Originally Posted by
mephisto
*When a Stratocruiser (PanAm, I think) landed at Ringway people looked on in dread as it approached the runway in a nosedive. Not having seen a Stratocruiser before, it just did not seem right that its nosewheel should be the first to touch the ground.
Don't think Pan Am ever scheduled B377s to Manchester. BOAC did, but the mid-50s timetable says their B377s flew to Burtonwood rather than Ringway. Anyone got a timetable showing anyone's B377 at Ringway?
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ba57-03.jpg