I don't recall the landings so much - so perhaps they WERE good! - but the takeoffs were always smooth.
I travelled on a couple of Air Rhodesia (as it then was) in 1970. Then not again until about 1980 when my mother moved to the Isle of Man. This was before the RJ was devised and the Viscount was the only thing suitable for seat quantity and the Ronaldsway strip (IOM).
As a pax more used to jets, I found the departure from LHR
very smooth. It was such a gentle rotation that it was hardly noticeable. Rather missed them when Manx went over the 146 in (about) 1988. On the other hand, I shall never forget going from Salisbury (as was) to Joburg in 1970 and being unable to escape the thunderstorm and having to bash straight through at FL160.
