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Boeing 737-200 EI-BTR British Midland, starting life as OO-TEM, it wore this reg between Nov 87 and Dec 88, it has since been broken up at Tucson,AZ. Leased by BMA from America West, it first visited f/t Jersey on 4 June 1988. It was then based at Teesside ffrom 14 June 88 until 30 November 88 except weekends.

Boeing 737-200 OO-TEK British Midland, owned by ITEL leasing company it became OO-TEK in Jun 79 and had numerous leases in its time, it last saw service with Aloha as N804AL before being stored and scrapped at Mojave,CA in Oct 2004.Yet another a/c leased by BMA, it arrived from Brussels 8 Sep 85 and operated the Heathrow flights until the 13th and again on the 6th, 7th and 11th Oct 85 but not every rotation, Another stint was between 12 Oct 86 and 29 Nov 86

DHC Dash-7-110 G-BOAY British Midland, carried this reg between July 88 and Nov 95, it was sold as 9M-TAL and operates today with Berjaya Air. It first visited 31 August 1990 for attention by Srayavia, departing 7 Sep 90 returning for further work between 7 July 1993 and 13 July 93.In between it operated a Heathrow flight for BMA on 17 Aug 1991.

Boeing 707-321 G-BAEL British Midland/Kenya Airways - BMA had it between Oct 72 and Jun 78 following a number of owner changes it is now 9Q-CJW and is derelict at Kisangani. It did not make a landing at Teesside but appeared in the flying display at the 1977 Airshow on 14 August routing Heathrow - East Midlands. A one time Donaldson a/c it was bought by BMA for leasing--its appearance at Teesside was in Kenya Airways colours and its fast and quiet overshoot at very low level was memorable.

Boeing 707 G-APFN BOAC, delivered in Nov 1960 this aircraft spent it's life with BOAC/BA before being scrapped at Kingman,AZ in Sep 1979. It arrived on a flight from Heathrow ( BA 7142 at 1242 ) on 11 July 1972 then operated a local training flight (1502 - 1620 ) before returning to Heathrow at 1802.

SA330 Puma G-BFEU Bristow Helicopters, I was lucky enough to fly in this aircraft in the jump seat out to the Ekofisk oil fields in May 1979, I can recall coming back to Teesside at low level and followed a Dan Air Comet that was crew training (DA). It now flies as a corporate machine in Wyoming as N505R. The following two Bristows helicopters were part of our massive Ekofisk traffic in the late seventies when initially four S-58s, mainly G-BCDE, DF, DG and BCRV were based during much of 1978. (Others were also frequent visitors ),with G-BCRV first noted on 18 February that year.Flights op two or three times day between Teesside and Ekofisk (typically pumping platforms 36/22 and 37/04 ) until 15 August. Puma's then began to take over, G-BERG and G-BFEU operated most flights until by December they were on there own. G-BERG returned to Aberdeen on 1 May 1979 with G-BFEU the only Bristows a/c based for the rest of 1979 until it too returned to Aberdeen on 2 January 1980 - the end of Bristows Teesside base.

Westland S-58ET G-BCRV Bristow helicopters, operated with Bristow between Nov 74 and April 79, these choppers were a familiar sight flying to and from the rigs. Last known to be operating as HL? with Air Universal.

Boeing 737-200 A4O-BG Britannia Airways, carried this reg a number of times between Sept 77 and July 93, I saw it at Teesside 19/4/79. It was last noted as N359MT and broken up at Goodyear,AZ. While on lease to Britannia for a year it appeared at Teesside on a couple of trooping charters in April 1979. Its first visit on the 17th f/t Osnabruck, the second Luton to Osnabruck on the 19th.

Shorts SD3-60 G-OJSY Jersey European, a former Genair aircraft (G-BKKT) it carried this reg between March 86 and Oct 2000, it is now flying in Nigeria as 5N-BBZ

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