Beaches of France by Connie

What a little gem – and the last couple of shots of the Connie are especially wonderful. It has such a personality! Will anyone in 50 years think the same of a 757 do you think?

What a magnificent aircraft. I’m not normally one for pining for the old days, but I would have loved to have been of flying age then.

That’s low level! Superb. Doubt whether there were any passengers on board. 😉

We had the Meteor NF 13, so it was a nice back seat ride.

Great trip for those with a seat on the left hand side. Not so good if you had a right side seat! But I suppose it was a return trip perhaps?

Super. Reminds me of when we would get the occasional lowflying authorisation. Can’t remember the height limitation, could have been 300 ft, but Joe reckoned that didn’t apply over the sea.

So, it was off down to Bawdsey at the mouth of the Deben, turn port about 100yards off shore and then swan up to Lowestoft at about 180 knots looking at life on the beaches from sea level. Then it was back inland at the briefed height back to Whatashame, made a bit of light relief from high level PIs and cine.

Incredible, be interesting to know if anyone took pictures or videos of the aircraft from the cliffs and beaches!

Well…. 1957 was pre-video, so I guess you meant movies! 🙂 I’ve been trying to discover if it was an ‘announced’ flight or not – from the note that goes with it, it suggests it was to celebrate entry into service. Can you imagine just sunbathing on the Cote d’Azur and have a Super Connie come screaming around a headland at nought metres?

Zut Alors!

(there’s also a nice bit of wing-flex in a couple of scenes!)

Incredible, be interesting to know if anyone took pictures or videos of the aircraft from the cliffs and beaches!

Cool… 😀