RAF Middleton St. George / Tees-Side Photos 196X

Photos taken at RAF Middleton St. George / Tees-Side Airport on unknown dates during the 1960s. Click on a thumbnail for the full size photo. Special thanks to Trevor Jones, who took most if not all of these photos in his role as the official airport photographer from 1968-1995. Thanks also to Brian Hunter for much of the data, Steve Curtis for sending in many of the original uploads taken by Trevor and Richard Bowater for scanning them. If you can add any additional information especially with dates please feel free to contact us.

Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador G-ABVE
Arrow Active 2
Looks to be taking part in one of the annual air races, the aircraft is still current at Breighton.		 G-ADEV
Avro 504K
Still current with the Shuttleworth Trust at old Warden.
G-AJSL
De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide
Noted at the 1967 Air Pageant when this shot was likely taken. Sold in Australia as VH-UXZ and is currently on rebuild.		 G-AOVC
Bristol 175 Britannia 312 Donaldson International Airways
First flown in Nov 57 with BOAC then leased to British Eagle in May 64 it joined Donaldson in May 69 only until 16 Dec 70 when it was WFU, it spent some years on the fire dump at Stansted before being destroyed. It visited three times including a night stop on 25 Sep 69. First inbound was from LGW, last departure to Newcastle.		 G-APDN
De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4 Dan Air
It crashed in Monteseny Mountains 55km NW of Barcelona 03 Jul 70.		 G-ASEU/12
Rollason Druine D.62A Condor
Probably taking part in one of the annual air races, it was noted at both the 1965 and 1968 events. It still lives on based at a private strip in the Highlands.
G-AVTW
Boeing 707-399 Caledonian BUA
Flew with them between 1967 and 1969 it was last seen stored derelict at Santo Domingo as HI-442CT.		 G-AVTW
Boeing 707-399 Caledonian BUA
Flew with them between 1967 and 1969 it was last seen stored derelict at Santo Domingo as HI-442CT.		 G-AVYD
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E
BKS Air Transport
Delivered to BKS 05 March 69, it transferred to Northeast Airlines for a period of time before taking up BEA scheme when it was written off at Bilbao on 15 September 1975. G-AVYD was a frequent visitor with both BKS and Northeast but is believed to have made its first visit with BKS on 18 April 1969 with a familiarisation flight f/t NCL. It made at least another 7 flights through Teesside that year including ITs f/t Palma, a pattern continued throughout 1970.		 G-AVYE Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E Channel Airways
Ended its life with British Airways then preserved for a while at Wroughton then broken up at Hatfield in 2000.
G-AVYE Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E Channel Airways
Ended its life with British Airways then preserved for a while at Wroughton then broken up at Hatfield in 2000.		 G-AWRY / XF836
Percival P56 Provost T1
Damaged nr newbury 28 Jul 87, on rebuild at a farm in Berks.		 G-AYVT
Brochet MB84
Last known to be stored in the Lincoln area in 2002, it had cashed nr Consett on 28 Jun 77.		 Gloster Javelin
     
TB382/LO-X
Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVIe Royal Air Force
Our former gate guard.