I trust the PIC on that flight, is now engaged in less dangerous ground based duties;) If as stated in the article, the pilot admitted to not being clear where the start of the runway was, then surely with that level of uncertainty, that approach should have been abandoned. IMO it’s no sign of a bad pilot, to give up an approach that’s not working out quite as it should, and go around. The records are full of those pilots who did otherwise.

Courtesy of my partner, I gratefully received an iPad 4, a very real surprise, along with a beautiful 1/72 model of a Swissair DC7C, my all time favourite piston powered airliner. I also got a few vouchers from other loved ones, so all in all, a very nice Christmas for us both, made all the better by spending time with our respective families and friends.

Didn’t he also do Twizzle and Torchy the Battery Boy? And no, I’m not old enough to remember them first time around 🙂

A very sad piece of news indeed. As a master of his craft, he leaves us with a great legacy of marvellous childhood TV memories. Long live Stingray!,

RIP Gerry, and thanks. 🙁

I usually use the carrier of the country that I am visiting, where fares permit. A few years back, a group of four of us went on a ‘city break’ to Barcelonaand very nice it was too. We used Iberia, whereas the other two of the group, used Ryanair. Much to our amazement, and theirs, our fare was cheaper, by a good amount, we also got breakfast, and a newspaper, not essential, but welcome just the same:)

There are some absolutely priceless pic in this thread, I never get tired of seeing the vintage airliner shots. I feel very lucky to have got into the airline industry in time to work on the likes of Caravelles, Comets, DC8s, DC9s, Tridents, 1-11s, and so on.

Happy Christmas, and a great New Year, to all those who posted the wonderful pics throughout this thread, and to all the other members who, like me, read them 🙂

Great stuff, thanks for doing this, already programmed in my Sky+ box 🙂

All these are great photos and hark back to a rather more exciting era than the present. I love looking at them and many thanks for supplying them.

I have to say that the North Korean IL-62 is the best (hard choice, though). I wonder if it is still possible to fly on that very aircraft, if it were possible to get into North Korea and if one were brave enough.

Yup, Il62 P881 is still in service, well it was last month:)