Ah, happy days at Gatwick. I was working for Dan-Air in the early 1970s. The crew room was under the far finger at gate #39 I think. You could just walk onto the tarmac and walk around to the finger. Bet you can't do that anymore. I loved the Comet. My favourite aircraft-noisy though. The 707's were pigs, especially, Sierra Lima, also known as Sick Lil and in Toronto-Still Late!