filmed at the airfield in 1982. Airline was a period drama series set at the end of the Second World War. Its main character is Jack Ruskin (played by Roy Marsden) who as a demobbed RAF transport pilot tries to set up his own airline using a Douglas DC-3/Douglas C-47 Skytrain. The series also starred Polly Hemingway as Jennie, Richard Heffer as Peter Witney, Sean Scanlan as Mc Evoy and Terence Rigby as Ernie Cade. The series ran for 9 Episodes. Notable personnel Cyril Joe Barton, was posted to RAF Rufforth in 1943, converting to a Halifax aircraft on No. 1663 HCU John Pohe, was posted to RAF Rufforth in 1943, converting to a Halifax aircraft on No. 1663 HCU See also List of former Royal Air Force stations Rufforth Circuit References Sources External links IMDB - Airline (1982) Gliderports in the United Kingdom Military units and formations established in 1943 Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom Rufforth