By: beistrich - 12th September 2004 at 21:50
man you old :diablo:
but nice planes
By: Arabella-Cox - 12th September 2004 at 21:24
I wish I was around to see these things, I especially love the VC-10’s, and I love the Bristol Britannia!
By: cheesebag - 12th September 2004 at 21:07
Memories… Brings tears to the eyes.
By: Mpacha - 12th September 2004 at 20:30
South African Airways Viscount at Jan Smuts Airport……….
By: MSR777 - 12th September 2004 at 18:13
Thanks Steve, a real “memoryfest”! Sadly I can remember most of those except the Stratocruiser and Connie but I can remember seeing Britannias of British Eagle and Monarch. And I remember very well my long suffering father
driving me to STN to see the first Britannia Airways 737-200 doing “circuits” just before entering service, we were also rewarded that day by a visit by a Saturn Airways DC8-61 the first time I had ever seen one for real. More anytime please!
By: Guzzineil - 11th September 2004 at 19:40
yep Gatwick was great into the late 70’s/early 80’s as anything remotely interesting on a delivery flight used to route through there.. remember chasing down there late one night to see some Cuban Antanovs… made a change for a LHR spotter to see all the foreign charters.. CP Air + Capitol DC8’s, Evergreen C130’s, the regular Canadian AF C130/B707…etc etc etc those were the days, especially as I could get from LHR to LGW for 50p return on the greeline coach using one of their day rovers tickets – if you got up early enough you could ‘do’ LHR/LUTON/LGW/LHR on the bus in a day for 50p..
aaah..
Neil 😀 🙂 🙂
By: HP81 - 11th September 2004 at 13:51
Now you’re talking.
Gatwick in the late 60’s looks like heaven to me 😀
By: LBARULES - 11th September 2004 at 12:30
Brilliant thread, love the BOAC VC10 pictures.
By: Papa Lima - 11th September 2004 at 11:06
Many thanks for this thread, Steve, what memories it brings back! Especially when there were no restrictions for spotters at Heathrow and Gatwick, with Constellations and DC-7s by the dozen! BEA’s Comet 4s were the latest wonder in those days!
By: steve rowell - 11th September 2004 at 10:43
A few more
By: Sonnenflieger - 11th September 2004 at 10:35
Beautiful…..
By: ageorge - 11th September 2004 at 10:23
That’s the beastie PL !! 🙂
By: Papa Lima - 11th September 2004 at 09:49
Dan Air Comet at East Fortune
You mean this one!
By: ageorge - 11th September 2004 at 08:29
Brilliant Steve !! , the VC10 in the BOAC blue/gold scheme looks great and the Dan-Air Comet 4 is the sister of the one at East Fortune G-BDIX . Real aeroplanes with real character !! . 🙂 Any more ??
By: steve rowell - 11th September 2004 at 05:59
That’s a Bristol Brittania
By: Whiskey Delta - 11th September 2004 at 05:53
What kind of aircraft is that 4 engine turboprop?
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