Air Port Collection

After World War Two - Heathrow Airport Facilities
After World War Two - The rather basic Heathrow Airport Reception and Communication Facilities. Date: 1946

The Sketch travel number front cover 1956
Front cover of The Sketch magazines travel number featuring a dapper couple, her in a roomy red coat and head scarf, he in tweed suit and flat cap, about to board a plane to, no doubt

Concorde taking off - 1976
The Anglo-French supersonic passenger plane leaves the ground at Heathrow Airport - The aircraft in the photo is G-BBDG which never flew in service with British Airways (despite wearing the livery)

Croydon Airport 1934
Passengers disembarking from a plane at Croydon Airport. The painting is entitled The Airport of London, Croydon

Croydon from the Air
Croydon Airport as passengers see it immediately after take- off or prior to landing

Cover design, Western Airways timetable
Cover design, Western Airways summer timetable, showing a map with destinations: Manchester, Birmingham, Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, Weston, Barnstaple, Newquay and Penzance. 1939

England to South Africa Air Race Poster
Poster, The World Famous England to South Africa Air Race, from Portsmouth City Airport. 20th century

Gatwick airport, 1936
The improved Gatwick airport at the time of its official opening, 1936. The new Martello tower-style design enabled the airport to deal with six big air liners at once. 1936

Metropolitan Police Association Football Team
The Metropolitan Police Association Football Team prior to boarding a KLM four engine Fokker plane to Amsterdam. The visit was arranged following an invitation from the Dutch Police Association to

Cover design, Popular Aviation and Aeronautics Magazine, showing a passenger plane coming in to land at an airport at night. January 1929

Gatwick Airport
Passengers alighting from a British United Airways (BUA) plane at London Gatwick Airport, England and it is refuelled at the same time

Provincial Airways Poster
Poster, Travel by Provincial Airways, with door to door service. Showing a biplane above a chauffeur-driven car. 20th century

Airport Bus, 1927
Passengers for the Continent leave the Charles Street head- quarters of Imperial Airways, and board the Imperial Airways motor=car which will whisk them to Croydon air-station

Cover design, Railway Air Services timetable in conjunction with Spartan Air Lines Ltd, between London and the Isle of Wight. circa 1936

Travellers at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
A group of travellers make their way towards a small aeroplane on the tarmac at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

London Heathrow Car Park
The multi-storey car park and new Terminal 1 buildings, London Heathrow Airport. Date: opened 1968

Gibraltar Airport
A fine overview of the Gilbraltar airport and its built-up surroundings

Croydon Aerodrome is Britains largest and most prestigious airport, with regular flights to the European Continent. Note the wind-sock which tells pilots the prevailing wind

Plane Spotters
Silhouettes of two plane spotters at London Gatwick Airport, England

Caravelle Jets
Three Societa Aerea Mediterranea Caravelle Jets being refuelled at London Gatwick Airport

Duty Free Gatwick
Travellers browsing around in the Duty Free zone of Gatwick airport, London

Airport - Hong Kong - Safely on the ground with mountain we dropped over. Date: 1952

Toronto Malton Airport
Malton Airport, Toronto : this picture was evidently made when air traffic control was in its rudimentary stage... Date: 1930s

Piarco Airport Trinidad
Passengers boarding a BOAC 707 aeroplane (as it is being refuelled) at Piarco Airport, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: 1960s

Cairo-Baghdad Airline
The inaguration of the Cairo (Egypt) to Baghdad (Iraq) regular airline service. Egyptairs plane Good Fortune took off from Almaza Airport and had a smooth trip. Date: 11 September 1936

Anthony Eden Flies to Jamaica
The British Prime Minister Anthony Eden(1897-1977) at London Airport with Lady Eden. Sir Eden left for Jamaica on 23rd November 1956 to spend three weeks recovering from severe overstrain

Partition in India - refugees at Willingdon airport, New Del
A family who lost every male member in the frontier fighting - a forlorn group of refugees at Willingdon airport, New Delhi

Anthony Eden
Sir Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977) British politician wife Mrs. Eden arriving at London airport on their way back from Boston in the USA

King Faisal II of Iraq (1935-1958) the last King of Iraq, at London Airport returning home after studying at Harrow

Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) (left), the first British Prime Minister to visit Soviet Russia in peacetime, is greeted by Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) (right)

London Gatwick Airport
Passengers sitting on the rather uncomfortable looking modern seats at London Gatwick Airport, England

Heho airport - Central Burma - An oversized pasture with little basha administrative huts. Date: 1952

Rome Airport - Italy - First flight for our family - TWA. Watched it land and were welcomed to go outside and photograph it

Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster
Poster, Hillmans Airways, Essex Airport, offering flights from London to Paris (no passports required), Belfast, Liverpool and the Isle of Man, with prices and flight durations. 20th century

A small dog dressed as a pilot ready for take off. He is surrounded by birds who find this hilarious. The caption reads: " What a get-up!" Date: 1928- 1929

Copy of ancient Maltese hunting hut -- a girna -- near Malta International Airport, Luqa Date: 2011

LAX Airport, Los Angeles, USA
A spectaclar aerial view of the terminals, taxiways ans runways of LAX Airport, Los Angeles, USA - now extensively re-modelled. Date: circa 1970

Lady Broughton at Croydon flying to Africa
Lady Delves Broughton leaving England in an Imperial Airway aeroplane bound for the Belgian Congo, on an expedition to obtain correct detail for the surroundings of a new group showing the Eastern

The Queen returns from Scotland There is a breezy arrival at Heathrow airport, London, as the Queen and Prince Andrew end their holiday in Balmoral, Scotland. Date: 9th October 1980 1980

Ljungbyhed Aviation School
Early aviation at Ljungbyhed Aviation School, Sweden, managed by from Thulins Aircraft factory, Landskrona. Date: 1900s

Aircraft refuelling at Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the time Gander was one of the worlds largest airports due to its position as a refuelling station for transatlantic flights. Date: 1929

Gatwick Airport 1960S
A passenger stands alone in the airport checking the flight departures for British Caledonian Date: late 1960s

Refuelling in Basra
British. French and Dutch vehicles being refuelled at Basra, Iraq, following their arrival from at Basra airport. The Royal Air Forces were stationed near the town. Date: 1930s

Boarding a Boeing 747
Passengers at London (Heathrow) airport boarding a Boeing 727 (Lufthansa) on the runway. Date: 1960s

London Airport 1960S
Passengers with their luggage at London (now Heathrow) Airport, England. Date: 1960s

English Model Village

Yerba Buena Aerodrome
Plans for the island of Yerba Buena, San Francisco, U.S.A. to be turned into a harbour airport and runways for the U.S. airforce, with tunnels serving as bomb-proof hangars Date: 1940s

Aircraft Safety Check
A routine aircraft saftely check being carried out at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. Date: 1960s

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