Originally Posted by
PrincePembroke
Pan Am flights to London Gatwick.
Can any of you chaps enlighten me as to the routes/dates that PAA flew to Gatwick?
I recall seeing B707, DC-10, TriStar, B727, A310 and A300 used over a number of years.
Would the A300 in 1985 have been from Germany?
I was told that PAA brought the first ever 707 into Gatwick in 1959 on a diversion (Heathrow?)
In September 1980 (or it might have been 1981) I came back from Mexico City on a PAA Tristar. The planned destination was LGW but in the event we diverted to LHR because of fog.
The flight in fact originated at Guatemala City, going via Mexico City and Houston. I remember the flight quite well as my mother-in-law got on at Guatemala and I joined her in Mexico. Landing at the "wrong" airport caused considerable panic in my wife and father who were meeting us - no moble phones in those days!
I'm sure the aircraft was a Tri-Star. I think the flight number changed at Houston-