AVIATION TRADERS Carvair (G-APNH)

great pic thanks Peter

Wow nice one

Worked them at Falcon Airways 1979 (KADS)

Brings back a lot of good memories I worked on this old girl in the sixties at Southend Airport
Good shot to.

Great pic and aircraft! This looks like Auric Goldfinger's transport.

How strange (thank you wikipedia), a flying alternative to car ferries across the channel 3-5, cars at a time. I never knew such a thing existed. Fun!

Crash on Rotterdam Airport,

https://sites.google.com/site/oudberkelrodenrijs/rodenrijs/oude-bovendijk

Looks like a 747 and a DC-6 had a child

Carvair was the name of this lady.
There is dike a few 100 mtrs away from the approach of the runway. This lady was to low in the preparation of his landing and did hit this dike with his landing-gear. It ended upside down just inside the fence from the airport. The pilot died, three crew members + 14 passengers survived. 3 jaquars cars total loss. The company name was painted black just after the accident and before the press arrived.
My dad was a engineer on airport Rotterdam in this period. I earned my first money there by cleaning small airplanes. From the hanger we had a direct view on the scene

We had one in buffalo ny about 15 years ago

http://flightaware.com/photos/view/171364-7bad193d40c90881450524f234045c1de8e471e0/aircrafttype/CARV/sort/votes/page/1

classical

Saw one in Gainesville, TX last week. Been there a long time.

Ansett in Australia also operated the Carvair...with an excellent safety record!