Aviation photography

Olympic Airways Airbus A300-605R SX-BEL, c/n 696, landing at Athens, September 1994. Photgraph by Henry Tenby, published August 1997, J.J. postcards, Switzerland . Postcard, own collection.

G-BOAW, a DHC-7-100 (Dash 7) regional passenger aircraft of London City Airways, takes off at London City Airport, August 1988. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

De Havilland DH-106 Comet 2R XK695 (c/n 06030) , formerly of RAF 51 Squadron, on display at Duxford Aerodrome, EGSU (1987). XK695 was retired to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford in 1975 having completed flying 8,236 hours in over 3,200 flights. Because of excessive corrosion, she was dismantled in 1992. Now only the nose and a part of the cockpit are preserved at the de Haviland Aircraft Museum in Hertfordshire, UK. Also uploaded on Wikimedia Commons as: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:19870830-Duxford-XK695.jpg This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

Control tower of Duxford Aerodrome in 1987.

Westland Dragonfly HR.3 helicopter WN499 - CU911 of the Royal Navy at Duxford Airport (1987). The Westland WS-51 Dragonfly is is british version of the Sikorsky H-5 (or S-51). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

Preserved DeHavilland DH-104 Dove aircraft G-ALFU (c/n 04234) of CAA at Duxford Aerodrome/EGSU (1987). From 1948 to 1972 it belonged to the Civil Aviation Flying Unit at Stansted Airport. This aircraft was removed to Duxford in 1975. It still survives at Duxford, now relocated within Hangar C (Air and Space collection). This photograph was also uploaded on Wikimedia Commons as commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:19870830-EGSU-DH104-GALFU.jpg This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

Preserved DeHavilland DH-104 Dove aircraft G-ALFU (c/n 04234) of CAA at Duxford Aerodrome/EGSU (1987). From 1948 to 1972 it belonged to the Civil Aviation Flying Unit at Stansted Airport. This aircraft was removed to Duxford in 1975. It still survives at Duxford, now relocated within Hangar C (Air and Space collection). This photograph was also uploaded on Wikimedia Commons as commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:19870830-EGSU-DH104-GALFU.jpg This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

XT581, a small MQM-57A Falconer UAV of British Army, on display at Duxford (1987). In the background, Canberra WH725 (SN 71206).

Douglas DC-3 (C-47.R4D-7) Dakota SX-ECF of the Hellenic CAA at Athens Hellenikon Airport LGAT, 23 April 1973, by RuthAS on Wikimedia Commons under a CC-BY-4.0 free license. Wikimedia Commons file: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_C-47.R4D-7_SX-ECF_Hellenic_CAA_Athens_23.04.73.jpg This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License .

RHAF C-47 49-2620 (cn 4481), possiibly during the Korean War. Modern copy of vintage photograph, possibly retouched, own collection.

Athens Aeradio SWA, HF aeronautical communications station, anonymous press photograph ca 1950.

Inside the control tower of Athens International Airport, anonymous press photograph (poss. Athens News Agency) ca 1950.

Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 over Jerusalem, April 13, 1931.

Lufthansa 2006 limited edition postcard, motif 5 of 7, Boeing 747-400. Received via postcrossing as DE-13917250.

Postcard issued by Editions P.I., GUY-PARIS, estimated date early 1990s, shows Airbus A300B4 SX-BEB of Olympic Airways on the ground. Postcard, own collection.

SX-DAN: Olympic Airways De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B (CN 6440). Printed in Greece by Contogonis-Malicoutis between 1960 and 1969.