Lusaka 1966 ish

[neilf92]

Might have been early '67 - can't remember exactly .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/NeilF92/15-02-2010152333-1.jpg

[Steve Bond]

Lovely shot! Any more?

[Fareastdriver]

Apparantly when they got airborne they had to check in with Salisbury FIS as they were the controlling authority for Rhodesia and Zambia.

[neilf92]

'fraid not - only memories of Jav 9's starting their take off runs heading the opposite way , wheeling round at high speed on the piano keys to launch down the runway with a few extra knots built up . That and a Caledonian Britannia landing short and emerging nose down from the dust to thump down safe on the runway threshold.

ref Salisbury ATC
Yes I've just been reading about that elsewhere - evidently they met up with Rhodesian Hunters and Canberras at the border quite often ( on a friendly footing I hasten to add!)

[treadigraph]

Ah, the late Ken FitzRoy wrote about taking RAF Brits down to Lusaka from Nairobi during that period, ferrying fuel and other sundries as I recall. Turning round at the far end of the runway after landing to see a BOAC VC-10 doing the same at the next turning circle.

I think 66 is indeed the year.

If you can find Ken's book "No Time on the Ground", it's a super read.

Great pic, thanks!