Air travel with BOAC in those days – often on the Comet Airliner – but also with the Trans Atlantic Strato-Cruiser which seemed to be used on the New York flights from what we see here
ABOVE: Rock Hudson and Maxwell Reed at Blackbushe Aerodrome in Surrey – leave to film ‘Sea Devils’
Blackbushe Aerodrome was used as a major location for the 1956 film ‘The Crooked Sky’
Earlier than this in 1951 the airport was also used as a filming location during the making of the film ‘No Highway in the Sky’ 1951 directed by Henry Koster, starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich and Jack Hawkins.
ABOVE: Leaving for Johannesburg – Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli – well before the Bond days – and Anthony Bushell
ABOVE – Ann Todd and David Lean admire a model of the Comet Jet Airliner on view at London Airport
ABOVE: Sir Ralph and Lady Richardson ( Meriel Forbes) in front of the Comet Jet Airliner at London Airport on their flight to Entebbe in Africa
ABOVE: George Raft boarding the Comet Jet Airliner on his way to a short holiday in Rome – He was making a film in England at the time.
ABOVE: Yvonne De Carlo boarding a Monarch Strato-cruiser bound for New York
ABOVE: Howard Duff with his wife Ida Lupino disembarking the Strato-cruiser on arrival in England from New York
ABOVE: Loading his Jaguar XK 140 sports car is Clark Gable on a trip to the Continent.
ABOVE: Mrs Redgrave ( Rachel Kempson ) and her Daughter Vanessa bidding Goodbye to her husband Sir Michael Redgrave at London Airport as he left for New York.
At nearly 73, I have never flown and have never been out of England. I’ve also never been on a ship. So I was born here and will die here without ever leaving these shores. Chaos at airports and the collapse of travel companies have never concerned me.