Learjet50,
nope...don't remember Harry, Bess or anyone with a BubbleCar.
Martin Driver, yep remember him.
I remember the Av. society starting, but not the name of Terry Priest.
I do remember Dave Lomax.
And of course "Walton"!
Other names have now sprung to my mind...
Paul Caine, lived in Wythenshawe.
Jack Duffield, as well as a spotter he was something to do with a footy club - Macc or Droylsden. He worked in the offices between Airport Hotel and the original roundabout.
Peter Boardman, the lad with Robin Day type spectacles and damaged fingers.
Doug and Clig Pearson.
A tall lad from Styal, bit of a hippy, always bought "Flight" magazine whereas we all bought Air Pictorial. He had a scope rather than Bins.
David Bird.
Steven Swift.
Do you remember a bloke called Wallace Gandy? I think that was his name. Very tall, specatacles. He had a White Fiat 128 with a reg. something like GED 33L.
As for the Ball brothers, I remember Steve more than Geoff. Steve worked at Woodford and would tell us which 748's were on flight trials, they were all on "G" construction numbers but we allowed ourselves to cop the first Registration. Like we were ever going to see a Columbian 748 in it's natural habitat :-)
I remember going to a few "Do's" in the Rendesvous suite. I presume that has long gone now.