But Vintage ATCO do you know how the term originated? I have no idea but it slipped into common usage.
Just looked at that KLM picture again. When was that large area of what looks like grass in the apron removed- is it an optical illusion?
Some ex KLM DC7Cs returned of course in Sudflug guise in 1967 - I still struggle in vain to get a schedule of those flights. Saw one depart from Chiltern Green when I had told my Dad I was going just round the corner from Welwyn- the deceit continued when I made the crash gate in 1968 for about another year. When I told him as a 14 year old he said "better than messing about with girls I suppose"!
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