Civil and Military Aircraft from 1979 Part 1

All photographs on this page courtesy of John Smith

Negatives for all of these photos are available should you wish an original, please respect the copyright of the photographer and if you wish to use the photos other than for your own pleasure then please email me. Copies can be obtained from the original negatives, if you are interested please contact me via email.

Due to some colour variations in these prints I have converted some of them to black and white to maintain the quality, subsequently the black and white pictures are not available for reprints. 

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1.  L188 Electra LN-FOH Fred Olsen at East Midlands on 16/01/79 (b/w) 16. Caravelle 10R D-ABAW 'S.A.T' at EMA 11/04/79 (b/w)
2.  Viscount V757 9Q-CPJ for Zaire Aero Service at East Midlands 25/01/79 (b/w) 17. Boeing 727-230 D-ABVI Condor at East Midlands Airport 11/04/79 (b/w)
3.  Boeing 737-2P6 'A40-BG' Britannia Airways (Gulf Air Lease) at East Midlands 28/01/79 (b/w) 18. Caravelle 10R D-ABAV 'S.A.T' at EMA 11/04/79 (b/w)
4.  Boeing 707-338C G-BFLD 'DETA-Mozambique' (BMA Lease) at East Midlands 03/02/79 (b/w) 19. Boeing 737-209 G-BGNW Britannia Airways (Lease) at East Midlands Airport 16/04/79 (b/w)
5.  Gulfstream 2  9K-ACY 'Gulf International' at East Midlands 03/02/79 (b/w) 20. F104G Starfighter 2057 Luftwaffe at Coningsby (ex Cloudy Chorus) 25/04/79 (c)
6.  Boeing 727-46 G-BCDA Dan-Air London at East Midlands Airport 03/02/79 (b/w) 21. F100D Super Sabre 42239 for Leics + Loughboro Preservation Soc at EMA 01/05/79 (b/w)
7.  Lockheed C5A Galaxy 00460 '436MAW' USAF at Mildenhall 08/02/79 (b/w) 22. F-5E Tiger 2 01554 '527 TFTAS' at Alconbury 09/05/79 (b/w) 
8.  Viscount V735 G-BFYZ Guernsey Airlines at East Midlands 18/03/79 (b/w) 23. Whirlwind HAR10 XP353 202Sqn at Coltishall 14/05/79 (b/w)
9.  Vampire T11 WZ553 for Loughborough + Leicester Preservation Society at East Midlands 10/03/79 (b/w)  24. Jaguar GR1 XZ116 41 Sqn at Coltishall 14/05/79 (c)
10. Viscount V831 4X-AVE Arkia at East Midlands Airport 04/04/79 (b/w) 25. Jaguar GR1 XX745 6 Sqn at Coltishall 14/05/79 (c)
11. A300 Airbus SX-BEC Olympic Airways at Heathrow 09/04/79 (b/w) 26. F100D Super Sabre G-177 730 Sqn Danish Air Force (6 Sqn Exchange) at Coltishall 14/05/79 (c)
12. Boeing 747-121A N654PA Pan-American Cargo at Heathrow 09/04/79 (b/w) 27. F100D Super Sabre G-775 730 Sqn Danish Air Force at Coltishall 14/05/79 (c)
13. Douglas DC8-63 EC-BSE Iberia at Heathrow 09/04/79 (b/w) 28. Boeing KC135A 91457 191ARS USAF at Mildenhall 25/05/79 (c)
14. Boeing 707-123B 5B-DAK Cyprus Airways at Heathrow 09/04/79 (b/w) 29. CF-104G Starfighter 104866 Canadian Air Force at Mildenhall 25/05/79 (c)
15. L1011 Tristar N323EA British Airways (Eastern Lease) at Heathrow 09/04/79 (b/w) 30. F-15B Eagle 70157 32TFS USAF at Mildenhall 25/05/79 (c)

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