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Airviews Mcr was a Manchester (Ringway) based aerial photographic company who I know operated a Beagle Auster D5 from 1970 to 1976 does anyone have anymore detail on the company's history please and if their archive has survived.
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https://www.airhistory.net/operators/3997/Airviews
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Bruce Martin's company was called Airviews and I'm led to believe the archieve was bought by Aerofilms.
it's all now part of English heritage at this address......
Archive Services, English Heritage, The Engine House, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon SN2 2EH. [email protected]
it's all now part of English heritage at this address......
Archive Services, English Heritage, The Engine House, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon SN2 2EH. [email protected]
Manchester Airport - Then & Now
Airviews Mcr was my 1st aviation employer . I was there in autumn 1973 , flying Beagle [ Auster ] Husky D.5 G-ASNC . Pale yellow with white titles/reg. in the smallest palest paint allowed [ in case of any necessary low flying ] . Bruce Martin was my boss , forgotten the office photo whizz's name [ Terry ? sorry ] . A soon to be life long mate was hanging out the back with the cameras .
We took photos of houses , factories , building jobs , motorway construction , river surveys , verticals , obliques , timed verticals, all to order . Our brief was if going past anything interesting , archeologically / newsworthy speaking ; to shoot it . Personally went from Essex to N. Wales , and South coast to Edinburgh.
1/2 million map normal nav aid , if looking for small village 1/4 mill. , or OS 50,000 maps . But in towns the the A-Z was the best nav aid.
At w/es could be joyrides from the end of the domestic pier in MAN . A/c kept in Black sheds on Southside . Office in one of the wartime vintage blocks just west of the Pub at the threshold to Rwy 24 [ as was ] .
Big 2 handed WW2 green camera with cassette of film clipped on to the back .
KP , yes I think they did produce postcards .
Bruce had told of competing in a Manchester ? to IOM air race and landing on the slopes of Snaefell as the closest he could get to the finish .
Lost touch after that , so have no knowledge of where archives went to . Sorry .
'NC still active at Peterborough [ towing gliders ? ] .
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We took photos of houses , factories , building jobs , motorway construction , river surveys , verticals , obliques , timed verticals, all to order . Our brief was if going past anything interesting , archeologically / newsworthy speaking ; to shoot it . Personally went from Essex to N. Wales , and South coast to Edinburgh.
1/2 million map normal nav aid , if looking for small village 1/4 mill. , or OS 50,000 maps . But in towns the the A-Z was the best nav aid.
At w/es could be joyrides from the end of the domestic pier in MAN . A/c kept in Black sheds on Southside . Office in one of the wartime vintage blocks just west of the Pub at the threshold to Rwy 24 [ as was ] .
Big 2 handed WW2 green camera with cassette of film clipped on to the back .
KP , yes I think they did produce postcards .
Bruce had told of competing in a Manchester ? to IOM air race and landing on the slopes of Snaefell as the closest he could get to the finish .
Lost touch after that , so have no knowledge of where archives went to . Sorry .
'NC still active at Peterborough [ towing gliders ? ] .
rgds condor .
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Brian Robinson initially set up the archive and collected lots of memorabilia and artifacts about all the companies on the airport from its foundation in the 1930s. I contributed a few. If the whole lot has gone, I'm speechless - but not surprised.
