Flashback - Rather a rare bird this, the Nigerian-registered Douglas DC-8-54F 5N-AWZ of Trans Sahel Airlines, seen at Gatwick on 24th November 1986. Still in service, it was previously United Airlines' N8055U

Shorts 360 G-BNBD, flagship of Connectair, Gatwick

Connectair's hard-working Shorts 360, G-BNBD, starts work at 0750 in the morning from Gatwick and after midnight goes off on a newspaper flight to Paris