I have fond memories of growing up next to Stansted Airport in the 1970’s. There was a lot of crew training, I particularly remember the Lloyd Britannia’s, Invicta Vanguard’s, QANTAS 707’s, CAAFU Doves and 748’s, Thurston’s Apache, as seen above in TCU’s post and the magnificent CL44’s of TMAC. The road from Takeley ended a few feet from the taxiway, from there you could watch all of the above at close quarters, plus Channel Airways Comets, Saturn C130’s and other good stuff.
Canadair CL44 G-AZIN at STN.