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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Aug 2017, 16:54
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Got a few hours in that in and out of Ringway!...

Got a few hours in that in and out of Ringway! Used to go meat bombing in it at Burscough, flying out from Ringway early in the morning tanking fuel which was off loaded at Burscough for use during...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2017, 11:33
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

You might have pointed out that the above vid is...

You might have pointed out that the above vid is on a flight sim, not real.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jan 2014, 13:40
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Ah yes! Who remembers the old Swordfish (I think...

Ah yes! Who remembers the old Swordfish (I think - there wasn't much left of it) on the dispersals to the right of that picture, past the radar head, by the road than followed the southern boundary?...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Dec 2013, 17:11
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Yup, all Concorde and Nimrod tours except the...

Yup, all Concorde and Nimrod tours except the 'short tours' (20 minute £5 non-cockpit non-bookable look-see for the kids) include parking all day.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Dec 2013, 15:18
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Yes, the 200 bus runs hourly Wilmslow - Styal...

Yes, the 200 bus runs hourly Wilmslow - Styal Mill - Airport bus station - Runway Visitor Park (RVP) and return. In addition, the 88 bus runs hourly in each direction Altrincham - Wilmslow -...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Dec 2013, 19:30
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

I was working in Heaton Mersey in '83. We all...

I was working in Heaton Mersey in '83. We all went out of the office and up onto the hill at the edge of Heaton Mersey park, overlooking Vale Road, to watch the 747 with the Space Shuttle on top fly...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Dec 2013, 17:58
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Ah yes! the '10 years of Concorde at Manchester'...

Ah yes! the '10 years of Concorde at Manchester' do back in November under G-BOAC in her purpose-built hangar. That was a superb evening!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Dec 2013, 10:37
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

I remember most of what Fly By mentions, though...

I remember most of what Fly By mentions, though by those years I was working so most of my Ringway memories are earlier. I used to cycle to school from Sale to Hale Barns and the aircraft in those...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Oct 2008, 20:16
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Ah, that photo of the chandeliers in T1, with all...

Ah, that photo of the chandeliers in T1, with all the airline logos on the plaques around the top of the walls as well! How stylish airports were back then, and how permanent were the airlines.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Oct 2008, 21:00
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Mephismo - that brings back lots of memories for...

Mephismo - that brings back lots of memories for me. We used to cycle to the 06 end, on Altrincham Road near the 'level crossing gates' across the road that were closed for 06 arrivals. The road was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Apr 2008, 13:18
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

The Allcock & Brown statue is still there - on...

The Allcock & Brown statue is still there - on the upper floor at the rail station end of the 'Skylink'. The Parachute Regiment memorial stained glass window is in the T1 chapel.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Apr 2008, 22:49
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Don't forget those wonderfully noisy Spantax...

Don't forget those wonderfully noisy Spantax Coronados!

That VC10 pic takes me right back. BOAC Cunard - what a wonderfully gracefull aeroplane, if a tad loud with four Speys! But strangely, the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Mar 2008, 21:44
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

To bring this up to date, last Friday (14/03/08)...

To bring this up to date, last Friday (14/03/08) was the last day of operation of the TAS Tour Centre in T1. Redevelopment of T1 will subsume it, and all tour ops are moving across to the AVP....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2007, 11:57
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Ah, the 'Grab a Granny' night at the Vally Lodge...

Ah, the 'Grab a Granny' night at the Vally Lodge - remember them well! Also remember the old Valley Lodge, which I think burned down. The new hotel was probably built about the same time as the new...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2007, 11:54
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

Just near that big radar head (where the VOR is...

Just near that big radar head (where the VOR is now) were some old dispersals, one of which had the remains of a Swordfish on it.

Remember cycling round there one day and seeing the remains of an...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2007, 21:26
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

The apron between was used by the Auster G-AGXN...

The apron between was used by the Auster G-AGXN for pleasure trips - its nice to see that she is still in good shape at Popham.

My first ever flight was from Ringway. I think it must have been...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2007, 16:22
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

I can remember as a yoof going to the airport for...

I can remember as a yoof going to the airport for a post-booze coffee circa 1971 and wandering not only down the piers, but through the un-manned gates and out onto the apron under the parked...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2007, 21:50
Replies: 236
Views: 116,126
Posted By Shaggy Sheep Driver

No, but I do remember a Saturday afternoon visit...

No, but I do remember a Saturday afternoon visit of our Scout troop to the Tower VCR circa 1968. Sat at the PAR screen and watched the only arrival coming in in the hour or so we were there - A BEA...
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