What was the difference between the Tudor and Ashton control wheels? 

Good to see that a few aerojumbles are being squeezed in before years end. The former RAF airbase is lovely to walk around, is the runway still active with gliders?

Yes the Caravelle was indeed a beautiful aircraft with unique teardrop shaped windows to draw the travellers gaze down to earth. It had the nose of the de havilland Comet although interior cockpit avionics were somewhat different. 

The cutaway models of the 1960’s and 1970’s era were beautiful works of art. As a child I always remember looking endlessly at a Panam DC8 cutaway model in the window of my local travel agents. Sadly travel agent models appear to be virtually extinct now. 

Anyhow fantastic model of the Sud est Caravelle

Do you have a photo Martynp?

Very interesting, Thankyou for the link

Thanks for the link Stratofrieghter, interesting read! Obviously I hope that the whole airframe can be saved (but seems unlikely at the moment) however the tail would make a mighty fine display unit on its own as per article. Hope at least the cockpit could be saved as well if they go for the tail option.

Yes spotting is certainly now the older mans sport. I popped into Manchester vieiwing park on Monday morning for a bit of nostalgia. I was the youngest spotter there at the age of 54! Everyone seemed older!

Anyhow the way I look at it is that spotting kept me out of trouble as a kid.  I thank spotting for me not getting a criminal record unlike many of my contemporaries from the same housing estate! 

Manchester Airport must now be one of the few places in the U.K with an area reserved  for spotters??