Silver City Airways
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Silver City Airways was an airline based in the United Kingdom that operated mainly in Europe between 1946 and 1962. Unlike many airlines at the time, it was independent of government-owned corporatio
Bristol 170 Mark 21 Freighter at Manchester Airport in May 1955
A Bristol 170 in RAF markings in 1953, used for freight flights to and through the Suez Canal Zone
A Bristol 170 Mark 32 Superfreighter loading a car at Southampton in 1954
A Bristol Freighter at Berlin Tempelhof in 1954
Lydd Airport
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Lydd Airport is an operational general aviation and minor commercial airport located 1 NM east of the town of Lydd and 12 NM south of Ashford in the district of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, England.
Silver City Airways
…sister airline. In 1953, Silver City took delivery of its first Bristol Superfreighter. The following year, the company moved to a new permanent home at Lydd Ferryfield, Britain's first newly constructed post-war airport. The same year, Silver City Airways came under the control of P&O. By the mid-1950s, Silver City…
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Loading a Bristol Superfreighter air ferry at Lydd in 1960
Lydd Airport in 1960