See Skyways Avro 748 G-ASPL. This had a spell with BKS AT Ltd and saw out it's days hauling parcels for the Royal Mail. Tragically a young student employed to keep an eye on the freight and ensure the fuselage doors were locked failed to notice the rear door was in the unlocked position. The 'door open' warning light did not register in the cockpit. Somewhere over Coventry the door flew open and in the air stream was torn off. It hit one of the tail planes slicing it off and the aircraft when into a tail spin and hurtled to the ground. The two pilots and the student were killed. RIP.

Excellent back to mt spotting days

Some great photos there and many that brought back memories from my younger days. Great stuff, thank you. Derek.

Heady days....... Thanks for the compilation!

Thanks for posting; a unique and very memorable insight into the Heathrow airport I knew, I flew on Comets and Tridents from 1966 to 1973., again thank you :)

Did you noticed that yellow "Dakota",with the Speedbird on its tail, HAS TURBOPROP ENGINES??? What a great convertion, and what a rarity !! Think they are 2 "Viscount" emgines!! ( Rolls-Royce "Dart" ). And those rare Vickers "Vanguard"! Thanks for posting this great video !!!

That De Havilland DH-108 "Dove", CS-TAC, was a portuguese, ( in Azores ) of the Sociedade Açoriana de Transportes Aéreos. What a rarity !!!

cool video! I liked the music too

I remember a lot from those days my two local airports were Manchester. And Heathrow .

Light aircraft in regular use today seem almost unchanged from 50 or 60 years ago!

Great stuff of the Vikings: Sterling, NB, Denmark. Braathens S.A.F.E. BU Norway and SAS, SK.

And the a/c at 09:25, is a N.A "Harvard" Mk.4, (British version ), and NOT a N.A. AT-6 "Texan", ( U.S. version ). One can tell the difference by the long exhaust AND the rear, ( last ) portion of the canopy glasing, ( larger ).

Is there a British aircraft registered G-ARSE

Good but the music's way too stressful and dramatic.