These are some photographs which I took of aeroplanes at Ringway during the above years (and just a few by other photographers - where stated). All these photographs were offered to M. Williams of "Ringway Publications" on his request in November 2011 along with the photographs of "Ringway spotters" which he used in his website; he did not use any of the aeroplane photographs.
7.6.1973 Dove G-ARJB
7.6.1973 Viscount G-AOJC
24.11.1973 Dakota G-AOBN
1.12.1973 Viscount G-APIM (photo by N.J. Appleton)
1.12.1973 "Super Guppy" F-BPPA (photo by J.P. Bailey)
1.12.1973 an unidentified K.L.M. DC-9 (photo by J.P. Bailey)
8.3.1975 Terrier D-EBMU/G-ASBT
15.3.1975 Heron G-ANXA
4.8.1975 Viscount G-AOJD
28.2.1976 Auster Autocrat G=AIBY
24.7.1976 Ilyushin Il-18 HA-MOF (uncertain who took this photograph; it does not look like my style and I think a boy mush have borrowed my camera and taken it)
25.11.1977 DC-6B OH-KDA
25.11.1977 DC-6B OH-KDA
16.12.1977 DC-6B OO-IFA
31.12.1977 CV-240 N12WA
7.1.1978 Aztec G-AREF
18.2.1978 ex-Oman Air Force Viscount '501' (435)
18.2.1978 ex-Oman Air Force Viscount '502' (436)
22.4.1978 one of the ex-Oman Air Force Viscounts
13.10.1978 Dakota G-AMPO
13.10.1978 Canadair 44 G-AXAA
13.10.1978 Hercules N12ST and Dakota G-AMPO
23.12.1978 Viscount G-CSZB
23.12.1978 Dakota G-AMSV
25.3.1979 Dakota EI-BDT (G-AMPZ)
31.3.1979 Tri-Pacer G-APZL
8.4.1979 Viscount G-BGLC
2.6.1979 Viscount G-BFYZ
16.9.1979 Dove G-ASPA
24.5.1980 Viscount G-BFMW
4.10.1980 Convair 580 N328VP
8.11.1980 Britannia 9Q-CDT
24.12.1980 Electra LN-FOG
18.7.1981 Boeing 747 C-GXRD. On 28.6.1981 I had flown in this aeroplane from Ringway to Vancouver, my first ever flight in a jet airliner.
7.11.1982 Convair 580 SE-IEY
7.11.1982 Convair 580 SE-IEY
AFTER THIS I DECIDED I HAD HAD ENOUGH OF AEROPLANE-"SPOTTING" AND WANTED TO MOVE ON TO OTHER, LESS PUERILE, INTERESTS.