Air Ceylon - The beginning....(wow)

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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




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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







Air Ceylon






British Eagle at Ratmalana








Time Table for March 1955


















For 1972








for 1973














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





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








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

 

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