As a lad at Luton watching (and I think the name is correct) Albert Ball VC taxiing past the spectators enclosure during the mid 1970’s.

Horrendous Conway whine and the smell of kerosene! MARVELOUS!

Demise! Are you joking!

The airfield will, or has been sold. New owners want to re-create a Farnborough Biz Jet operation here. Money is available and facilities would be in place before the 2012 Olympics.

Serious money here, with serious intentions.

Now as to access to Controlled Airspace and the fact that a 10nm final is overhead Stansted. Could be the first approved Global Positioning approach in the UK (tear drop onto either runway).

http://www.aero-tv.net/index.cfm?videoid=00b0d640-e714-4b79-b17b-6f3b0f149c4d

I was at Orlando and was shocked to see a UPS taxi up to an adjacent gate, then de-plane passengers!

UPS used them at weekends to carry passengers, then converted them back to freight during the week. They operated from some pretty obscure places into Orlando.

Ace Freighters Connie on left base for 08 at Luton probably positioning in from Coventry?

Tiger Moth’s on tugging duty from Dunstable and then my first visit to Luton in July 1969.

Britannia was a quality airline with superb crew which probably accounted for their popularity, constant awards and accolades, but then came TUI!