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Tees-Side Photos 197X

Photos taken at Tees-Side Airport on unknown dates during the 1970s. 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.

Pre-1971 XR986 Folland Gnat T1 Royal Air Force - Red Arrows Crashed at Kemble in midair with XR545 during synchro pair practice.	Pre-1974 EI-AWG Douglas DC-7CF Aer Turas The aircraft was W/O after overrunning the runway at Luton 03 Mar 74.	c.1974-1975 CF-TJX Douglas DC-8-61 Air Canada Delivered in April 68, it became 6Y-JGC with Air Jamaica in March 69, then returning to Air Canada in Oct 73 it was stored and WFU at Montreal in Nov 83, it was then bought by United Aviation Services as N24UA, it was WFU and scrapped at Greenville, MA in Dec 99. Air Canada operated flights f/t Toronto on 17 August 1974, plus 25 July and 17 August 1975.	Pre-1979 G-AWDK Canadair CL-44-D4 Yukon Tradewinds Airways Currently stored at Jakarta as PK-BAZ.
LS326/5A Fairey Swordfish II Royal Navy Historic Flight	Avro 696 Shackleton Royal Air Force	Main apron	G-EBKY (9917) Sopwith Pup
EC-CGN McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Aviaco	Aerial overview	Aerial overview	F-BRAD Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation Catair The photographer reports the photo was taken during the sixties however the airframe appears to have only transferred to the airline on 31 Dec 69 having spent most of its career with Air France. It is now preserved at Nantes-Atlantique Airport.
F-BRAD Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation Catair The photographer reports the photo was taken during the sixties however the airframe appears to have only transferred to the airline on 31 Dec 69 having spent most of its career with Air France. It is now preserved at Nantes-Atlantique Airport.	F-GBMJ Sud Aviation SE.210 Caravelle VI-N EAS - Europe Aero Service	61-0665 North American/Rockwell CT-39A Sabreliner US Air Force Is now retired and spent many years in AMARG before being scrapped.	Antonov An-12
Douglas DC-3 Eastern Airways The Eastern Airways we know today is a phoenix company of the airline in the photo.	De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4C	Fokker F-27 Friendship Air Anglia	Fokker F-27 Friendship Air Anglia
Fokker F-28 Fellowship Air Anglia	FX301 Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB Royal Air Force	G-AIYR/G De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide	G-AMRK (L8032) Gloster Gladiator I Currently preserved at Old Warden.
G-ANEL De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth Was based at Catterick now resides at a private farm strip in Norfolk.	G-ANUO De Havilland DH114 Heron 2D	G-APMB De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B Dan Air	G-APNB Bristol 175 Britannia 317 Donaldson International Airways
G-APZM De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B Dan Air	G-ARAY Avro 748-1 Dan Air Taken sometime during the 70s, eventually WFU/scrapped at Lasham in 1989 its nose moved to a nursery in Alton.	G-ARGR Vickers Viscount 708 Alidair Scotland	G-ARIR Vickers Viscount 708 Dan Air
G-ARJN De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B Dan Air	G-ARVM Vickers VC10-1101 British Airways Fuselage preserved at Brooklands Museum.	G-ATYW Beagle B206 Basset I It was later written off St Cloud 22/11/82.	G-AVVT Piper PA-23-250 Aztec C Tyne Tees Airways Had a number of operators most notably Alidair, Guernsey Airlines and Aurigny.
G-AVYC Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E Northeast Airlines Delivered to BKS Air Transport in Feb 69, Northeast had it from Nov 70 until Apr 76 when they merged with British Airways it was WFU & stored at Heathrow from July 80 and then broken up May 1981.	G-AVYC Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E British Airways Delivered to BKS Air Transport in Feb 69, Northeast had it from Nov 70 until Apr 76 when they merged with British Airways it was WFU & stored at Heathrow from July 80 and then broken up May 1981.	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-AZKJ Canadair CL-44D4 Yukon Transmeridian Air Cargo The CL-44 was simply a Bristol 175 Britannia built under licence in Canada.
