Fascinating pics! I really used to like those BEA Vanguards, in fact any of BEA’s types looked good in that ‘red square’ livery. The BEA Vanguards used to do their ‘circuit training’ at STN, which used to bring them directly over our house, at about two thousand feet, sometimes it appeared to be lower! Other ‘trainers’ we used to see were BOAC VC10s, 707s, BEA Argosys, but not that frequently, and the Trident. We also used to see the Ghana Airways VC10 quite often, and even the occasional Qantas 707. Reference any 707s that used to pass over our house, it appeared that this used to be the point at which the u/c would be lowered, and I can remember how fascinating it used to be seeing the doors opening and closing during the process as it thundered overhead. I often used to wonder wether the Ghana flights were BOAC training the Ghana Airways crews, maybe the same for the Qantas visits?

Very nice Cubana:)

Lovely shots Josh. Nice to see some liveries that we don’t often, if ever, see here. Love that Il96, still not sure about that current Egyptair scheme.;)

That 757 is definitely a looker:)

Interesting shot Sarah. The KC135 is fundamentally different from the 707 that we know and love. One major difference is the fuselage width, which is narrower. I’ve also read that the alloy used in their construction is different. The dimensions of the KC135 are broadly the same as those of the original design of the 707. The 707s revised fuselage width was in response to a request from Pan Am, for a wider cabin to match that of the DC8.

Never known you to be out of your depth yet Sarah:) None of us here ever know everything. longshot, do u know of any other differences between the 135 and 707? Other than the 135s fewer cabin windows!:)

Neil.

Its actually LBG!!

I do beg your pardon………so busy ‘soaking up’ that Gulfstream, I missed your caption;)

Very nice shots, especially that Gulfstream. Not often we see pics from CDG.

farnboroughrob, reading your post was just like reliving my own happy times on the roof terrace, nice to see that I was not alone, halcyon days indeed. I will never forget the thrill of seeing my beloved Tupolevs and Ilyushins for real, and not in books or slides. Seeing the big name airlines like Pan Am, TWA, PIA, Egyptair, Olympic, JAT, Finnair, Sudan etc. It was nice too, to see these exotic airliners from the four corners of the world, that were given names relating to their homelands or national heroes. I can still remember the first Egyptair A300 that I saw, my log shows it as being named Seti 1. Sarah, I’m pretty sure that the DC6 or 7 in the pic is SAS, but it would be nice to know for sure, wouldn’t it?