Sqd Leader Jack Jones.
The death at the age of 94 has been announced of Sqd Leader
Jack Jones.
Jack Jones founded East Anglian Flying Services at Southend Airport
and Ipswich in the 1940s/50s. As the company developed the name
was changed to Channel Airways and with the demise of Tradair
Channel Airways acquired Viscounts to add to it's fleet of DC3s, Bristol
Freighters, Doves, Vikings, and a DC4. Through the 1960s Viscount 800s
were introduced together with BAC111s, Comets and Tridents.
Two great pathfinders of post war civil aviation have now died in
the past few weeks. Freddie Laker and Jack Jones, both began their
illustrious careers at Southend Airport, and their legacy in low cost
and charter operations live on.