G-AWGS (Tradewinds) - a photo on Flickriver

            G-AWGS - Canadair CL-44D4-1 - Tradewinds Airways
at London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) in March 1877

c/n 27 - built in for Seaboard World Airlines in 1961 -
leased to Transglobe in 04/1968 -
sold to Westinghouse 03/1980 -
final operator was Blue Bell/Wrangler Aviation -
scrapped 1990

scanned from Kodachrome-slide

Tradewinds was founded in November 1968 after the collapse of Transglobe Airways under the name BOBWOOD and flew charter flights from its base at London Gatwick (LGW) airport, using Canadair CL-44-D4 aircraft previously operated by Transglobe.

In January 1969 the name was changed to Tradewinds Airways but since Seaboard World Airlines (a USA based company) had a large interest in Tradewinds, the British Government would not issue a license. By April 1969 the majority of the stock was passed on to British nationals and the company was able to start operations later in 1969.
The company was taken over in 1977 by the Lonrho Group and began to replace the CL44's with used Boeing 707-320C freighters.but the Lonrho Group ran into financial trouble and was forced to sell Tradewinds to Homac Aviation. Lack of capital did not allow the 707 aircraft to be replaced when they became subject to new noise regulations and the airline ceased operations on September 28, 1990
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Crawley Borough / Gatwick (show map)

Taken on: January 29, 2014

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