EC-LNA Boeing 747-446 of Pullmantur went into Gatwick on the evening of 30/3 with a Monarch Flight number (MON329P)

The article clearly says it is not known whether ther is any link to the Government advice, so why assume it is

What she did was stupid and no one else can be blamed

If the Government told people to run across a busy motorway would they??

People need to be more responsible for their own actions

I really feel sorry for the poor lady but let’s not all blame someone else.

I hope she makes a speedy and full recovery.

Born in Glastonbury, near Yeovilton, family moved to a village called Butleigh, nearer to Yeovilton, when I was a baby. I grew up there then moved to Keinton Mandeville, a village nearer to Yeovilton, then moved within the village to a house about half a mile nearer to Yeovilton.
By the way, did I mention I live near Yeovilton?

So…any air bases near you???:D

Yes…a Beech 18

The BMA 707 seems to have an Alidair Viscount in the background which makes me think East Midlands???

Can anyone tie in that angle and fence at EMA

The Braathens 737 with Nimrods and hills in the background…Kinloss??

The first in Europe comment

Lufthansa were the launch customer for the Boeing 737 and received the first off the line..series 100s..D-ABEA was line#2

Britannia were the first in Europe with the 200 G-AVRL was line #38

A very rare machine in the early days as it was only Lufthansa, Aer Lingus and Britannia that were largely seen in the UK

Aer Lingus EI-ASA was line#147

So slow to sell, at one point Boeing considered abandoning the type:eek:

Can someone please tell me why so many film clips and pics show Constellations taxiing in with the crew door open??:confused:

As in the pic of the KLM above.

Oh I don’t know…I think the C-4 more exotic, a favourite of mine…well it just had to be with the sound of those Merlins.:cool:

I thought you’d not say that about your namesake:D

What must a 1,000 bomber raid have sounded like.

My late Mum experience those in the War and often mentioned them

She said the ground vibrated almost before you could hear the still some distance away sound and the again as they faded.

During the passing over you couldn’t really speak without directly looking at the person to aid with partial lip reading as one does in a noisy factory, but as she said, you can record and turn up the sound but nothing can describe the vibration where everything sort of ‘buzzed’, maybe not to a huge extent but you felt it through your body.

I never saw Yorks but I do have very clear memories as BM Canadair Fours passed over our school on take off, 500-600 feet (less sometimes), Merlins at full bore the thing clawing for altitude on a warm day.

The sound and smell is as much a part of the memory as the visuals..oh how I wish we could capture the whole experience…vibration too:(