British Independent Airlines 1960s-1970s: Channel Airways / British United / British Caledonian / Dan-Air London – Part 2 – A Photo History Photos from the Collection of Henry Tenby Write up by Henry Tenby
In the 1960s and 1970s the UK had a thriving independent airline scene, in which ad-hoc and IT charter operators experienced massive business growth as the public become more and more accustomed to taking inclusive holiday charter vacations. Some might say the UK was the world’s leading region for such airline traffic. The UK also had a growing domestic airline scene whereby small airline operations took on the local and regional routes that were not operated by British European Airways.
Channel Airways Trident II G-AVYB February 1971 location not known.
Today many of these airlines have ling since vanished or gone bust. I am pleased to share these photos from my slide collection taken by slide photographers of the day.
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Channel Airways Viscount 800 reg not visible at London Heathrow circa 1970.Channel Airways De Havilland Heron G-AXFH March 1970 possibly at Southend.Channel Airways De Havilland Dove G-ANVU circa mid 1960s location not known.Channel Airways HS748 G-ATEI at a UK public display circa mid to late 1960s.Channel Airways Comet 3 G-APYC former Olympic Airways circa late 1960s location not known.Channel Airways Trident II G-AVYB early 1970s location not known.Channel Airways Comet 3 G-ARDI former Olympic Airways at London Gatwick circa late 1960s.British United Airways DC-3 freighter G-AVHJ at London Gatwick circa 1968.British United Airways DC-3 freighter G-AMSV arriving London Heathrow circa 1968.British United Airways Vickers Viscount G-APTD at Paris Orly circa mid 1960s.British United Airways Bristol Britannia at Hong Kong Kai Tak circa very early 1960s.British United BAC One Eleven G-ASJS at London Gatwick October 1970.British United VC-10 G-ATDJ at London Gatwick circa 1967.British United Handley Page Dart Herald G-APWI circa early 1960s.Caledonian / British United 707 G-AWWD on a charter visit to Vancouver June 1971.British Caledonian VC-10 G-ASIW at Gatwick September 1973.Caledonian 707 G-AWWD at Calgary on a summer IT charter July 1969.British Caledonian VC-10 reg not visible landing Gatwick June 1972.British Caledonian 707 G-AVTW on a charter visit to Vancouver July 1972.British Caledonia 747 G-BDPZ at London Gatwick January 1979 in a non standard scheme.British Caledonia BAC One Eleven G-AWYT at London Gatwick October 1973.Dan-Air London Boeing 707-321 G-AYSL operating an IT charter from Toronto in June 1972.Dan-Air London Avro York G-ANTK at Lasham on October 6 1969.Dan-Air London Comet 4 G-APDN at London Gatwick circa late 1960s.Dan-Air London Comet 4 G-APDN possibly at Palma circa early 1970s.Dan-Air London AS.57 Elizabethan G-ALZO circa early to mid 1960s at London Heathrow.Dan-Air London 727-100 G-BAFZ at London Gatwick March 1974.Dan-Air London DC-3 G-AMPP circa mid 1960s location not known.Dan-Air London AS.57 Elizabethan G-ALZN circa early 1960s location not known.Dan-Air London Bristol Freighter Mark 31 G-AINL in storage at Lasham circa mid to late 1960s.Dan-Air HS748 G-AXVG May 1972 location nt known.Dan-Air London BAC One Eleven G-AXCP at Geneva circa mid 1970s.Dan-Air London De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDE at Lasham circa 1970 in former East African Airways livery.Dan-Air London BAC One Eleven G-AXCP at Manchester July 1970.Dan-Air London BAC One Eleven G-BOAS at London Gatwick 1979.Dan-Air London IAS Cargo 707-320C G-BEZT August 1978.Dan-Air Nord 262 G-AYFR Feb 1971 location not known.
