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September 27, 2003 at 5:08 pm in reply to: Flight report – Brit Air #649285

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Great report wysiwyg – I am always sympathetic to people travelling with young children. I remember one good put down when someone had written into a paper about screaming brats on aircraft. One of the replies to it was that “most children grow out of the whining stage but unfortunately not all” :p

September 24, 2003 at 10:20 am in reply to: Last call for Corgi airliners?? #651539

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Re: Last call for Corgi airliners??

Originally posted by Interflug62M
I have heard via a fellow collector that the Corgi Aviation Archive 1/144 airliner models are shortly to cease production to enable the company to concentrate on military types. Can anyone out there shed any more light on this rumour….A great loss if its true I think.

Thats a shame. They are my favourite models. I did buy a Vulcan but I preferred the airliners. I had always hoped they were going to be a bit more adventurous and do some of the older Russian airliners (TU 114 & IL18).

September 23, 2003 at 9:56 am in reply to: Rarest Piece Of Airline Memorabilia You Have? #651992

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Originally posted by Ren Frew
I just missed out on this nice postcard of GLA in the old days which sold on e-bay for £8.

Ren
I have a glossy booklet on Abbotsinch which I bought for 2/6 in July 68 when I was passing through there. There are a few colour photos in it but mainly black and white. The cover is loose but its still in good nick. I am going on leave on 13th October and if my flat is not rented by then I will dig it out of the attic and scan some of it for you (assuming you don’t already have a copy). I also have one of Manchester airport I bought there in 1969.

September 16, 2003 at 10:59 am in reply to: Rarest Piece Of Airline Memorabilia You Have? #659600

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I have a few things in my attic at home

Some used BEA tickets Heathrow-Edinburgh mid-late sixties

British United Airways flight mag from 1968

Three BOAC inflight menus London-Abu Dhabi & one London to Bombay (early seventies)

A BOAC booklet from 1971 advertsing the Seychelles

A 1950s BOAC wallet for travel docs

East African Airways folder which had in flight stuff in it (sadly lost now) from a trip in January 1971 Nairobi-Entebbe-Rome-LHR.

My BOAC junior jet club log book which lists my trips to Nigeria in the 1950’s giving the aircraft (Stratocruisers/Britannias/Comets) & registration, the route, Air Miles and signed by the Captain of each flight.

One thing I am pleased with is a Squadron Badge I bought from a crewman when The TU 95 first made its appearance at Fairford back in 1994(??)

September 14, 2003 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Closure of Gatwick Viewing Terrace #661962

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Same at Edinburgh – closure of a perfectly good viewing terrace. There is no question in my mind that BAA are anti -spotter/enthusiast but they forget that the young spotters of today are tomorrows travellers and the older ones are frequent flyers. Many is the time I have arrived early at Heathrow to go to the viewing terrace before catching my flight. Neither am I impressed by the “security” argument – if I wanted to use a rocket propelled grenade launcher or a shoulder launched missile the last place I would fire it from would be a busy spectators terrace. There are many airports on the continent that seem more than capable of accommodating spotters/sightseers.

September 13, 2003 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Pics Of My Belgium Holiday #663119

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Originally posted by Old Git
Nice set of photos Comet – I don’t know which I liked best – the beer or the aircraft.
Thats a beer I have not heard of – years ago I used to drink La Mot or Le Mot?? which I think is Belgian – nice beer too.

I know this is off topic Comet but I did a bit of research and I found a reference to it (La Mot) on http://www.beerhunter.com on a page by Michael Jackson entitled “The Family Business is alive again”. It was brewed in Mechelen but taken over by Interbrew so it has probably disappeared – Shame:(

September 13, 2003 at 10:17 am in reply to: Me Me Me Me #663388

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I am 51 in November (but still lots of fun as they say on Blind Date):p Reading some of the posts here I think I should be getting ready to make that journey accross the River Styx.

Happy Birthday to Everyone.

September 13, 2003 at 10:10 am in reply to: Pics Of My Belgium Holiday #663396

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Nice set of photos Comet – I don’t know which I liked best – the beer or the aircraft.
Thats a beer I have not heard of – years ago I used to drink La Mot or Le Mot?? which I think is Belgian – nice beer too.

