Air Ceylon - The beginning....(must see)

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    At Ratmalana














    Air Ceylon
    Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E

    Paris - Le Bourget (LBG / LFPB)
    France, June 7, 1969



    Air Ceylon De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 - 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 DH-106 Comet 4

    Kuala Lumpur - Sungai Besi / Simpang (WMKF)
    Malaysia, 1963



    Air Ceylon
    Douglas DC-8-53

    Miami - International (MIA / KMIA)
    USA - Florida, May 1979



    Air Ceylon Boeing 720-023B at London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) UK - England, July 29, 1977

    4R-ACS This Monarch Al B720 (G-BCBB) was leased to Air Ceylon between March-December 1977



    Air Ceylon
    Boeing 720-023B

    London - Luton (LTN / EGGW)
    UK - England, July 1, 1977






    Air Ceylon
    Lockheed L-188C Electra PH-LLD Dutch registered Air Ceylon Electra, leased from KLM.

    London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL)
    UK - England, 1961



    Air Ceylon
    Douglas DC-8-41

    Singapore - Paya Lebar (QPG / WSAP)
    Singapore, November 1976
    Remark



    Air Ceylon
    Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E

    Singapore - Paya Lebar (QPG / WSAP)
    Singapore, December 1976



    Aiir Ceylon
    Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E

    Kuala Lumpur - Subang / Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB / WMSA) Malaysia, March 1978

    4R-ACN (cn 2135)




    "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



    RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957



    RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957



     

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    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



    Katukurunda Airport 1942-1946



    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