Tees-Side Photos 1983
Photos taken at Tees-Side Airport between 1st January - 31st December 1983. 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 please feel free to contact us.
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March 83 G-BFLE Boeing 707-338 British Midland Airways This ex Qantas aircraft VH-EBT was delivered in Jan 67, it joined ITEL (leasing company) as G-BFLE on 17 May 78 and leased to British Midland eight times in its life, having spent the rest of its time with Kuwait Airways, PIA, Air Algerie, Gulf Air, Delta, LAM, Ariana, and Somali Airlines. It was transfered to USA in Aug 85 as N861BX, it was then sold to the USAF and fully refurbished between Jun 94 and Apr 96 and converted to an E-8C JSTARS it operates from Warner Robins, GA as 94-0284 hopefully for many years to come. It first visited on 21 March 1983 from Dusseldorf, night stopping for two nights before departing back on the 23rd. It then arrived from Frankfurt on the 25th night stopping again before leaving for LGW the next morning. |
26 Aug 83 G-BFIR (WD413) Avro 652A Anson T21 |
26 Aug 83 XT863/G McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1 Royal Air Force - 111 Squadron Nose preserved in Cowes IOW. |
26 Aug 83 XT863/G McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1 Royal Air Force - 111 Squadron Nose preserved in Cowes IOW. |
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26 Aug 83 XT863/G McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1 Royal Air Force - 111 Squadron Nose preserved in Cowes IOW. |
26 Aug 83 XT863/G McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1 Royal Air Force - 111 Squadron Nose preserved in Cowes IOW. |
26 Aug 83 XV708 Westland Sea King HAS.2A Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm) - 819 NAS |
26 Aug 83 XZ344 Westland Gazelle AH1 Army Air Corps |
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1983? G-BKHT British Aerospace 146-100 Dan Air It later became EC-GEO and crashed into mountains 25 Sep 98 in Spain. |
1983? G-BKHT British Aerospace 146-100 Dan Air It later became EC-GEO and crashed into mountains 25 Sep 98 in Spain. |
1983? G-BKHT British Aerospace 146-100 Dan Air It later became EC-GEO and crashed into mountains 25 Sep 98 in Spain. |