Civilian Aviation

A selection of B707s and DC-8s from my meanderings around southern England in the late nineties. Great days

Trans Arabian Air Transport at Luton in early 1996

Trans Arabian Air Transport B707-351C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

ADC Airlines B707 on approach at Gatwick in Summer 1996

ADC Airlines B707-338C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

DHL DC-8 from the 50th anniversary flypast at LHR in June 1996

DHL Worldwide Express DC-8-73F by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Arrow Air DC-8 at Heathrow on the Air India cargo flight

Arrow Air DC-8-62AF by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Amiri One at Gatwick Summer 1996

Qatar Amiri Flight B707-3P1C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

African International DC-8 at Gatwick the same day

African International DC-8-54AF by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Air Atlantic Cargo B707 at Southend July 1996

Air Atlantic Cargo B707-321C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

MK Airlines DC-8 at Lasham Summer 1997

MK Airlines DC-8-62F by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Azerbaijan Airlines Cargo B707 at Lasham Early 1998

Azerbaijan Airlines B707-399C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Merchant Express B707 at Southend Summer 1998

Merchant Express B707-323C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Tramon Cargo B707 at Manston Summer 1998

Tramon Cargo B707-321C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Cargo Lion DC-8 at Manston the same day

Cargo Lion DC-8-62F by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

and finally Al-Waha Aviation B707 at Manston about a month later. One of my all time favourite shots.

Al-Waha Aviation- Sky Power Express Airways B707-321C by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.

Denis.

superb pics and super memories Dennis, thanks for posting them.

I remember seeing some of those at Southend myself in the late '90s, seemed to be a 707 graveyard at times although most did manage to escape in the end. I remember the Azerbaijan one sitting there for ages and I wondered what happened to it.

They are excellent quality - far better than mine which seem to have deteriorated somewhat, you must have stored them very carefully.

This is one of the good things about winter-time, it seems that a lot of us get out the scanner and continue going through our collections when there's naff all on the TV. We're already seeing lots of good ones this autumn. Maybe we should have a special comp for scanned photos/slides from the pre-digital age in the spring!

thanks again

Andy

Classics every one of them but the Qatari is really nice. Many thanks for posting these.

Brilliant! What would we give to have a collection like that today? Love those "8's"