Post #87
Jenkins has spurred me on to hijack the thread to see what other 'record breaking' flights we might have competed for in military hardware.
May I start?
Extract from my log book of 99 Sqn Britannia positioning at Gatwick in April 1960 - 40-mins Lyneham to Gatwick.
Not particularly of high quality, but below is a screen grab from some 8mm cine film I shot of the Gatwick departure hall as it appeared during the flight above. 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!
Postcard of Gatwick dating from around the same time.
Apologies for the thread creep - WT