British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a British airline operating in the 1960s, that later became British Air Ferries which became British World Airlines before finally became insolvent in December 14th 2001^[1]. The airline was formed as a result of a merger between the Silver City and Channel Air Bridge airlines in January 1963. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Silver City was a British airline, launched by Wing Commander Taffy Powel in 1948. ...

Trading as British United Air Ferries Limited, BUAF had offices at Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands, and specialised in cross-channel ferrying of cars and their passengers to and from Continental Europe. Rotterdam Airport (formerly (Dutch): Vliegveld Zestienhoven (translated: Airport Sixteencourts) (IATA: RTM, ICAO: EHRD) located in Rotterdam, is The Netherlands largest regional airport. ... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. ...

BUAF used an assortment of aircraft types, including Bristol Freighters and Superfreighters, and Aviation Traders Carvairs and operated from Lydd Ferryfield airport in Kent, amongst others. The Bristol Type 170 Freighter was a twin-engined propeller cargo aircraft designed and built by Bristol Aeroplane Company as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances. ... Bristol Superfreighter was a larger stretched version of Bristol Freighter, still with 2 propeller engines, it could carry 20 passengers instead of 12 passengers of the smaller Bristol Freighter and 3 cars instead of 2 cars. ... Aer Lingus Carvair loading a car at Bristol Airport, Bristol, England, in 1965 The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a Douglas DC-4 / C-54 converted into an air ferry by Freddie Lakers Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited, allowing it to carry 25 passengers and 5 cars, loaded at... London Ashford Airport or Lydd Airport (IATA: LYX, ICAO: EGMD) is located 1. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ...

List of aircraft

• Aviation Traders ATL.98 Carvair
  • G-ANYB Golden Gate Bridge
  • G-AOFW name not known
  • G-APNH Menai Bridge
  • G-ARSD Chelsea Bridge
  • G-ASDC Pont du Rhin
  • G-ASHZ Maasbrug
  • G-ASKG Channel Bridge
  • G-ASKN Pont d'Avignon
  • G-ATRV name not known

• Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk.21E
  • G-AHJI

• Bristol Type 170 Superfreighter Mk.32
  • G-ANWK

Aer Lingus Carvair loading a car at Bristol Airport, Bristol, England, in 1965 The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a Douglas DC-4 / C-54 converted into an air ferry by Freddie Lakers Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited, allowing it to carry 25 passengers and 5 cars, loaded at... The Bristol Type 170 Freighter was a twin-engined propeller cargo aircraft designed and built by Bristol Aeroplane Company as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances. ... Bristol Superfreighter was a larger stretched version of Bristol Freighter, still with 2 propeller engines, it could carry 20 passengers instead of 12 passengers of the smaller Bristol Freighter and 3 cars instead of 2 cars. ...

Trivia

• In the opening scenes of the 1966 film That Riviera Touch, Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise, better known as Morecambe and Wise, along with their elderly car, fly from Britain to Le Touquet, France, in a British United Air Ferries Bristol Superfreighter.
• A British United Air Ferries Carvair is seen transporting Auric Goldfinger and his car in the James Bond film Goldfinger.

Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... John Eric Bartholomew OBE (May 14, 1926 – May 28, 1984), better known by his stage name, Eric Morecambe was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise, formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. ... Ernie Wise OBE (November 27, 1925 – March 21, 1999) was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became an institution on British television, especially for their Christmas specials. ... Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe OBE and Ernie Wise OBE. The act lasted four decades until Morecambes retirement, shortly before his death in 1984. ... Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a coastal town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. ... Bristol Superfreighter was a larger stretched version of Bristol Freighter, still with 2 propeller engines, it could carry 20 passengers instead of 12 passengers of the smaller Bristol Freighter and 3 cars instead of 2 cars. ... Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. ... 007 redirects here. ... Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.fly-net.org/aeromedia/bwaoutgb.html

External links

• BUAF/BAF/BUA flight schedules & timetables
• Pictures of BUAF aircraft at Airliners.net