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May 27, 2011 at 2:27 pm in reply to: St Maarten …. 36 hrs …. WoW #486290

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Wow, what a lovely place to take photographs. Super light and angles! Thanks for posting. 🙂

May 27, 2011 at 2:21 pm in reply to: BEA Vanguard PR photos #486296

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Why isn’t there a Vanguard at Duxford? There isn’t one, is there?

I took this photo as a child outside the fence…

British Airways Merchantman…

May 26, 2011 at 8:10 pm in reply to: Retro Airport Scene photos #486496

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[QUOTE=longshot;1750522]QUOTE]
Very interesting photographs! I think the Vanguards are ex-Air Canada airliners. I saw one in Air Canada livery at Southend in 1972. Love the Carvairs.

Sad to see the BEA Vanguard being dismembered at BEA Maintenance. Nice photo though, longshot.

London Airport photo…

Here is an ‘arty’ photo I took in the 1970s – I wish I’d widened the view! This is an Air France A300, a Libyan 727 and an Icelandair 727-100…

May 26, 2011 at 12:46 am in reply to: Boeings in the mid-1980s #486510

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I remember that Mustang well. It was made by the same company that used to have a store within the Sheraton Skyline Hotel on the Bath Road, on the perimeter of LHR. In those days they were known as Executive Display Models, and latterly Collectors Aircraft Models, until that folded earlier this year. In fact, it was still visible on Google Earth sitting on its plinth amongst a lot of ‘crap’ until the LHR images were updated. It probably now hangs in one of the numerous building workers portacabins on the site:(

Sounds likely. I never understood what it was for, what it was doing there. It was out of context to me.

May 26, 2011 at 12:19 am in reply to: Douglas DC-10 – the second Jumbo #486710

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Peter, Love the Condor DC-10 photo. A very good selection, guys. 🙂

Longshot, those two DC-10s were also used into Heathrow in the second half of the 1970s prior to 747s being introduced. 🙂

May 25, 2011 at 1:34 pm in reply to: Boeings in the mid-1980s #486786

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Vee One. I used to go with my Dad from the 1970’s very regularly. Used to visit my Nan and on the Saturday morning we’d jump on a number 140 bus and with our packed lunch and flask watch the planes all day…
You remember the mustang model on a pole in a garden visible from the QB? I wonder what happened to that?
When we used to go see my other Nan (Maternal) it was a trip to Luton!! Used to get all sorts of gems in there…

Now that you mention it I remember that big model mustang. It probably got dumped. It was too big for someone’s living room!

May 24, 2011 at 5:21 pm in reply to: Douglas DC-10 – the second Jumbo #486955

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Malaysian and Iberia DC-10-30s departing 10R…

May 23, 2011 at 11:31 pm in reply to: Retro Airport Scene photos #486987

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Thanks Peter

Has anyone noticed the vehicles in 1960s photos? Sometimes they look really old but the aeroplanes don’t have the same aged look. The BEA bus in Peter’s photo looks old to me. If you see photos of the BEA and BOAC vehicles in 1960s airport photos at London Airport they look like 1950s designs too. Maybe this indicates just how far back our nostalgia is taking us?

May 23, 2011 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Boeings in the mid-1980s #486989

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Britannia was a launch customer for the 737-200

That is surprising!

I would have guessed (wrongly) Lufthansa, but of course they bought the -100 series. They clearly didn’t have a primary US carrier supporting that design then. I guess with the Boeing 727-20 and the DC9 other airlines had already ordered that range/load type.

May 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm in reply to: General Discussion #324753

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– Find a door to airside and go around kicking aircraft tyres.

– Get a copy of the Koran and start chanting god is great in arabic.

Both of these will make a long delay become interesting in no time!

May 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm in reply to: What to do while you're waiting for a flight delay. #1862813

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– Find a door to airside and go around kicking aircraft tyres.

– Get a copy of the Koran and start chanting god is great in arabic.

Both of these will make a long delay become interesting in no time!

May 23, 2011 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Curse this wind ! #413426

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Who was the idiot who voted for that ? I expect there is EU monkey-business going on somewhere. They have messed around with it, and now someone has broken the wind.

They should set the wind back to what it was.

I think if the UK leaves the EU everything will return to normal. 🙂

May 23, 2011 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Boeings in the mid-1980s #487169

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I flew on a Britannia 737-200 as a child just after they were introduced. At Luton the Britannia 312 fleet was parked up wfu and we could see it from the aircraft. But I doubt any museum like Duxford would have considered it a contender to save, not being a British design. If I had a choice I would go with saving the original 737 livery with the large Britannia One Penny ‘coin’ on the fin. The Bristol Britannias only had this in a small size.

IL62M…
I liked that JAT livery too. 😉

Arm Waver…
I think everyone who expereinced the full Queen’s Building viewing area and its relaxing and welcoming feel to the general public and families visiting the airport looks back with fond memories of such a fantastic place to go on a sunny summer’s day. The first time I went there was in 1968 as a child with my mother and my brothers in the summer holidays. I couldn’t believe aeropanes were so big! I remember the wonderful all around view from the highest point above the queens building, and the enthusiast’s shop below it was like an Alladin’s Cave of stuff airline and airport.

Then we all trouped across a bridge-like walkway onto the top of Terminal 2 and there was a little shop selling ice-creams, which I liked also. And everywhere there were seats, some even in wind-protected alcoves. And there was a cafe in which people could sit inside and watch the movements when it was not so nice outside.

Sweet days.

May 23, 2011 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Soviet Jets before the wall came down #487173

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Great photos EC.

I would guess a lot of the 154 pictures were after the wall came down?

What amazing liveries these new airlines used!

Here are a couple of early 1970s LOT Polish jets…

Tupolev 134 at Sofia with IL-18 behind it 1971…

Original IL-62 livery for LOT Polish Airlines Heathrow 1972

May 23, 2011 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Boeing 707 at the end of its life #487177

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What a lovely set of 707s – thanks for posting them. 🙂
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