LHR 1986

……a final few from Heathrow in the 70’s; if somebody wants to do a bit of research and nail the date, that Seaboard World 747 was the first revenue earning flight out of LHR by a pure 747 freighter (or so I was told).

Priceless images. We used to handle that Biman 707 S2-ABN on its maint visits to STN back in the 80s. Also never noticed before the different title style used on the two Aeroflot IL62s as well as the flag sizes.

Lovely! I remember some of them classics.

….and a few more…..

I have about 60 or so slides taken from the Queens Building, dating from the mid-70’s period. If anyone is interested I will try to scan and post – but, be warned, the quality can best be described as indifferent (and I’m no good with Photoshop).

I’ve scanned some of the slides mentioned above – a slight degree of editing has taken place, but there’s lots of ‘debris’ on some of the images which I haven’t attempted to remove. There’s also considerable grain in some shots where I was using an early 400 ASA slide film. These were taken using a humble (i.e. cheap) Russian Zenit SLR camera with an inexpensive telephoto.
Enjoy, if you can.

Please post more! I used to visit Heathrow regularly during this time. Even though I was in my 6th year of aviation employment at EGSS it was still a thrill to see the huge variety at LHR compared to our diet of Air UK SD330/360 and F27s! I had forgotten how cool that Libyan Arab livery looked.

Happy days.
I spent many a happy day there with my dad up there on the Queen’s Building. We used to go very regularly.
Oh the days when you could get in the middle and watch the planes go by. Then they started to shrink the space and finally closed it. 🙁
Any more please?

I have about 60 or so slides taken from the Queens Building, dating from the mid-70’s period. If anyone is interested I will try to scan and post – but, be warned, the quality can best be described as indifferent (and I’m no good with Photoshop).

I was 14 at the time, my most active year of spotting!

Happy days.
I spent many a happy day there with my dad up there on the Queen’s Building. We used to go very regularly.
Oh the days when you could get in the middle and watch the planes go by. Then they started to shrink the space and finally closed it. 🙁
Any more please?

Great shots, esp. the DLH B722!

6 Years before I was born… :rolleyes:

And these photos were taken just a matter of days after I was born 😉

This was the year I started taking an interest in aircraft.I remember so well the 737-200s and the 1-11s and Dc-9s.Great days and great planes! Its such a shame airlines like JAT and BCAL are no longer with us

BEFORE YOU WERE BORN????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know how to hurt a man:(
Thanks for the coments all, I will be posting more over the months. Most of my pictures are from airshows and museums though.

Rgds Cking (Feeling very old)

Aw Dont worry Cking … Its Just A number 😀

Great shots, esp. the DLH B722!

BEFORE YOU WERE BORN????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know how to hurt a man:(
Thanks for the coments all, I will be posting more over the months. Most of my pictures are from airshows and museums though.

Rgds Cking (Feeling very old)

6 Years before I was born… :rolleyes:

BEFORE YOU WERE BORN????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know how to hurt a man:(
Thanks for the coments all, I will be posting more over the months. Most of my pictures are from airshows and museums though.

Rgds Cking (Feeling very old)

1986 was just like yesterday…i don’t think they qualify for Historic yet!!!

I see a T3 in the engine detuners (trust me)……..nice stuff though Mr P brings back many happy memories of the Queens Building including the restruant!! with airline flags hanging above,i was 18 then lol.

Fantastic, don’t ever hide these in the historic section!

Not an Airbus in sight.

Had no complaints yet ;), awesome selection :D.

Not an Airbus in sight.

Do you have any more of this era Cking?

1L.

Fantastic! I love seeing old photos of Heathrow.
I dont suppose you have any photos of planes landing on runway 23 by any chance?