Originally Posted by
billyg
Or landing at Renfrew in 1965 (Tom Baillie pic)
Icelandair. They only had one Viscount, which ran from Reykjavik twice a week to Glasgow and Copenhagen, returning next day (so four Renfrew landings a week) and once a week day return to Heathrow. The latter took four hours each way, quite a run for a Viscount. They had lost a second Viscount somewhat earlier, and had to hang on to a DC-6B until their first 727 came.
Regarding Leeds and fog, a couple of years after the event above I did a Viscount day return from London. Outwards was OK, and I chanced upon a colleague on the same flight, but coming back to the airport in the evening the fog had come down and the inbound didn't make it in. Colleague there too, now with his client, and eventually told they were organising a coach to Heathrow. This seemed a bit tedious so the three of us cancelled our reservations, went out to the cab rank, and took one from there ... direct to Heathrow T1 car park. Poor driver, likely from Bradford if not Lahore, was rather lost, we had to give him cash for fuel on the way, and these were the times before the M25 round to Heathrow; fortunately we could give directions. Gave him a decent tip, but last saw him drawing (very) hesitantly away from the T1 set-down. Wonder how long it took him to get back.