My one and only flight from Luton Airport was on the 2nd June 1973 on board a brand new Court Line Aviation Lockheed Tristar bound for the Paris Airshow.
I have two very vivid memories of this flight. First the taxi to the runway seemed to go along a cliff edge. The aircraft stopped short of the runway waiting for a landing aircraft. From my window seat I could see a huge factory in the valley way below and remember thinking that I would not feel safe working there. Secondly, the loud 'sawmill' sound of the engines at take-off power. A truly magnificent experience for the time.
I am certain of the date as it was the day before the Russian TU144 crashed. I had returned home and just sat down to watch Raymond Baxter present Airshow when the crash happened.