It seems a long time since I uploaded a picture of my 1/400th scale Heathrow model in the '60s, so following several requests, here are some more. It's about to get a complete revamp with photo-quality infrastructure..watch this space!
Busy day with lots of activity - great variety of sounds with jets, turboprops and pistons galore!
A BOAC 707 about to start its take-off roll on 28L
An Air France Caravelle heads the queue for departures, followed by a Pan Am Boeing 707, TWA Super Constellation and an Aeroflot IL-62 (sorry, no TU-104 model available in this scale!!)
A BOAC Britannia on finals inbound from New York
...and finally, here is what inspired me to capture all this in model form .
This is me (aged 11) on the roof gardens of Terminal 2 in 1961 with Loftleider DC-6 behind and lots of lovely BEA propliners! The wonderful '60s when you could take photos without a telephoto lens, no hassle,no terrorist threats and it always seemed to be sunny!
