Originally Posted by
Airbanda
I think the LH gasometer has been demolished, or will be shortly.
There used to be a similar one in in South Harrow with NO lettering. The lettering was added following a number of incidents where aircraft mistook Northolt's runway for 23.
Pan Am famously landed a 707, N725PA, at Northolt in 1960.
From an earlier thread here:
The Captain of the Pan Am B707 which landed at Northolt instead of Heathrow was (allegedly) asked by ATC for his intentions. "I guess I'll take up Chicken Farming" was the reply.
Boeing 747 Dreamlifter lands at wrong airport