Well it’s in the British Isles but not in the U.K. since 1922 🙂

The Anglo-French nature of the project rules it out, surely

LHR perimeter fence

I always understood that fence was so flimsy so as not to add to the damage if an aircraft over-ran. As I recall it that particular bit was on a handy lay-by thing by a small electricity sub-station brick shed and right in line with 28L threshold

QUOTE=VeeOne;2002759]So the little perimeter fence was still there in 1974! I passed by Panama in 74 or 75. and
Saw a UTA DC8 at PANAM base.[/QUOTE]

Are these definitely by Wren or just in the style of Wren? Are they original artworks or prints or cards of some kind? The clouds in the Mosquito cartoon look a bit fancy and ‘Art deco’ for Wren. Ebay for these?

Here’s a shot with the Heathrow Southside wooden perimeter road fence VeeOne mentioned (Pan Am and Fields hangar visible, and BEA Vanguard freighters in the distance)

OD-ADG 1974

The Caledonian BAC-111 is particularly interesting because it may have been on a scheduled flight Gatwick-Lisbon-Las Palmas-Bathurst/Banjul(Gambia)-Freetown(Sierra Leone)-Accra(Ghana)…the UK-West Africa route was always a bit of a back-water and one BOAC weren’t much interested in. The Courtline stuff is good

Thanks for the heads-up…I shall watch it….perhaps ‘from when Britain TRIED to rule the skies’ is closer to what happened?

This pivotal moment in British manufacturing history offers a unique glimpse of an era when Britain ruled the skies.

MSR777….I would think the Deutsche Lufthansa versions are older and rarer and a bit hard to find?

longshot, I do indeed have one of those. I got it from a ‘flea market’ in Weisbaden Germany. The Polish stall owner had half a dozen or so of these, all with boxes. I’ve also got a 1/72 one, which I had made about 2 years ago. A fascinating aircraft.