Flights take off and land at Nutts Corner, featuring BEA Viscount and Vanguard craft. The footage follows one flight from boarding to landing at Heathrow, including on-board footage from inside the cockpit, its return to Nutts Corner, and in-flight shots of passengers and crew. People watch the planes landing from a viewing area at Heathrow. 

 

Nutts Corner operated as an airport from the 1920s until 1963.

BEA (British European Airways) operated from 1974 until its merger with BOAC to become British Airways in 1974.

 

Nutts Corner airport

The airport at Nutts Corner in Co Antrim began to operate around 1920. It became a RAF military airport during WW2 before becoming a civilian airport again after the way and up until 1963 when civilian flights moved to the new Aldergrove airport.

A section of the A26 Moira Road, running from Nutts Corner Roundabout for approximately 2 km, is constructed on one of the old runways and the old airport is now used for karting and as a market.

An Ulster Television Production.

• Broadcasting Authority Ireland