1959 Hastings Deering Air Stairs Ford Anglia 105E

1959 Hastings Deering Air Stairs in The Prime Minister Is Missing, Movie made for TV, 2008

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1959 Hastings Deering Air Stairs Ford Anglia 105E

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Animatronixx ◊ 2024-04-17 21:06	One of 14 "Air Stairs", built by Hastings Deering Services on 1959 Ford Anglia chassis. Alternate view without guys in black or white suits obstructing it or without anything obstructing it at all below: HARS Aviation Museum wrote History of Type In ~1958 Qantas Technical Services Division saw the need for a modern motorised air stair to complement its newly ordered Boeing 707 jet airliner which was due to enter service in 1959. A team of Qantas engineers lead by George Roberts designed the all hydraulic stairs around readily available Ford car components. Qantas Empire Airways as it was known at that time ordered 14 Air Stairs from Hastings Deering Services Ltd of Parramatta Rd Lidcombe in 1959. Hastings Deering Services Ltd was an off-shoot of the Ford and Caterpillar Tractor Dealership of the same name. The Air Stairs were designed to be disassembled and to easily fit into a DC3 for transport to other locations around Australia. However, in spite of being able to be broken down for easy transport, there is one famous instance a set of air stairs being driven all the way to Alice Springs from Sydney. History of HARS Air Stairs HARS has three of these Air Stairs which came in a 4 cylinder Ford Anglia engine version and a larger 6 cylinder Ford Falcon engine version. The stairs could extend from a Minimum of 8 ft up to a maximum height of 12 ft 10 ins. The pictured Air Stairs are beautifully restored and feature a four cylinder 105E Anglia motor. They were meticulously restored by HARS members Peter and Allan Costigan, together with the sign-writing skills of Allan’s wife Nicky Costigan.
dsl ◊ 2024-04-18 03:12	Blimey! Anglia-based airport trundlers - another weird imcdb nugget. Just to nit-pick slightly, Aus build Anglias started mid-1960 (until 1965, and were only ever 997cc none of the zoomy 1200s), so we probably should advance the year for this and our other ones.

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◊ 2024-04-17 21:06

One of 14 "Air Stairs", built by Hastings Deering Services on 1959 Ford Anglia chassis. Alternate view without guys in black or white suits obstructing it or without anything obstructing it at all below:

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HARS Aviation Museum wrote History of Type
In ~1958 Qantas Technical Services Division saw the need for a modern motorised air stair to complement its newly ordered Boeing 707 jet airliner which was due to enter service in 1959.

A team of Qantas engineers lead by George Roberts designed the all hydraulic stairs around readily available Ford car components.

Qantas Empire Airways as it was known at that time ordered 14 Air Stairs from Hastings Deering Services Ltd of Parramatta Rd Lidcombe in 1959. Hastings Deering Services Ltd was an off-shoot of the Ford and Caterpillar Tractor Dealership of the same name.

The Air Stairs were designed to be disassembled and to easily fit into a DC3 for transport to other locations around Australia.

However, in spite of being able to be broken down for easy transport, there is one famous instance a set of air stairs being driven all the way to Alice Springs from Sydney.

History of HARS Air Stairs
HARS has three of these Air Stairs which came in a 4 cylinder Ford Anglia engine version and a larger 6 cylinder Ford Falcon engine version. The stairs could extend from a Minimum of 8 ft up to a maximum height of 12 ft 10 ins.

The pictured Air Stairs are beautifully restored and feature a four cylinder 105E Anglia motor. They were meticulously restored by HARS members Peter and Allan Costigan, together with the sign-writing skills of Allan’s wife Nicky Costigan.

dsl

◊ 2024-04-18 03:12

Blimey! Anglia-based airport trundlers - another weird imcdb nugget. Just to nit-pick slightly, Aus build Anglias started mid-1960 (until 1965, and were only ever 997cc none of the zoomy 1200s), so we probably should advance the year for this and our other ones.

1959 Hastings Deering Air Stairs Ford Anglia 105E

1959 Hastings Deering Air Stairs in The Prime Minister Is Missing, Movie made for TV, 2008

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