Recently I’ve been scanning and retouching many of my old negatives. After a while it struck me, that so many of the aircraft I had photographed in the sixties and early seventies were of British origin. Herewith a few samples of those great designs of the past.
By: RPSmith - 17th August 2005 at 11:30
grrrrreat – enjoyed them a lot
Roger Smith.
By: Barnowl - 17th August 2005 at 11:26
Jetstream Man, yes i know theres no Gloster Javelin there… i was just looking at my model one that i made a few weeks back whilst i typed…
BARNOWL
By: Jur - 17th August 2005 at 09:24
Thank you all for your kind responses. It’s very nice to discover that many on the Flypast Forum still enjoy seeing pictures from that era in aviation, especially since they were taken with relatively modest equipment. I started my training to become an air traffic controller in 1965, so I have very fond memories of that period.
By: 320psi - 17th August 2005 at 08:39
Excellent set of photo’s thanks for posting, love the Lightning’s behind the Victor shot
Thanks for sharing 😀
By: Steve Bond - 17th August 2005 at 08:17
Many thanks for a great selection of shots, bringing back a lot of good memories. I am sure I must have been standing next to you for some of them!
By: J31/32 - 17th August 2005 at 07:52
I echo your sentiments there Rlangham. I wish that i could have had the experience of looking up to see a Victor refueling two Electric Lightnings, or a Gloster Javelin breaking from the pack to go it alone somewhere. But i have to say, recently the sight i’m missing the most is the sight of a Concorde majestically coming into land- looking so much like an swan coming to land on a shimmering river. Yet another one bites the dust, before being covered in it from here to eternity because of stupid, spiteful people who cant sence the greatness of being the only country IN THE WORLD with a supersonic airliner. That was our chance to be different; to be revolutionary. But no.
BARNOWL
If you’re referring to the pictures, there isn’t a Javelin there. Just being picky! Still got my goat up about a pic in a monthly high profile mag labelling a 777 as an A330!
If you’re inferring you’d like to see a Jave irrespective of the pics, form a queue behind me for that one! 🙂
J man
By: Hi-Octain - 16th August 2005 at 23:48
’72 IIRC BUCC’s Staging thru Gan VICTOR Full Load Fuel Takes off , good we had no perimiter fence. Would have been in the Vic gear. Got altitude beyond the horizion.
Superb
By: Hi-Octain - 16th August 2005 at 23:43
Some good memories here. I had some good times at Marham with the Victor fleet, only down side was sending of a tanker every time a Lightning started up at Binbrook. Operation Tansor I think it was called, when they went to intercept the Russian Bears over the sea.
AF
Some Brill Pics In Air Clues that year( of the Bear tat is)
By: dhfan - 16th August 2005 at 23:34
Wonderful pictures, thanks for our heritage.
By: Avro's Finest - 16th August 2005 at 21:09
Happy days
Some good memories here. I had some good times at Marham with the Victor fleet, only down side was sending of a tanker every time a Lightning started up at Binbrook. Operation Tansor I think it was called, when they went to intercept the Russian Bears over the sea.
AF
By: AndyG - 16th August 2005 at 21:01
Interesting to see the hay making going on right next to the runway!
Can’t see a tractor and bailer being allowed to operate at Heathrow these days?
By: Seafuryfan - 16th August 2005 at 20:22
An excellent selection of photos, Jur – thanks for posting. I’m sure you have many more gems. Your future posts are eagely awaited.
By: HP81 - 16th August 2005 at 20:18
What a great selection of photographs.
I remember the Channel Comets & I have worked on CL44’s & Belfasts, but I would have loved to have seen & heard the Viking & Ambassador in action.
By: Bruggen 130 - 16th August 2005 at 20:00
Absolutly marvellous, thanks for posting 😀
Phil.
By: Jur - 16th August 2005 at 19:40
And some more………. 🙂
By: Papa Lima - 16th August 2005 at 17:55
2000 thanks from a very satisfied Flypast Forum customer for some beautifully presented and nostalgic photos!
By: Barnowl - 16th August 2005 at 17:36
I echo your sentiments there Rlangham. I wish that i could have had the experience of looking up to see a Victor refueling two Electric Lightnings, or a Gloster Javelin breaking from the pack to go it alone somewhere. But i have to say, recently the sight i’m missing the most is the sight of a Concorde majestically coming into land- looking so much like an swan coming to land on a shimmering river. Yet another one bites the dust, before being covered in it from here to eternity because of stupid, spiteful people who cant sence the greatness of being the only country IN THE WORLD with a supersonic airliner. That was our chance to be different; to be revolutionary. But no.
BARNOWL
By: Ole - 16th August 2005 at 17:25
If you want to see British aircraft of the fourties in Turkish markings go to this URL
http://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/TURKISH%20FORCES%202004/PHOTO%20ALBUM.htm
Regards
Ole
By: Rlangham - 16th August 2005 at 17:00
Very nice, there superb, i love cold war aircraft but sadly i was only born in time to watch them in museums
By: Jur - 16th August 2005 at 16:54
And a few more from those glorious days.
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