l Southend Airport features in one of the most loved of the James Bond movies, Goldfinger. 007's Aston Martin DB5, complete with ejector seat, is shown being loaded aboard one of the Carvair ...

At the height of its fame, there was even a glamour to Southend; the airport makes a cameo appearance in Goldfinger when Sean Connery takes his Aston Martin to Switzerland via the Carvair flights ...

A scene from Goldfinger may have been shot at Southend Airport, but this weekend another James Bond classic will be taking centre stage at the site. A screening of the 1965 film, Thunderball ...

Getty Images James Bond's Aston Martin can be seen boarding a Carvair in 1964's Goldfinger "It was quite ... Vulcan Restoration Trust hangar at Southend airport, but hoped an individual or ...

The Carvair planes date back to the Bristol Freighter, which started life at Southend airport and could carry ... DB5 on to a Carvair in pursuit of Goldfinger in the eponymous 1964 film.

Southend Airport is transforming from an obsolete airstrip in the southeast corner of Essex to a moneyspinning substitute for an extra runway at Heathrow: that is the claim from its owner ...