September 11, 2003 at 8:56 am in reply to: Airports/Airfields visited #665965

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark L
[B]So no-ones been to Farnborough?

Spot on Mark – I also forgot Southampton, Bournemouth, Lydd,
Cork, Dublin, Mombasa :confused:

September 10, 2003 at 7:07 pm in reply to: Your local airport- most unusual visitor #666914

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There is a military base at Jeddah airport and quite a lot of military stuff goes in and out but I saw a Bregeut Atlantique going in one day but I dont know what nationality. I think they are flown by Germany, Netherlands, France, (Italy????) and Pakistan

September 10, 2003 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Airports/Airfields visited #666944

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I’ll have a crack from memory altho my USA “list” is pretty pathetic

UK

LHR/LGW/LTN/STN/MAN/GLA/PIK/EDI/Exeter/Lulsgate/Filton/
Plymouth/Southend/

I have not included GA/RAF/RN

EUROPE
Lisbon/Madrid/Malaga/Barcelona/ParisCDG/AMS/Rotterdam/BRU/
Zurich/Geneva/Rome/Athens(old)/Larnaca/Frankfurt/Dusseldorf

MIDDLE EAST
Beirut/Dubai/Abu Dhabi (old)/Fujairah/Dhahran(old)/Riyadh(old)/Jeddah (old and new)/Kuwait/Bahrain/Doha

ASIA
Bombay/Kuala Lumpur (old)/Singapore (old – Paya Lebar)/Hong
Kong (Kai Tak)

AFRICA
Kano/Lagos/Kinshasa/Douala/Nairobi (JK & Wilson)/Eldoret/
Malindi/Dar Es Salaam/Khartoum/Tripoli/Entebbe-Kampala/

SEYCHELLES

USA
JFK/LGA (Like I said not too impressive)
😀

SOUTH AMERICA
Buenos Aires (Ezeiza & Aeroparc)

September 10, 2003 at 8:36 am in reply to: Continental to launch new service to Edinburgh! #667986

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I am glad to see that Edinburgh is getting more international services. I agree with Renfrew that Edinburgh is definitely being favoured at the moment but I will say that for many years Edinburgh was in Glasgows shadow. I consider Turnhouse as my spiritual home having spent what seems like half my life spotting there (I even worked as a concrete labourer when they built the runway there in 75/76) and I always felt that BAA always used to spend the bare minimum on it (EG lack of a full length parallel taxiway). I also feel that one solution is for both airports to break away from BAA and operate independently. Still its a far cry from the days when all transatlantic flights had to arrive and depart from Prestwick for the whole of Scotland. I remember permission being granted for Two Pan Am 707s being given permission to fly to Edinburgh but having to transit through Prestwick

September 8, 2003 at 7:14 pm in reply to: BA – Saudi #670535

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The second part of your post is very well put Adrian. Its not often someone I don’t know will give me free booze for 5 hours!!!!!!!!

August 27, 2003 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Dresden Pictures #682696

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A nice little set of photos Martin. Was’nt Dresden in the old East Germany? I was expecting some old dilapidated terminal but it looks nice and modern.

August 17, 2003 at 12:18 pm in reply to: BA suspends Saudi Arabia flights…. #694558

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Despite the problems in this area, passenger numbers have been dropping for some time. Air France no longer fly to Jeddah and neither do Swissair (as it was). Lufthansa had a direct flight from Frankfurt but it is now routed through Riyadh. I flew back from here on 13th March and I counted 29 of us on the coach out to the aircraft. The reason is that there is no longer the money here that there once was and I know a number of people who have not had contracts renewed and left for good. A sign of the times here I am afraid and when you add the terrorist threat then numbers drop even more. Its a sod for me because I count the days to when I sit on the plane looking down after take off with a nice cool heineken in front of me. Saudia don’t serve alcohol. If BA don’t return in the near future I will have to look at the alternatives – maybe Cyprus Airways.
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