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January 14, 2012 at 5:18 pm in reply to: Couple of olduns #468793

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This thread has had almost 400 replies and almost 31,000 views. Just like other oldies threads we’ve had here.

It seems clear to me that old commercial aviation images and threads are of real interest compared to other threads and we should have a forum of our own. The Historic forum is really for military aviation.

How can we go about requesting a special civil/commercial aviation page?

January 8, 2012 at 10:21 pm in reply to: CAA check flight for Santa #407874

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😀

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50vE47DGEy4

He’d never pass the medical.

January 8, 2012 at 7:10 am in reply to: Couple of olduns #469312

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A few oldies from me too!

Heathrow 1978 looking toward 28R

Classic Gatwick ramp 1978

Heathrow BA Base – last months of the Super VC10s 1980

British Airways (BEA livery) Vanguard Merchantman departing 28R

British Airways 707 passenger arrival 28 left in 1979

BMA Viscount 800 arriving on 10left 1984

BMA Shorts 330 arriving on 28Right 1983

BCAL BAC One-Eleven 200 pushed back at Gatwick 1982

Air UK Shorts 330 at Stansted 1984

Air Malta Boeing 720b at 28Right departure 1983

Air France Airbus A300 (first model) in old livery at 28Left 1979

Flight One Twin Pioneer

January 8, 2012 at 6:27 am in reply to: Couple of olduns #469314

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Lovely pictures John..i’ve some from the fifties and sixties somewhere..i’ll have to have a search and see if i can scan them

I would love to see those photographs, Steve.

January 8, 2012 at 6:23 am in reply to: Cracks Discovered in the wings of A380 #557049

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Makes you wonder about the safety of this new composite wing design compared to the old and well understood metal-wing-with-spar system.

January 2, 2012 at 12:37 am in reply to: Miami last century #469731

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Some very lovely aeroplanes! Florida was always the place for exotic old generation types. Last century was clearly the best one for civil aviation. :rolleyes:

January 2, 2012 at 12:22 am in reply to: Afghan DIY Microlight #408415

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Interesting.
Although I agree, its odd that he feels his government should pay for his training. He built it himself, the government has no obligation.

I did pick up on this..

Is that true? How busy is Kabul?

Well it says ‘airspaces’ rather than airports, and I guess there is constant military activity, probably mostly helicopters.

Not exactly Chicago or Heathrow though. It sounds like media hyperbole to me, bigging up the story of a non-pilot flying a home-made aircraft in such a ‘busy’ airspace. Same sort of stuff they bring out when an aeroplane makes a successful forced landing and they report a crash, or crash-landing.

December 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm in reply to: General Discussion #278408

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Well, he WAS Kim Jong Il, now he’s Kim Jong Dead. That’s how it normally happens, Ill then dead.

December 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm in reply to: Kim Jong Il — Dead #1863517

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Well, he WAS Kim Jong Il, now he’s Kim Jong Dead. That’s how it normally happens, Ill then dead.

December 30, 2011 at 8:20 pm in reply to: Phantom Photos #1041223

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Not my pic but i just had to add it to this thread. It is an F4 undershooting at an air display. Apparently the pilot was in the process of adding full power.

December 20, 2011 at 8:46 am in reply to: Aerial photo of London Airport 1965 #470223

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I was brought 6 miles from Heathrow. Would catch the 237 bus and change at Feltham for the 285 to the centre. Could watch the planes from the waiting lounge at Terminal 1 all day if you wanted. Queens building had a chap who would give a commentary and tell you where the planes were going to in the summer. Dad used to drive me to Car Park 2 after tea for some spotting. What great aircraft they were. IL-62, Caravelles, CV-880 (Swissair)that made more smoke than everything else, etc.
When I lived at Sunbury we used to play football and cricket at the local rec. We were not old enough to have a watch in the early days, so when we needed the time in the summer, if the BOAC VC-10 went over us it was 6.30pm and the South African AW 707/747 meant we had to pedal home for tea at 7.00pm, they were that regular in those days. When we were older and allowed to stay out untill 8.00pm ! the Quantas 707/747 would go over at 7.55. A mad dash home was then made. If late we would say ‘not our fault Mum’ the plane was late ! Great days, and yes, that wooded fence was all there was between you and the planes, but I had no camera then, only bins.

What lovely memories! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Sarah

December 20, 2011 at 8:40 am in reply to: Aerial photo of London Airport 1965 #470225

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Sorry for the late response, but I have only just seen this thread.
I have this photo – actually it’s a postcard that frequestly comes up on E. Bay. I think you’ll find the aircraft in question is an Icelandair DC-6B, as these were still being operated into Heathrow until the late ’60s. SAS DC-6s were out of service by then. This shot was taken in October 1966.

That sure looks like it is the same aeroplane. I think the Iceair DC6 was replaced by 727 in the early 1970s. Thanks.

December 20, 2011 at 8:35 am in reply to: Light aircraft collision #408540

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Hope it happened at low level in a circuit pattern. Something like that happening at 2 or 3 thousand feet doesn’t bear thinking about. Aerobatic aircraft can just pop up under you in an instant. 🙁

December 8, 2011 at 12:52 am in reply to: Delta's Last DC-9's #558896

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Here in Europe the DC-9 wasn’t ubiquitous at all. Only a few of first tier airlines used the (Iberia, Alitalia, Finnair and SAS) but some small IT charter companies flew them. I once flew on a DC9 series 80 (md-80) and we enplaned by the rear airstairs, which was interesting. I flew on a Caravelle and a BAC-111, both of which had rear airstairs but, never in use.

The DC9 is one of those classic mainstay types that you think will always grace our airports. And if Boeing had not taken over McDonnell-Douglas maybe they would have stayed the course. Instead the 737 has become the beast of medium haul. 🙁

The airline livery I most liked was the US carrier Northeast when they had their ‘yellowbird’ yellow and white scheme on DC9 and 727 jets. That was a pretty paintjob that was copied by a UK airline, also calling itself Northeast Airlines in yellow and grey.

December 8, 2011 at 12:40 am in reply to: Piper Aztec query #408816

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G-ASND sounds like a PA23 Apache we had at White Waltham back in the 70s. A snub-nosed Aztec with less powerful engines. Blue cheat line.
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