The Council are just chasing rainbows with their 10 year plan.. Somebody is having a laugh!
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It’s a Bristol 170 Wayfarer (the passenger version of the Bristol 170 Freighter) of Silver City Airways. They flew from Blackpool and LBA to the Isle of Man in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s using the Wayfarer and DC3’s. Some of the flights from LBA went via Blackpool.View attachment 31423
My mother returning to Blackpool from the Isle of Man. I'm not sure what year this will have been. She said she'd flown from Blackpool on this occasion but she also flew there from LBA on another occasion.
Anyone know what aircraft and airline this is?
#blackpoolairport
Looks like it was Silver City Airways,.maybe a Viscount. Silvercity were famous for building Lydd Ferryfield Airport in Kent for cross channel air ferry flights . Lydd became one of the busiest UK airports at the time.View attachment 31423
My mother returning to Blackpool from the Isle of Man. I'm not sure what year this will have been. She said she'd flown from Blackpool on this occasion but she also flew there from LBA on another occasion.
Anyone know what aircraft and airline this is?
#blackpoolairport
Yes, it’s definitely a Silver City170 - the route info, clothing of the passengers giving a rough date (I’ve a photo of me in the obligatory short trousers leaving a DC3 at IOM) and the distinctive windows and doorway of the 170.Although Silver City did operate the Viscount the aircrcraft in the photo can't be a Viscount as they had large round windows not the square type shown
I'm sure it's a Bristol 170 Freighter or the passenger only version of Silver City, look at windows in the post mentioned by @Sillvercity on the Lydd forum.
Who's the sprog in the photo?
Wasn't this aircraft followed on by the Carvair, which I believe Freddy Laker had a lot to do with. A converted DC4 I think, which looked like a mini 747.Yes, it’s definitely a Silver City170 - the route info, clothing of the passengers giving a rough date (I’ve a photo of me in the obligatory short trousers leaving a DC3 at IOM) and the distinctive windows and doorway of the 170.
Indeed the Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair. 5 cars and 22 passengers. My father very kindly took our family on holiday to Ireland and we used the Liverpool service.Wasn't this aircraft followed on by the Carvair, which I believe Freddy Laker had a lot to do with. A converted DC4 I think, which looked like a mini 747.
Aer Lingus flew them from Liverpool to Dublin, and of course the cross channel air ferry services from Southend and Lydd.
Not me. I was all but a twinkle of my fathers eye at that point.Who's the sprog in the photo?
My mother says it was a noisy rickety thing, I'll have to ask her about the cotton wool !the noise inside the cabin was horrendous, the passengers were provided with cotton wool for their ears!
Yes BAF , I remember that name. They also had a lot of Heralds and later bought up all of BA VIscounts.Indeed the Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair. 5 cars and 22 passengers. My father very kindly took our family on holiday to Ireland and we used the Liverpool service.
The other UK carrier was British Air Ferries (BAF)
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