Windsor Locks, Connecticut’s Bradley Field/Bradley International Airport Oldies
Blue Bell Inc. Canadair CL-44 swingtail was used to transport denim material and finished blue jeans between BDL and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. On New Years morning 1984, this aircraft made an emergency landing at Boston’s Logan Intenational Airport due to a hydraulic failure which left the right main landing gear retracted.
Photos and Captions by Ken Kula
Bradley International Airports (Identifier KBDL) sits between Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts. These photos were taken between the late 1980s and the turn of this century. Most, if not all of the aircraft shown have been retired by now, but were quite useful in their days while serving the Hartford/Springfield area.
Business Express Fokker 27, an ex-Pilgrim Airlines aircraft
Consolidated (CF) Air Freight Boeing B-727-100 freighter was once operated by South African Airways, note the Burlington Northern B-707 behind it
C-GPAW was a Cessna Citation II, serial number 0004, owned by Pratt and Whitney Canada and operated regular flights between BDL and Canadian destinations like St. Hubert, QB
Continental Airlines DC-9-31 jet at the newer Terminal A
Douglas DC-4 (actually a C-54D) C9-ATS across from the main air terminal awaiting its departure to Africa, note the Continental DC-9 and Antonov 225 just behind the nosewheel!
DHL Airways B-727-22C freighter
PSA Airlines Dornier 328-110 taken from Terminal A
This Mall Airways Beech 99 was serial number U-33; Mall Airways was bought by Business Express Airlines in 1989
Air Ontario Convair 580 operated BDL to Toronto flights
This People Express B-737-130 was first operated by Lufthansa, and later by Continental Airlines after the People Express/Continental merger
Another former People Express B-737-130, now wearing Continental Airlines colors post-merger
USAir Boeing B-737-3B7 arrives on a snow-packed apron, note the Canadair Challenger pre-delivery hangar behind it.
