| "After
the war" list of files |
1. The Star Theatre....................................................................+++ 2. A Key to Gander history..........................................................+++ 3. Early post-war history - a Collier's article..................................+++ 4. Gander - The World’s Richest Airport.......................................+++ 5. First Gander civilians in an airplane accident............................+++ 6. From uniform to suit: Gander becomes "civilized".....................+++ 7. The "first" new terminal - the official opening.............................+++ 8. The Queen's "visit" 1953..........................................................+++ 9. Postcards of the Gander terminal 40s and 50s..........................+++ 10. So who remembers the "Nobbly Boot"?....................................+++ 11. Pan American first flights outbound from Gander......................+++ 12. Pan American first flights inbound to Gander............................+++ 13. American Airlines first flights to and from Gander.....................+++ 14. Old Gander Airport in the movies.............................................+++ 15. Mother Goose goes to Gander - Shell sends books..................+++ 16. Gander boarding pass - Pan American.....................................+++ 17. Walrus spotted on the shores of Gander Lake..........................+++ 18. BOAC employee gives Gander a five-month trial!.....................+++ 19. September 911 in Gander - 1952.............................................+++ 20. Alaskan aircraft in Gander - how to get things wrong!................+++ 21. Ground Controlled Approach in early Gander - A very serious game of hide-and-go-seek; - The general organization..........................................................+++ - The operations, the equipment, the people...............................+++ 22. Maureen O’Hara and the Gander Connection............................+++ 23. The first Gander newspaper - « The Gander
Traveller »...........+++
24. A non-stop trans-Atlantic passenger flight in 1947? Unbelievable, but true.................................................................+++ 25. A Gander article on the SAS Scandinavian Traveler https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/aviation/gander-airport-gateway-to-america 26. Gander in 1946............................................................................+++ 27. When Gander was news -“The Aeroplane “ magazine 1949......+++ 28. Who refuelled which airplanes in “Old Gander” ?.......................+++ 29. Gander terminal 1953..................................................................+++ 30. An unremarkable pick-up truck....................................................+++ 31. A Helping Hand from the RAF Welfare Fund...............................+++ 32. A book report - 9/11 story for the younger set.............................+++ 33. Recycling in "Old Gander"...........................................................+++ 34. Gander's Ground Observer Corps...............................................+++ 35. EC-121 accident in Gander - Lots of lucky people.......................+++ 36. When an aircraft near Nfld ran into trouble, it headed for the safety of the runways of Gander Airport - or did it?......................+++ 37. A rare visit to Gander – Swedish Air Lines.........................+++ 38.The race Gander - New York..............................................+++ 39. The transition from war to peace 1945..............................+++ 40. A "Tourist Guide" to pre-Confederation Gander....................+++ 41. Seaboard and Western " goes off the runway....................+++ 42. An Air France Constellation runs off a Gander runway......+++ 43. The history of Pan American World Airways in Gander......+++ 44. Gander approach map.............................................................+++ 45. When times were simpler in old Gander...................................+++ 46. Mechanical brain guides a plane across the Atlantic..................+++ 47. A funny RAF "Novo" pump.......................................................+++ 48. Another Gander hero - from controlling airplanes to controlling lunar modules..........................................................+++ 49. DOT Met news 1952................................................................+++ 50. DOT Met news 1953.................................................................+++ 51. DOT Met news 1954.................................................................+++ 52. Gander's first post-war airport manager.....................................+++ 53. Old Twin Ponds.........................................................................+++ 54. Rare Airline photo......................................................................+++ 55. Saturday Evening Post article - Gander.......................................+++ 56. 1 Overseas Ferry Unit.................................................................+++ 57. Taking care of "Old Gander's" transients.....................................+++ 58. Ladies fashion in Gander 1946....................................................+++ 59. Avenger torpedo bombers in Gander...........................................+++ 60. The history of Trans World Airlines in Gander Newfoundland........+++
An
unremarkable pick-up truck - but so very important to
ramp operations in Old Gander |