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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dwpsg" data-source="post: 12437567" data-attributes="member: 381881">ඔන්න ඉතින් කාලයක පස්සෙ ටිකක් වැදගත් කමක් තියන, ගොඩක් දෙනෙකුට ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වෙන thread එකක් ගෙනාව.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" />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... !**<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" />Air CeylonHawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1EParis - France, June 7, 1969<img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8646/179re.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8325/183zn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/5283/181myq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6873/180ehi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2347/178ps.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4458/177er.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon De Havilland  - Kuala Lumpur  - Sungai Besi / Simpang (WMKF) Malaysia, 1963G-APDC Taken on a trip from Ceylon to Singapore during a stopover at Kuala Lumpur.<img src="http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/4252/176y.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air CeylonDe HavillandKuala Lumpur - Sungai Besi / Simpang (WMKF)Malaysia, 1963<img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6020/175ii.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon-DouglasMiami - International (MIA / KMIA)USA - Florida, May 1979<img src="http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5883/174al.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon Boeing 720-023B at London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) UK - England, July 29, 1977<img src="http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6172/173fc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air CeylonBoeing 720-023BLondon - Luton UK - England, July 1, 1977<img src="http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7660/172jx.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon-Lockheed  Dutch registered Air Ceylon Electra, leased from KLM.London - Heathrow UK - England, 1961<img src="http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6397/170muf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2817/171lt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon DouglasSingapore - Paya Lebar , November 1976Remark<img src="http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4637/169an.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon Hawker Siddeley Singapore - Paya Lebar Singapore, December 1976 <img src="http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2999/168f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Aiir CeylonHawker Siddeley Kuala Lumpur - Subang / Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah  Malaysia, March 1978<img src="http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6269/167mb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"Maha Devi" Air Ceylon at Amsterdam<img src="http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4466/165sy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon<img src="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5819/166gy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />British Eagle at Ratmalana<img src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2250/164dw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon Schedules fares and Freight Rates for Nov 1950<img src="http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1618/163uvq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Time Table for March 1955<img src="http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5307/162gc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Time Table for April 1957<img src="http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7847/161ct.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />for 1959<img src="http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2391/160vz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />For Winter 1963<img src="http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4988/159ft.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />For summer 1965<img src="http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4671/158fu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />For 1970. Note now the flight is changed<img src="http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3575/157sz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />For 1972<img src="http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2445/156fk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />for 1973<img src="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9518/155pqz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />summer 1967<img src="http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/227/154lxb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />all details of fares and offices<img src="http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/8800/153lq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />trident and Avro scedule<img src="http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/7664/152sh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon and Qantas Services guide<img src="http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/2250/151al.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />time Table for April 1960<img src="http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3310/150kl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />scaled Model of Air Ceylon Connie<img src="http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5084/146le.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8673/147pb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Spoon from Air Ceylon times<img src="http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/19/145mi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Bristol frieghter Katunayake Jan 1960 RAF<img src="http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/1696/144wi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Water runway of Koggala.<img src="http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7728/143mcx.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Capt. George FerdinandFerdy 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<img src="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4428/142ye.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />An Elephant towing a Corsair (Chance Vought F4U) fighter aircraft, at Airfield near Kalpitiya (Puttalam), Ceylon 1944.<img src="http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/513/141ii.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Landing in Koggala<img src="http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9427/140nsa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Landing at Katunayake 1957<img src="http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5029/139wh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957<img src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7716/138rf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Air Ceylon Sugar packet<img src="http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3728/137uc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />HS121 Trident 1E 4R-ACN Air Ceylon<img src="http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7148/136fg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957<img src="http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5288/135fr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />comet at RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957<img src="http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1907/134jj.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />comet landing at RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957<img src="http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1152/133hlc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957<img src="http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1403/132rm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3349/130ke.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />refueling at RAF Negombo/Katunayake Ceylon 1957<img src="http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/9007/129qj.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Hawker Siddeley HS-748-212 Srs. 2 4R-ACJ at Katunayake<img src="http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1623/128ij.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF  China Bay as it was in 1957.<img src="http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/2073/127ok.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF Trincomalee, China Bay<img src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2990/126azy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RNZAF 41 Sqn Freighter at Katunayeka 1957<img src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6153/125lq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Fly BOAC Ceylon<img src="http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/1913/124mlm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />DC 3 at Katunayake 1953<img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7635/123szp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Mail Room at Ratmalana 1938<img src="http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3228/122en.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ratmalana  Air Port in 1950<img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7839/121slz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Trincomalee China Bay RAF 1957<img src="http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1411/120ve.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />XD875 and another Valiant (and a Comet) at Negombo, Ceylon, 4th June 1958, en route to Butterworth<img src="http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2450/119jx.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF China Bay Airbase in 1957 all 7600 feet in Trincomalee, Elephant Beach at right...<img src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9584/118ve.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />1957 RAF China Bay Air base of the runway and the strategic oil tanks below, now only partially used<img src="http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5204/117sy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Katunayake airport 1979 RAF C 130K Hercules<img src="http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1569/116grp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />DC 3,Comet, TWA Constellation & Valiant's at post Independance Katunayake Airbase<img src="http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1780/115ld.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Approaching Katunayke Airbase good 'oldays 1960 !<img src="http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8664/114ok.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />katunayake airbase been cleared for terminal 1960<img src="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9890/113nu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Indian Navy Short Sealand at Trincomalee 1957.<img src="http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8672/112kw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Pakistan AF Bristol Freighter 1957 Trincomalee<img src="http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5351/111qlm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />China  Bay. The most secure harbour sought after by all super powers<img src="http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5035/110ij.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Chinabay Naval base 1957 from a RAF Sunderland...<img src="http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1543/95738207.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />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<img src="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/340/30847899.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />RAF Sunderland taking off at Chinabay inner inlet,Sri Lanka  1957<img src="http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/1984/42286153.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />China Bay RAF Sunderlands at anchor Trinco Harbour, Sri Lanka 1957<img src="http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6132/65483714.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />DC 3 Dakota at Palaly ,Jaffna 70's<img src="http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2250/25072601.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />L to R Dave Souter, Bob Aspey and Dennis Wordsworth having arrived at Trinco on RCyAF Dove 1958<img src="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7324/50715923.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Katunayake in 1957/58 as taken by Tony Hawes with his Rolleiflex camera<img src="http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8404/67392659.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />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<img src="http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2189/91111773.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />කොහොමද ඔයාලට දැනෙන්නෙ? ඔයාලගේ අදහස් යෝජනා තියනවනම් පහලින් දමල  යන්න.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> සුබ දවසක්. මගෙ තවත් මේ වගෙම  thread එකක්. කැමති අය බලන්න.railway line construction in ceylon in 18th century ( sri lanka )<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?p=12162866#post12162866" target="_blank">http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?p=12162866#post12162866</a></blockquote>

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