Two "Blasts from the Past"....
Many years ago, [when El Al] had a scheduled service into Manch.....the El Al "Security Guards/Sky Marshals" were at the bottom of the steps....no airbridge then, and the Firemen drove past the a/c....on their "Birdscaring" run, popping away with their Very Pistols......next thing they know....several Uzis shoved through the windows....immediate brown undies
'tother one "Diversion Night"....I went down to the Airport to see Concorde, and took a mate....to take some photos, and nearly got arrested,"Security" Jobsworth [I
had a valid pass]....but "Apron"
had parked a Syrian Arab, Egypt Air, El Al and a Jordanian on adjacent gates.....in 1979[ish]
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