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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th May 2024, 20:00
Replies: 71
Views: 19,331
Posted By WHBM

That's an interesting map of what the Airtours...

That's an interesting map of what the Airtours Comets were doing in 1971, especially some of the non-holiday destinations such as Prague or Madrid. My hunch is they could be the Student Charters...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th May 2024, 07:19
Replies: 52
Views: 3,004
Posted By WHBM

TransOcean was previously the quite substantial...

TransOcean was previously the quite substantial USA charter operator Gulf Air Transport. There's one of the 1980s JP Airline Fleets annual books with a front cover picture of the substantial Gulf...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd May 2024, 14:41
Replies: 52
Views: 3,004
Posted By WHBM

Yes they were, there was a small but steady...

Yes they were, there was a small but steady stream of tourism to the Soviet Union by various tour companies (Thomson were surprisingly well into it), especially in the 1980s, and these were long...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2024, 20:16
Replies: 45
Views: 4,171
Posted By WHBM

I did notice over the years various press...

I did notice over the years various press articles about the 747SP which turned out to be (maybe) inaccurate - possibly either hopeful PR people or journalist misunderstandings.

The original Pan...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2024, 19:41
Replies: 127
Views: 29,130
Posted By WHBM

I believe that Donaldson based a 707 at Glasgow...

I believe that Donaldson based a 707 at Glasgow around 1971, which operated a full summer holiday flight series from there to the Med. as they had done with Britannias previously. But the bulk of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2024, 11:32
Replies: 4
Views: 554
Posted By WHBM

The schedule times of UK holiday (and all other)...

The schedule times of UK holiday (and all other) flights in 1985-2005 are to be found in an annual publication called "Airport Times", by Airtime Publishing, put together by a group of enthusiasts...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Feb 2024, 19:03
Replies: 19
Views: 2,113
Posted By WHBM

Time after time there are incidents with...

Time after time there are incidents with entertainers, sports personalities, etc, who when starting to earn a bit have a "manager" in charge of arranging and booking private charter aircraft, which...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2024, 19:13
Replies: 76
Views: 7,540
Posted By WHBM

Yes, it was bought out by the various Emirates in...

Yes, it was bought out by the various Emirates in the early 1970s, probably at the time the registrations were changed from G- to local ones. Muscat I believe as A4O; the various admin tasks being...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2024, 10:06
Replies: 76
Views: 7,540
Posted By WHBM

Although the One-Eleven had separate designations...

Although the One-Eleven had separate designations for each customer, these didn't give any real indication of differences (or similarities) between them, which became relevant once they were moved on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2024, 23:33
Replies: 76
Views: 7,540
Posted By WHBM

BMA seemed to have a longer term arrangement with...

BMA seemed to have a longer term arrangement with Finnair, and various DC9s were passed back and forth, some operating for BMA with their titles but Finnish registrations. It helped that both had a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Dec 2023, 14:47
Replies: 76
Views: 7,540
Posted By WHBM

Yes, it was a Saturday daytime flight LGW-PMI I...

Yes, it was a Saturday daytime flight LGW-PMI I was on.

Surprising the other One-Eleven had not been sold on Saturdays, of all days in the week. Maybe it made some good money on ad-hoc subcharters.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Dec 2023, 22:59
Replies: 76
Views: 7,540
Posted By WHBM

Arrived at Palma in 1985, alongside was Airways...

Arrived at Palma in 1985, alongside was Airways Cymru One-Eleven G-WLAD. Tracing its details later, I found it was none other than onetime British Eagle aircraft G-ATPI, on which I made my first jet...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2023, 12:30
Replies: 454
Views: 219,725
Posted By WHBM

That's actually quite reasonable. It avoids the...

That's actually quite reasonable. It avoids the cumbersome 'he/she'. And if you stick with gender-specific, and say 'she' when relevant, and there is only one female pilot in the group, it...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2023, 18:54
Replies: 97
Views: 29,397
Posted By WHBM

Here at London City the weather was Broken at...

Here at London City the weather was Broken at 1,600 ft and pouring with rain. My garden path is flooded. As stated above, the top of The Shard (1,000 ft) was in it. All credit to the formation crews...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2023, 13:16
Replies: 43
Views: 15,629
Posted By WHBM

As seems to often be the case in military...

As seems to often be the case in military escapades in various parts of the world, the undisciplined yahoos from either side just get their enjoyment from blowing things up, regardless of any...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2022, 22:15
Replies: 80
Views: 23,077
Posted By WHBM

Just in passing, for those who haven't seen the...

Just in passing, for those who haven't seen the damage to PI in the 1968 Ambassador accident
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Sep 2016, 00:34
Replies: 45
Views: 11,144
Posted By WHBM

I went in this a few years earlier, on its more...

I went in this a few years earlier, on its more normal routing of LGW - Sondrestrom (Greenland) - Vancouver. I wonder if the return flight to Canada the day of your Dubrovnik trip was delayed so they...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2016, 23:01
Replies: 104
Views: 40,309
Posted By WHBM

Tridents, and indeed Comets before them, went to...

Tridents, and indeed Comets before them, went to all the eastern Med points, most commonly through Nicosia in Cyprus, also served nonstop by both types (Tel Aviv is actually visible on the horizon...
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