G-BAFZ Boeing 727-46 Dan Air	G-BCDF Sikorsky S-58ET Bristow Helicopters Part of the Bristow base along with G-BCDG and G-BCRV.	G-BCDO Fokker F-27-200 Friendship Air Anglia Moved to Air UK but was badly damaged on 19 Jul 90 and eventually broken up.	G-BCLK Rockwell 500S Shrike Commander British Airports Authority
G-BCRV Sikorsky S-58ET Bristow Helicopters Operated with Bristow between Nov 74 and Apr 79, these choppers were a familiar sight flying to and from the rigs. Last known to be operating as HL9237 with Air Universal.	G-BECM Aerotek S-2A Pitts Special Rothmans International Along with G-BDKS - CM was W/O near Fleetwood on 29 Jun 84 and KS now lives in France as G-GIIZ.	G-BERG Aérospatiale SA330J Puma Bristow Helicopters Went to Bristow Australia and then scrapped in 2014 after a couple of reg/owner changes. Part of our massive Bristow Helicopters Ekofisk traffic in the late seventies when initially four S-58s, mainly G-BCDE/F/G and BCRV were based during much of 1978 (others were also frequent visitors). Flights op two or three times per 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 01 May 79 with G-BFEU the only Bristows a/c based for the rest of 1979 until it too returned to Aberdeen on 02 Jan 80 - the end of Bristows Teesside base.	G-BFEU Aérospatiale SA330J Puma Bristow Helicopters I (DA) was lucky enough to fly in this aircraft in the jump seat out to the Ekofisk oil fields in May 79, I can recall coming back to Teesside at low level and followed a Dan Air Comet that was crew training. It now flies as a corporate machine in the USA as N815AR. Part of our massive Bristow Helicopters Ekofisk traffic in the late seventies when initially four S-58s, mainly G-BCDE/F/G 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 per 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 01 May 79 with G-BFEU the only Bristows a/c based for the rest of 1979 until it too returned to Aberdeen on 02 Jan 80 - the end of Bristows Teesside base.
G-DJBI Cessna 550 Citation II DJB Engineering Was based between 24 Oct 78 to 29 Jul 80, this was the second aircraft they operated, the first was G-DJBB that was based here between Feb 77 and Oct 78, when DJBI left in 1980 it was replaced by G-DJBE until Jan 90. The company was sold to Caterpillar and that put an end to the based corporate jet. This aircraft is still flying in the USA as N16TS out of Riverside Municipal, CA.	G-DJBI Cessna 550 Citation II DJB Engineering Was based between 24 Oct 78 to 29 Jul 80, this was the second aircraft they operated, the first was G-DJBB that was based here between Feb 77 and Oct 78, when DJBI left in 1980 it was replaced by G-DJBE until Jan 90. The company was sold to Caterpillar and that put an end to the based corporate jet. This aircraft is still flying in the USA as N16TS out of Riverside Municipal, CA.	LF363 Hawker Hurricane IIc Royal Air Force - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Still current.	N663P Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream IISP After four changes in reg it ended up in Mexico as XA-RBS.
OH-LYB McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 Finnair (British Midland Airways) Delivered in Jan 66 to Air Canada as CF-TLC, in Feb 71 it was sold to Finnair, British Midland leased it it in Sep 77 and remained with them until Dec 79. It then returned to BMA in Jun 83 for a longer spell until Dec 95 and took up the reg G-BMAH. It ended life as HK-4056X and was broken up at Bogota Sep 03.	PA474 Avro 683 Lancaster B1 Royal Air Force - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Still current.	PH-MAO McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33 Martinair Delivered in Feb 69 and remained with them until April 83, it is still operational today in the USA with Everetts Air Cargo in AK as N930AX. I saw it at Teesside on 28 Jun 78 and AW saw it on 21 Sep 81 not sure if this shot was taken then or not. PH-MAO was a frequent visitor with various types of flights, its first visit being 15 Dec 70.	SE-FOR Beech 99 Airliner Nordsjøfly A/S Left the operator in 1979 to become LN-SAX with A/S Norving, it is currently operating as a Skydive aircraft in Spain as EC-LZK.
SP-LSE Ilyushin IL-18V LOT Polish Airlines Wizz weren't the first to operate a service to Poland, these were regular visitors in the late 70s. There were almost 100 IL-18 flights and all of the LOT IL-18s visited at some point. This aircraft was damaged beyond repair by vandals on 26 Sep 95 near Warsaw. The reg is now used by a technically-inferior 787-9...	SP-LSG Ilyushin IL-18E LOT Polish Airlines Wizz weren't the first to operate a service to Poland, these were regular visitors in the late 70s this particular aircraft made 21 visits between March 77 and July 80 ferrying contract workers f/t Warsaw. There were almost 100 IL-18 flights and all of the LOT IL-18s visited at some point. This aircraft was sold by LOT in 1991 to Balkan as LZ-BEZ, it has since then had a number of operators EL-ARK Santa Cruz, 3C-KKR Air Cess, UN-75002 Daallo Airlines and more recently UP-I1802 with Irbis.	XH558 Avro 698 Vulcan B2 Royal Air Force	XH558 Avro 698 Vulcan B2 Royal Air Force
XM214/214 English Electric Lightning F1A	YR-BCI BAC 1-11-525FT Tarom	YU-AJD Tupolev Tu-134A Aviogenex	Lake LA-270 Turbo Renegade
Lockheed L-100 Hercules Saturn Airways	Sopwith Pup	Unknown T-6 Texan / AT-16 Harvard Royal Air Force	Vickers Viscount 800 British Midland Airways
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