatwick


Tu104 Aeroflot CCCP42471 Gatwick


Islander G-AXXJ Gatwick




Finally, Canadian Armed Forces were common going to Germany etc.




C-130 Canadian AF 130317 Gatwick


CC-109 Canadian AF 109157 3 Gatwick

[acw367]

Lovely set. Always good when a Tu-104 and a CV990 are there in the mix.

[Mike]

A fantastic set of shots there which have brought back some great memories for me, many thanks for sharing them.

[Polehill]

Thanks for sharing Pete, the Caravelle, DC8 and CV990 were such beautiful and graceful airliners. It was always a good day when a Soviet built airliner dropped in!

Mike

[Twinpin]

Absolute top notch post. I got active in aviation in the mid 70s and loved the variety of types that could be seen in those days.

I feel sorry for young uns today when all airliners look so similar.

[Stug298]

I definitely "stirred "looking through that lot brought back some happy memories and the Haywards BN2 i remember seeing at Shoreham too a xxx rating from a fellow old git ...cheers

[EGNH1909]

Fantastic set of pics there from when we were limited by the amount of film we had in the camera, and however many extra rolls you'd taken with you- if only we'd had digital cameras back then! I always look at the backgrounds to see what else was captured in the pictures at the time -VC10s, Comets, a line of Heralds,1-11s, DC10s, 707's, amongst others - not an Airbus in sight!!
Best Wishes
Pete

[STRATOCRUISER]

A brilliant post .... I started 'spotting' in the late 60's and I always looked forward to my Gatwick trips especially viewing the Bizjet park!
Great to see the Spantax Coranado as they were a regular monthly flights from Bournemouth Hurn (my home until the late 70's).
Thanks for sharing your great pics

[Strawdoguk69]

CV990 and Tu104.... utter JOY!!!!!!!