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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Sep 2017, 21:18

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Northolt

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The Dragon Rapides are from the 10 minute...

The Dragon Rapides are from the 10 minute joy-riding operations of Island Air Services, which departed from a ticket hut in the spectators enclosure (I have read). These ran in the 1950s, and at...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Sep 2017, 17:35

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Northolt

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Posted By WHBM

I seem to recall there were still an array of...

I seem to recall there were still an array of grey-painted huts in this location in what I am guessing was 1983. One of them had an aviation bookshop (maybe LAAS), which I think only opened weekends....

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Sep 2017, 22:13

Replies: 27

Northolt

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Posted By WHBM

An article in, I think, Propliner magazine, by...

An article in, I think, Propliner magazine, by someone who was staff there in this era, described the operation. BEA used the buses they owned for Central London transfers to operate out to the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Sep 2017, 10:04

Replies: 27

Northolt

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Posted By WHBM

BEA ops started to be transferred to Heathrow...

BEA ops started to be transferred to Heathrow earlier than that, the first few operations were there in 1951. The "Silver Wing" lunchtime service to Paris was among the first to run from there, the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Sep 2017, 11:26

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Northolt

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Posted By WHBM

G-AGYX was one of the longest serving Dakotas...

G-AGYX was one of the longest serving Dakotas with BEA, from being transferred over from BOAC when the airline was formed in 1946, it lasted to 1961 when it was sold to Autair. I think I can just...

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