hi there,
i was not aware until recently that Rhodes airport for holiday flights from the 1960's until 1977 was at Maritsa, just south and inland behind some hills from the new airport now at paradisi/diagoras
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Rod...ed=0CAoQ_AUoAg
Photo: LGRD Airport Overview Airport by Borut - JetPhotos.Net
Landeanflug RHO am Tag - Flightforum.ch
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...von_Rhodos.jpg
Intresserad av Flygplan?
my career with holiday IT's & charter airlines began in 1972 and i recall we went to Rhodes around then or soon after and used BCAL VC-10's and 707's, am i correct?
did any pilots/crew who post here fly there in the 60's or 70's and what was it like to fly into Maritsa....stressful//dangerous? any nav aids?
did they op night flights at all?
would be really nice to have some insight of ops back then...thank you.
i note the largest a/c i can find that op'd there was an LTU Tristar L1011-1
Photos: Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
i cannot find any photos of an British charter a/c at Maritsa...
however some nice ones on the links above from European countries.
a wonderful mix of big old jets used in the 70's.
i hope my post sparks some holiday charter nostalgia that i grew up with.
thanks for any replies cheers Rog