ඔන්න ඉතින් කාලයක පස්සෙ ටිකක් වැදගත් කමක් තියන, ගොඩක් දෙනෙකුට ප්රයෝජනවත් වෙන thread එකක් ගෙනාව.
මේක ගොඩක් වැදගත් අපෙ රටේ ඉතිහාසයට ඇලුම් කරන, ඒ ගැන උනන්දුවෙන, අලුත් කරුණු ෙහායන අපෙ එළකිරි සෙට් එකට.
ෙහාදයි මේකෙන් විස්තර වෙන්නෙ අපෙ රටේ ගුවන් ගමන් සෙවා පටන් ගත් මුල් යුගයෙ පින්තුර කීපයක්.
මුල්ම කාලෙ අපෙ ගුවන් සෙවය නම් කරලා තිබුනෙ Air Ceylon කියල.
**පින්තුර ටික බලල හොදනම් පහලින් ඇති කොටුවේ මොනවා හරි කොටලා යන්න. ඒවා ඉතාමත් වටිනවා. baump එකක් උනත් කමක් නැ... මේක ගොඩක් වැදගත් අපෙ රටේ ඉතිහාසයට ඇලුම් කරන, ඒ ගැන උනන්දුවෙන, අලුත් කරුණු ෙහායන අපෙ එළකිරි සෙට් එකට.
ෙහාදයි මේකෙන් විස්තර වෙන්නෙ අපෙ රටේ ගුවන් ගමන් සෙවා පටන් ගත් මුල් යුගයෙ පින්තුර කීපයක්.
මුල්ම කාලෙ අපෙ ගුවන් සෙවය නම් කරලා තිබුනෙ Air Ceylon කියල.
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Air Ceylon
Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E
Paris - France, June 7, 1969
Air Ceylon De Havilland - Kuala Lumpur - Sungai Besi / Simpang (WMKF) Malaysia, 1963
G-APDC Taken on a trip from Ceylon to Singapore during a stopover at Kuala Lumpur.
Air Ceylon
De Havilland
Kuala Lumpur - Sungai Besi / Simpang (WMKF)
Malaysia, 1963
Air Ceylon-Douglas
Miami - International (MIA / KMIA)
USA - Florida, May 1979
Air Ceylon Boeing 720-023B at London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) UK - England, July 29, 1977
Air Ceylon
Boeing 720-023B
London - Luton UK - England, July 1, 1977
Air Ceylon-Lockheed Dutch registered Air Ceylon Electra, leased from KLM.
London - Heathrow UK - England, 1961
Air Ceylon Douglas
Singapore - Paya Lebar , November 1976
Remark
Air Ceylon Hawker Siddeley
Singapore - Paya Lebar
Singapore, December 1976
Aiir Ceylon
Hawker Siddeley
Kuala Lumpur - Subang / Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Malaysia, March 1978
"Maha Devi" Air Ceylon at Amsterdam
Air Ceylon
British Eagle at Ratmalana
Air Ceylon Schedules fares and Freight Rates for Nov 1950
Time Table for March 1955
Time Table for April 1957
for 1959
For Winter 1963
For summer 1965
For 1970. Note now the flight is changed
For 1972
for 1973
summer 1967
all details of fares and offices
trident and Avro scedule
Air Ceylon and Qantas Services guide
time Table for April 1960
scaled Model of Air Ceylon Connie
Spoon from Air Ceylon times
Bristol frieghter Katunayake Jan 1960 RAF
Water runway of Koggala.
Capt. George Ferdinand
Ferdy started on Air Ceylon at Rs. 10 per flying hour. was a product of Royal College, Colombo. He was barely eighteen when in 1941 he answered the Royal Air Force call for trainee pilots to help the war effort overseas. Following selection, he received his basic flying training at Ratmalana
An Elephant towing a Corsair (Chance Vought F4U) fighter aircraft, at Airfield near Kalpitiya (Puttalam), Ceylon 1944.
Landing in Koggala
Landing at Katunayake 1957
RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957
Air Ceylon Sugar packet
HS121 Trident 1E 4R-ACN Air Ceylon
RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957
comet at RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957
comet landing at RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957
RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957
refueling at RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957
Hawker Siddeley HS-748-212 Srs. 2 4R-ACJ at Katunayake
RAF China Bay as it was in 1957.
RAF Trincomalee, China Bay
RNZAF 41 Sqn Freighter at Katunayeka 1957
Fly BOAC Ceylon
DC 3 at Katunayake 1953
Mail Room at Ratmalana 1938
Ratmalana Air Port in 1950
Trincomalee China Bay RAF 1957
XD875 and another Valiant (and a Comet) at Negombo, Ceylon, 4th June 1958, en route to Butterworth
RAF China Bay Airbase in 1957 all 7600 feet in Trincomalee, Elephant Beach at right...
1957 RAF China Bay Air base of the runway and the strategic oil tanks below, now only partially used
Katunayake airport 1979 RAF C 130K Hercules
DC 3,Comet, TWA Constellation & Valiant's at post Independance Katunayake Airbase
Approaching Katunayke Airbase good 'oldays 1960 !
katunayake airbase been cleared for terminal 1960
Indian Navy Short Sealand at Trincomalee 1957.
Pakistan AF Bristol Freighter 1957 Trincomalee
China Bay. The most secure harbour sought after by all super powers
Chinabay Naval base 1957 from a RAF Sunderland...
RAF China Bay Airbase Terminal view 1957 in Trinco - RAF bombed the Japs in Malaya from here and Liberator bombers also conducted patrols from this base
RAF Sunderland taking off at Chinabay inner inlet,Sri Lanka 1957
China Bay RAF Sunderlands at anchor Trinco Harbour, Sri Lanka 1957
DC 3 Dakota at Palaly ,Jaffna 70's
L to R Dave Souter, Bob Aspey and Dennis Wordsworth having arrived at Trinco on RCyAF Dove 1958
Katunayake in 1957/58 as taken by Tony Hawes with his Rolleiflex camera
Xmas 1959 was a time to collect most of the signs from the different sections at RAF Katunayake, note the planks crossing the monsoon ditches
කොහොමද ඔයාලට දැනෙන්නෙ? ඔයාලගේ අදහස් යෝජනා තියනවනම් පහලින් දමල යන්න.
සුබ දවසක්.
සුබ දවසක්.
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