These images are all between April 1969 and early September same year.
Fire station and control tower. The terminal building is in the dip behind and Aurigny ops in the shed to the right.
SATCO Phil
The runway (below) had various surfaces. I remember the centre strip of tarmac was laid as a Royal Engineers’ exercise.
Here’s a couple of pictures showing flexible use of staff. On left is the Aurigny Ops manager changing the wheel on an Islander, and on the right the fire personnel painting the terminal building.
The AFS did train for full effectiveness. In this picture they are off to a practice on the training patch.
We also had this old Morris Commercial diesel pickup for general work on the aerodrome. Extremely well cared for. http://www.morriscommercialclub.co.uk/
A couple of images of colleagues taken in the small control cabin pictured at the top of the page. Good view but it rocked in a high wind. If you see anyone you recognize let me know.
Some of our customers….
Civil Aviation Flying Unit. They were used to check out the ground infrastructure all around the UK.
Privately owned Aero 145 frequently visited.
Aurigny Airways’ workhorse Britten-Norman Islander.
A short monograph on Alderney aviation has been written by Edward Pinnegar.
A History of Aviation in Alderney: www.amberleybooks.com £12.99
ISBN 978-1-84868-981-7
