it was all down hill since they withdrew their excellent long haul service from Manchester

just maybe someone will let them do a retro Britannia livery for a while too

shame they could not have used the art deco original terminal for one
since it closed mid 80s

planes with shutter doors only mean one thing
a return ticket only includes 1 take off and no landing!!!!!

Done many flights in the BAE Kingairs from Barrow, most of them unexciting but had a few that were more fun
Landing at Filton in a crosswind and getting a good view down the runway as the plane slid in sideways was one of them
an engine refusing to start once and then when it did 2nd time the resulting flames from the exhausts of the unburnt fuel from the 1st attempt
just to name a couple
oh yes and one day during descent past Blackpool a Typhoon popped up along side us, and then dipped underneath to the port side before igniting his burners and shoot off towards the Ilse of Man

It didn’t actually crash!!!!

ok i know not something one would be happy to photo
but i did an airport run for my wife’s friends one sunny summer morning in 1980s, Barrow to Ringway, if it had been the following day i would have been there as the airtours 737 disaster happened