TRISTAR and a varied saturday at pik

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By: Shadow1 - 30th December 2006 at 08:13

Fanatastic pictures of the Tristar. What an incredible aircraft it is! I had the opportunity to fly on one with BA to the Middle East in the early eighties. Smooth and comfortable flight all the way to our destination. I wish these aircraft would have lasted a little longer in service with European airlines.

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By: Ren Frew - 26th December 2006 at 07:45

Jamie …maximum of three of us…and we had the same on 747’s various types a Boeing 707(freighter) VC10’s and some lucky souls(not me:( )Concorde……. Good old BA 😀

I have about a minutes worth of footage of Concorde testing at PIK prior to full production. This was the version with the short tail cone and no front visor. Must pop it up on You Tube sometime….

The chap who gave it to me also managed to get on board a BA Concorde, training at PIK some years later in the Landor era.

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By: eastern wiseguy - 24th December 2006 at 05:33

Jamie …maximum of three of us…and we had the same on 747’s various types a Boeing 707(freighter) VC10’s and some lucky souls(not me:( )Concorde……. Good old BA 😀

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By: Jamie_787 - 23rd December 2006 at 22:32

I remember ….oh must be 1980….BA had just gotten their L1011’s.As a young (lol)air trafficker at Scottish Centre they invited us up on the training flights…3 hours of touch and go’s, engine failure after take off,….happy days…G BEAL if anyone is interested:o

How many of you went up on that thing ?. I would love to have been on it!

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By: 007peter - 23rd December 2006 at 20:50

Nice shots there! What happend to the L1011 on the last pic?

sam thats actually the firsr shot lol it had fire engines round it all day due to the smoke comming out the engines

just as a safety measure

thanks guys for the comments

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By: RingwaySam - 23rd December 2006 at 20:45

Nice shots there! What happend to the L1011 on the last pic?

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By: eastern wiseguy - 23rd December 2006 at 20:22

I remember ….oh must be 1980….BA had just gotten their L1011’s.As a young (lol)air trafficker at Scottish Centre they invited us up on the training flights…3 hours of touch and go’s, engine failure after take off,….happy days…G BEAL if anyone is interested:o

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By: Jamie_787 - 23rd December 2006 at 19:51

Great shots Peter. Gotta love that Atlas 747.:)

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By: Tartan Pics - 23rd December 2006 at 19:42

Good selection.Peter.
The 135 is a Legacy, it is a bizjet registered to Seafire Intrade and was registered on Dec.12th (c/n 145-00954)