Danny 42
Air Passenger was treated very well in those early days (but then there were very few of them).
I agree - very few pax in the early days as this screen grab from my 8mm cine film I shot of the Gatwick departure hall as it appeared around lunch-time on 19th April 1960 shows.
I’m precise about the time and date as my log book records we (a 99 Sqn Britannia)arrived at Gatwick 13.05 and departed at 15.00. The occasion was when we were tasked at very short notice to fly Julian Amery, the then Colonial Under-Secretary of State, to Nicosia for talks with Archbishop Makarios and Mr Kutchuk. These talks led to the creation of the Sovereign Base Areas.
Note the ‘busy’ departure check-in desks on the left. With what appears to be just two pax checking in!
