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A collection of photographs of BSAA aircraft ... and a boat! |
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Avro Lancaster G-AGUJ Star Pilot. Notice the row of DC-3s in the background. Contrast this shot with the one below of an identical Lancaster after a freight pannier had been fitted. |
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Lancaster Star Ward taxying back to the hangar at Langley with the Airtech freight pannier after its one and only flight in that configuration. | |||
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Airspeed Oxford G-AIVY Star Mentor. This aircraft ended its days in Cyprus in 1956. | |||
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Avro Tudor I G-AGRG was loaned to BSAA in 1949 and named Star Cressida. | |||
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Avro Tudor 5 G-AKCD Star Eagle pokes its long nose out of the hangar at Langley. | |||
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An unusual aerial photograph of Avro Lancastrian G-AGWI Star Land at the edge of the hardstanding at Langley. | |||
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As annotated, a photo of BSAA crews in front of Tudor 5s Star Kestrel and Star Falcon to mark the end of BSAA's massive contribution to the Berlin Airlift. | |||
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The
actual Owner's Plate from the Tudor 5 G-AKBZ (Star Falcon). This
aircraft was scrapped in 1959. Image courtesy of Terry Murphy. |
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A beautiful Charles E. Brown shot of Avro Tudor IV G-AHNN Star Leopard above the clouds. | |||
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Avro York G-AHFE Star Vista. | |||
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A striking photo of one of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines of a Tudor IV. | |||
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The damaging result of the encounter between Avro York Star Haze and a hailstorm in 1949! See the book for details of this incident, and the skill of the pilot in bringing the aircraft down safely. | |||
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Avro York G-AHFB Star Stream taxies in with flags flying from the cockpit. | |||
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A sad end for Avro XIX G-AIKM Star Visitant after fuel problems approaching Luton in April 1949. | |||
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Tudor IV Loading Chart (click on thumbnail) |
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Star Haven, the ex-Royal Navy motor launch purchased by Air Vice-Marshal Bennett in 1946 | |||
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