MAN to Ronaldsway late 40's early 50's
Does anyone know who, if anybody flew this route in the late 40's early 50's , and if they did what a/c they used ?
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RAS, BEA, Rapides?
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It appears Isle of Man Air Services flew Manchester/Blackpool/Isle of Man in Winter 1946.The service was then taken over by BEA but then suspended later in 1947 until 1951.
The September 1951 timetable has upto 17 Dakota flights a week Manchester/Isle of Man. |
I heard a quote recently that during the 50's (I think!) that air traffic to the IOM counted for approx 50% of all UK movements...
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MAN - Ronaldsway
Guys , many thanks for the info , anybody else who has further it would be greatly appreciated. Trying to help a relative , who has distant memories of a childhood flight on this route , but checks with immediate family are not coming up with anything.
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Indeed I have seen the ATC logs for that period (they still exist) and any outfit with a DC3, Rapide or Avro 19 seem to have flogged the route silly. The division between scheduled and charter is a bit woolly back then but the latter far outnumbered the former.
I heard a quote recently that during the 50's (I think!) that air traffic to the IOM counted for approx 50% of all UK movements... |
Isle of Man Air Services, a Rapide operator, was nationalised in February 1947 and rolled into BEA.
BEA maintained an extensive operation from Liverpool to IOM with DC3s, but gave up Manchester to the independents. In the summer 1949 timetable North-West Air Lines and Sivewright Airways both operated daily, building up to 5 North-West and three Sivewright on August Saturdays. North-West, based in the IOM, started in 1949 with Rapides but moved on for the summer peak to a couple of DC3s, the Rapides still occasionally standing in. Things built up so well for them that BEA took the route back in March 1951 with their own DC3s, which led ultimately to the failure of North-West who were left with less worthwhile IOM routes and suffered from the perennial problem of low winter demand. Sivewright was a prominent Manchester-based charter operator of the period who started flights to the IOM with Avro 19s in 1946, and used a medley of these and Ansons, Rapides, DC3s and an Aerovan over the next few years as they progressed to formal scheduled services. Like North-West they were hit by BEA taking back their plum routes from Manchester to IOM and Jersey, and folded in 1951. By 1952 BEA had built up to 9 DC3s on August Saturdays, in addition to even more service from Liverpool. BEA didn't have enough aircraft to cater for this peak surge, and so at summer weekends would charter in from the many charter operators around at the time. |
I've had a spare few minutes to cut/paste the Saturday (busiest day) August 1952 departures from Isle of Man.
0800 BEA DC3 Liverpool 0800 Manx Air Rapide Carlisle 0815 Manx Air Rapide Liverpool 0830 Lancashire Rapide Blackpool 0840 BEA DC3 Manchester 0905 BEA DC3 Belfast 0925 Aer Lingus DC3 Dublin 0930 Starways Anson Glasgow 1000 Manx Air Rapide Carlisle 1020 Manx Air Rapide Liverpool 1030 BEA DC3 Manchester 1045 Lancashire Rapide Leeds 1105 BEA DC3 Liverpool 1105 Lancashire Rapide Blackpool 1135 BEA DC3 Manchester 1210 Scottish Rapide Prestwick 1215 BEA DC3 Manchester 1230 Starways Anson Liverpool 1310 Manx Air Rapide Liverpool 1320 BEA DC3 Belfast 1320 Lancashire Rapide Blackpool 1400 BEA DC3 Manchester 1415 Lancashire Rapide Leeds 1430 Lancashire Rapide Birmingham 1430 Manx Air Rapide Carlisle 1500 BEA DC3 Liverpool 1510 BEA DC3 Manchester 1510 Manx Air Rapide Liverpool 1525 BEA DC3 Liverpool 1525 Scottish Rapide Prestwick 1540 BEA DC3 Northolt 1540 Starways Anson Glasgow 1600 Lancashire Rapide Blackpool 1645 Manx Air Rapide Carlisle 1655 BEA DC3 Northolt 1735 Lancashire Rapide Leeds 1745 Manx Air Rapide Liverpool 1800 BEA DC3 Manchester 1805 Aer Lingus DC3 Dublin 1810 BEA DC3 Manchester 1810 Scottish Rapide Prestwick 1840 Starways Anson Glasgow 1900 Lancashire Rapide Blackpool 1915 Manx Air Rapide Carlisle 2000 Manx Air Rapide Liverpool 2125 BEA DC3 Belfast 2125 BEA DC3 Liverpool 2130 Starways Anson Liverpool 2359 BEA DC3 Manchester 49 flights. Not a huge number, but more than today. Some points such as Newcastle and Hartlepool were only served on other days. |
Many thanks
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