Monday 31 December 2018

4 July 1982 saw a rare visit of a Braathens FK28-1000 LN-SUC, on a charter from Stavanger. The return to Stavanger was operated a week later by LN-SUN.   Colin Smith

Friday 28 December 2018

Wednesday 26 December 2018

Monday 24 December 2018


N921NA Hercules of Interior Airways Alaska on 10-8-1972. It was chartered by the Guernsey Tomato Marketing Board to fly tomatoes to the UK during the dock strike of that year. Photo taken from the top of Snells Lane which was always good for photos before security went mad!   Colin Smith

Saturday 22 December 2018

Thursday 20 December 2018

LN-PAA Convair 580 of Partnair, operating flights for Air UK on 21-2-1987. This aircraft broke up in flight over the North sea in 1989, on a flight between Oslo & Hamburg after the tail became detached due to sub standard parts being fitted on overhaul.  Colin Smith

Tuesday 18 December 2018

SU-MAB DHC-7 which crashed in Devon on a test flight out of Guernsey after it was
 re registered VP-CDY.   Colin Smith

Sunday 16 December 2018

Dan Air London's Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAE on a charter from & to Gatwick on 26-September-1961
Colin Smith

Friday 14 December 2018

Royal Navy Sea Harriers XZ494, XZ453 & XZ455 on 8-May-1981
Colin Smith

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Avions de Transport Régional ATR42/72
Pics - MIke Stedman




Sterling Airways
OY-STD Sterling Airways Sud-Est Caravelle at Guernsey 22-4-1983
Colin Smith

Monday 10 December 2018

Hispania to Majorca
EC-CYI Sud Caravelle of Hispania on 1-10-1983. Hispania operated a series of six charters to Palma Majorca that year They were the only Caravelles ever to visit, apart from two visits by Sterling in the same year from and to Copenhagen.   Colin Smith

Friday 7 December 2018

Sud Est SO-95 Corse
Sud Est SO-95 Corse on 10-10-1963, the only Corse I ever saw, as this was a day stop.
We had a number of visits by Corse but they arrived at 07.00 on a short stops. I believe they usually brought in a French admiral, who used to visit our Governor of the time, who was ex Navy.

Colin Smith

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Sunday 2 December 2018

Friday 30 November 2018

Cessna 525 N1280A seen lining up for a 27 departure in July 1997.
Pic MIke Stedman.

Tuesday 27 November 2018

Royal Air Force, Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Dominie T2, XS711
Pic Mike Stedman.

Sunday 25 November 2018

Another interesting aircraft on the newspaper run was AN26 UR-DWB of Aero-Charter Airlines who were operating a sub charter for Emerald Airways . Several AN26 visited between 2005-2006 before Emerald Airways ceased operations in 2006, after their AOC was suspended by the CAA.   Colin Smith

Saturday 24 November 2018

Prince Charles gained his wings in this Beagle 206 G-HRHI when in it was in service with the Royal Air Force. Seen here at GCI in 1992 the aircraft still carries it's former miliitary serial XS770.
Pic Mike Stedman

Thursday 22 November 2018

Antonov AN-12

The first and only visit of an Antonov AN12 to Guernsey on 14-6-2006  - Airline Transport's ER-AXY. It brought in the papers due to the regular aircraft going tech.    Colin Smith

Saturday 17 November 2018

Airport Restaurant on opening day - late 1940's, with my mother, grandmother and elder brother.  
Colin Bond

Friday 16 November 2018

G-APEG departing on the last Vanguard flight out of Guernsey on 30TH April 1975.
Colin Smith

Monday 12 November 2018


G-FIZU L188 Electra at Guernsey 5-6-2010, it was always great to hear the Electra.
I first saw this aircraft at Heathrow in 1963 when it was PH-LLG with its original operator KLM. 

Colin Smith

Sunday 28 October 2018


G-ASJV VS Spitfire outside the Lewis Martin hangar, which was where the Aiglle hangar now is .
It was here June 1972 for the film Blockhouse and was flown by Ray Hanna who can be seen sitting on the wing.    COLIN SMITH


G-ANTB taken in 1960, in typical summer weather. I flew to Gatwick in 1963 on this aircraft on my first spotting trip to London. This aircraft crashed in Jersey on14-4-1965 whilst attempting to land on a flight from Paris Orly. Of the 28 on board 27 were killed only the French flight attendant survived. COLIN SMITH

Sunday 21 October 2018

Airline Mix











I look forward to the posts here. I have shared some photo's from 1987 and 1988 on Guernsey days gone by from Guernsey Airports visitors of those days. I was suggested to post them here. 
 All pics submitted by Marcel van Leeuwen

 Presidential Falcon © Colin Smith F-RAFJ Falcon 50 c/n 2 operated by the French Air Force brought in President Mitterand on a private trip ...