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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2018, 13:37
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

If only BAA had portrayed the third runway as a...

If only BAA had portrayed the third runway as a "safety realignment of 23" rather than a "new" third runway, they would have gained about 20 years over the HACAN lot.




Article in Propliner...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2010, 21:17
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Capot : Here's the pic on line elsewhere. ...

Capot :

Here's the pic on line elsewhere.

London Heathrow Airport History (http://www.airwise.com/airports/europe/LHR/LHR_07.html)

Good on your dad for his Lanc trips (mine was on Halifaxes,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2010, 12:24
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Capot : It's a well-known photograph which...

Capot :

It's a well-known photograph which has appeared in several places. I believe it was featured as a still in the TV programme made in 1996 for Heathrow's 50th birthday. It also appeared in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2010, 10:38
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Presumably nobody dared to do that to O P Jones !

Presumably nobody dared to do that to O P Jones !
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Sep 2008, 06:54
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

You couldn't drive your car through, but public...

You couldn't drive your car through, but public buses used it. Especially after T4 opened a number of bus routes went from T4 to the Central Area this way. There was a gateman at a barrier who let...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2008, 18:55
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

The A1 nonstop bus from Hounslow West station to...

The A1 nonstop bus from Hounslow West station to the Central Area started in about 1969, and ran until the Underground was extended about 10 years later. They used old London single-deck buses from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2008, 12:40
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Amos Keeto : Looks like a great model. Would...

Amos Keeto : Looks like a great model.

Would an Air France Connie and the 727 in the background have been there at the same time ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Aug 2008, 14:27
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

A4 Colnbrook bypass opened 1929. 3 lanes, 36 foot...

A4 Colnbrook bypass opened 1929. 3 lanes, 36 foot wide road was common rural main road specification from the late 1920s until 1950s. Yes, it was rural then.

Great West Road, alias the Hounslow...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Jul 2008, 11:23
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

You wait - before long it will be "Tugs that used...

You wait - before long it will be "Tugs that used to push me back ....." :)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jul 2008, 20:56
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Too easy for us lot :) Heron = G-ALDO. New...

Too easy for us lot :)

Heron = G-ALDO. New July 1950, sold to Airwork September 1957.
Hestia = G-ALDT. New September 1950, sold to Skyways February 1955.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jul 2008, 13:45
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Diddy : The area on the northern edge of the...

Diddy :

The area on the northern edge of the airfield you describe is that known as "Northside". This was the original terminal area from the day Heathrow opened, and they were still all in tents,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jul 2008, 11:44
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Here's an oddball sidetrack for those who...

Here's an oddball sidetrack for those who remember the somewhat strange looking custom-built road coaches that BEA used from Heathrow to Central London, a fleet of 65 in all. They were owned by BEA...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2008, 19:48
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

Modelled on BOAC Captain O. P. Jones I believe.

Modelled on BOAC Captain O. P. Jones I believe.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2008, 14:45
Replies: 214
Views: 121,389
Posted By WHBM

The original plan was the 6 star-shaped runways...

The original plan was the 6 star-shaped runways on the present site, and another three proposed north of the A4, which of course were never built. The 6 runways was not completed for some years,...
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