With a dark green roof from its time with Aer Lingus, this Tanganyika (now Tanzania) registered C-47 became G-APPO

The fledgling Austrian and German charter airlines used second hand Vikings, cheap and available! The van is a Morris classic from the 50s

This was the first Hercules I ever saw, taxying on the inner two engines on the mixed civilian/military Blackbushe Airfield

Blackbushe was spotters paradise during Farnborough week. That day there were Daks from six other armed services.

This smart Twin Bonanza was at Blackbushe during the 58 Farnborough Air Show. Written off 25Feb63 apparently.

The US Navy/Marines bought the R4D-8(later C-117D) Super Dakota, remanufactured by Douglas from C-47 airframes. Rota in Spain and Blackbushe were U.S. Navy bases. Capital Airlines did buy a few Super DC-3s, qualifying it as a Classic Airliner

Blackbushe was the main transport field for Foreign delegations to the then Annual Farnborough Air Show, it was bisected by the A30 London to South West road, and access was easy even for a 13 year old with a Kodak Brownie 127 camera.