British United Air Ferries

British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a British airline operating in the 1960s, that later became British Air Ferries which became British World Airlines before finally became insolvent in December 14th 2001 [ [http://www.fly-net.org/aeromedia/bwaoutgb.html British World Airlines to go into receivership ] ] . The airline was formed as a result of a merger between the Silver City and Channel Air Bridge airlines in January 1963.

Trading as "British United Air Ferries Limited", BUAF had offices at Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands, and specialised in cross-channel ferrying of cars and their passengers to and from Continental Europe.

BUAF used an assortment of aircraft types, including Bristol Freighters and Superfreighters, and Aviation Traders Carvairs and operated from Lydd Ferryfield airport in Kent, amongst others.

List of aircraft

* Aviation Traders ATL.98 Carvair
** G-ANYB "Golden Gate Bridge"
** G-AOFW name not known
** G-APNH "Menai Bridge"
** G-ARSD "Chelsea Bridge"
** G-ASDC "Pont du Rhin"
** G-ASHZ "Maasbrug"
** G-ASKG "Channel Bridge"
** G-ASKN "Pont d'Avignon"
** G-ATRV name not known

* Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk.21E
** G-AHJI

* Bristol Type 170 Superfreighter Mk.32
** G-ANWK

Trivia

* In the opening scenes of the 1966 film "That Riviera Touch", Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise, better known as "Morecambe and Wise", along with their elderly car, fly from Britain to Le Touquet, France, in a British United Air Ferries Bristol Superfreighter.
* A British United Air Ferries Carvair is seen transporting Auric Goldfinger and his car in the James Bond film "Goldfinger".
* The service is shown in the episode "Racist" of the Anthony Quayle series "The Strange Report"
* Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn use the service in Stanley Donan's film "Two for the Road"

References

External links

* [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/vf1.htm BUAF/BAF/BUA flight schedules & timetables]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=British%20United%20Air%20Ferries&distinct_entry=true Pictures of BUAF aircraft at "Airliners.net"]