Lockheed L-188C Electra, PH-LLD / 2009, Air Ceylon (AE)
Registration: PH-LLD
Construction Number: 2009
Model Lockheed L-188C Electra
Operator: Air Ceylon (AE)
Airport: London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), UK - England
Airshow: Heathrow - 60 Years of Heathrow
Photographer: Frank Hudson
Date Taken: 11/1960
Date Submitted: 03/05/2006
Air Ceylon leased this Electra from KLM for a year from November 1960 for a weekly service Amsterdam London Rome Cairo Bahrain Karachi Bombay Colombo (and on to Singapore). Out Wednesday, back Sunday. This and all KLM passenger services transferred to the Central Area of Heathrow in March 1961. View across Northside tarmac to Pan Am hangar in haze.
Picture ID:1001283