My first ever airline flight was in a Vickers Vibrator of BEA to Gibraltar in the mid-'60s, which of course included a flight deck visit.
Around 30 years later, the 'Whispering Wareshouse' Merchantman variants were often seen at RAF Brize Norton, causing the more elderly folk around the station to go all misty-eyed at the sound of 4 x Tyne, so reminiscent of the Belslows of 53 sqn!