Midland 331 - how about going the other way - or was it over the Pole (the man on 120 decimal 4 to advise), but Japanair DC-8's used to come over lower than just about anything else and then, still going west, the
VIASA DC-8's to Caracas never seemed to clear the Castle by a lot.
Pax Britannica - don't think there were Springbok 747-100's? Started with
-200's and if they did go Jo-burg non stop it sure was a long one as if memory serves me right, they could not overfly most of the African continent in those days and used to Tech stop in Las Palmas???? Until they got the 747SP?
Come on, what about the Russians, althought they had the IL-62 by then, they still used the TU-104 as well. What a great bomber. When did all outlying ATC units give up reporting eastern bloc departures to LATCC
It was funny seeing a crew member sat in the bomb aimers slot in
civilian 134's
