Mods – this thread has long since given up being about Historic Aviation (if ever it really was), I feel it’s more appropriate in General.

Scans from prints – Skeeter at Hatfield, sometime in the 80’s; big Russian jobby at Farnborough in the 90’s

Cranfield, sometime in the 90’s

Vamps & Venoms scanned from prints – nothing too old, though

……a final few from Heathrow in the 70’s; if somebody wants to do a bit of research and nail the date, that Seaboard World 747 was the first revenue earning flight out of LHR by a pure 747 freighter (or so I was told).

I have about 60 or so slides taken from the Queens Building, dating from the mid-70’s period. If anyone is interested I will try to scan and post – but, be warned, the quality can best be described as indifferent (and I’m no good with Photoshop).

I’ve scanned some of the slides mentioned above – a slight degree of editing has taken place, but there’s lots of ‘debris’ on some of the images which I haven’t attempted to remove. There’s also considerable grain in some shots where I was using an early 400 ASA slide film. These were taken using a humble (i.e. cheap) Russian Zenit SLR camera with an inexpensive telephoto.
Enjoy, if you can.

Happy days.
I spent many a happy day there with my dad up there on the Queen’s Building. We used to go very regularly.
Oh the days when you could get in the middle and watch the planes go by. Then they started to shrink the space and finally closed it. 🙁
Any more please?

I have about 60 or so slides taken from the Queens Building, dating from the mid-70’s period. If anyone is interested I will try to scan and post – but, be warned, the quality can best be described as indifferent (and I’m no good with Photoshop).

12.45hrs today Spitfire with invasion markings over Welwyn G.C. heading S.W.