Originally Posted by
ZOOKER
I'm fairly certain that the last arrival on R/W 28 was C172, G-AZTS.
Got a few hours in that in and out of Ringway! Used to go meat bombing in it at Burscough, flying out from Ringway early in the morning tanking fuel which was off loaded at Burscough for use during the day, back after the day of dropping.
In order to top up the tanks one morning I was taxying TS from the South side to the then freight apron (near where T3 is today) for fuel. As I approached 24 on the taxyway there was a BA 757 on final.
"Tango Sierra, hold at Foxtrot (or whatever it was back then)".
"Hold at Fox, Tango Sierra".
The 75 swept past and I was cleared to cross the main and continue to the Freight. The 75 vacated, turned onto the taxyway, and began taxying back towards the Domestic Terminal (now T3) at quite a rate. It became clear our paths would cross!
"Tower, Tango Sierra. Confirm we are cleared all the way to the Freight Apron?"
"Tango Sierra affirm. Break. Shuttle Two Sierra give way to the Cessna, right to left".
The 757's nose visibly dipped as the power came off and the brakes went on.
"Shuttle Two Sierra, Wilco. Sail before steam!"
And back in those more laid back days, when returning, a typical Air Traffic instruction might be "Tango Sierra your traffic's a Trident on a 3 mile final. When you see him, nip in behind".
Happy days!