Originally Posted by
22/04
Does anyone remember when those insane hours departures died out i.e. 00.20, 01.00 etc. I can remember hearing One-elevens rumbling off in the 70s just as I was settling down to sleep and arrivals around 08.00 as I was cycling up to the airport.
In '69/70/71 I lived on the Luton departure route to the Med and I worked shifts at London ATCC as an Air Traffic Control Assistant.
When at home, (just west of Bovingdon) we were often woken any time between 1 am and 5 am by Luton departures.
When at work, I would finish a 'first half' night shift at 3 am (starting at 8pm) with a Luton departure awaiting its slot time and get home just before 4 am in time to look east and see it climbing out of Luton.