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goldox
3rd Feb 2022, 21:56
Not sure if this has cropped up before?
The following link is to an interesting website that asks for help in identifying films sets/locations etc. (similar to Reelstreets.com).
There is a page containing unidentified airports/airfields.
Can anyone add any info? Thanx!
Unknown airports (http://avengerland.theavengers.tv/spotting/spot43.htm)
Liffy 1M
4th Feb 2022, 19:38
The Pan Am 707 may be at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, judging by the terminal building and what may be a Northwest hangar. https://www.historylink.org/File/4232
goldox
4th Feb 2022, 20:17
Thanx Liffy! Judging by your link I would agree.
treadigraph
4th Feb 2022, 20:32
Think the P-166 might well be Luton, the McAlpines hangar as was. G-AVSM was certainly owned by them.
Could the Trident be Edinburgh?
jensdad
4th Feb 2022, 20:49
Think the P-166 might well be Luton, the McAlpines hangar as was. G-AVSM was certainly owned by them.
Could the Trident be Edinburgh?
My immediate thought on seeing the hill in the background of the Trident shots was that it was runway 24 at Edinburgh. That runway was only built in 1977 though, and the clip seems to date from 1969...
treadigraph
4th Feb 2022, 20:59
Hmmm, stuffs that idea then!
goldox
2nd Mar 2022, 20:36
Many thanx for the offers!
The website admin has contacted me again requesting ID for this shot from The Champions.
Possibly Heathrow or Gatwick?
Thanx all...
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x576/champions_airport_01451ffdab291649bbc3c54a3792a6811a833f3e.p ng
Union Jack
2nd Mar 2022, 21:23
My immediate thought on seeing the hill in the background of the Trident shots was that it was runway 24 at Edinburgh. That runway was only built in 1977 though, and the clip seems to date from 1969...
I'm seeing Edinburgh Airport too, with Turnhouse Hill in the background, so believe that 12/30 would make more sense, not least timewise.
Jack
DaveReidUK
2nd Mar 2022, 21:43
I'm seeing Edinburgh Airport too, with Turnhouse Hill in the background, so believe that 12/30 would make more sense, not least timewise.
I don't think it's EDI.
blind pew
3rd Mar 2022, 06:58
Don't suppose it could be Prestwick where we did base training?
DaveReidUK
4th Mar 2022, 18:03
Scenery doesn't look like PIK either, I suspect it's not a UK airport.
treadigraph
4th Mar 2022, 19:06
Trident couldn't be at Hatfield could it? Last there in 1984 I think and I really don't recall the land to the north of the runway, but maps seem to indicate a bit of a rise on that side! Hopkirk & Randall seems to have been based at Elstree Studios...
Liffy 1M
4th Mar 2022, 20:18
Shannon is a possibility for the Trident as it was a favoured location for crew training. However the images don't really show enough specific detail to be sure.
goldox
4th Mar 2022, 20:30
Thanx all for the suggestions.
Can anyone confirm the location for the Panam (Clipper Pathfinder) / Champions shot above, I favour Heathrow,
DaveReidUK
4th Mar 2022, 22:31
Trident couldn't be at Hatfield could it? Last there in 1984 I think and I really don't recall the land to the north of the runway, but maps seem to indicate a bit of a rise on that side! Hopkirk & Randall seems to have been based at Elstree Studios...
I doubt the takeoff would have been filmed specially for R&H, more likely a stock/publicity film (it's very well shot), so it needn't have been anywhere near the studios.
The whole episode can be seen here: Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) - S01e11 - The Ghost Who Saved The Bank At Monte Carlo (1969) - video Dailymotion (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fgv5h) (takeoff sequence starts at around 47:26). Note that the cruise shot that follows the takeoff is definitely a publicity film, showing an earlier configuration of the Trident, before the APU was relocated to the tail.
Come on, sleuths !!
rog747
5th Mar 2022, 06:56
Many thanx for the offers!
The website admin has contacted me again requesting ID for this shot from The Champions.
Possibly Heathrow or Gatwick?
Thanx all...
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/768x576/champions_airport_01451ffdab291649bbc3c54a3792a6811a833f3e.p ng
DEF Not Gatwick - Pan Am had no ground equipment there - the 707's came in often on charters from the 60's and 70's and handled IIRC by BUA (then BCAL)
goldox
5th Mar 2022, 13:57
Cheers Rog747, I thought at first that might be Hunting hangar in background?
goldox
10th Mar 2022, 20:40
I've been contacted by the administrator of the website hosting "unidentified airfields".
His colleague is also writing a further book on film/TV locations so your help is very much appreciated.
BTW if checking his site (see my original post for link) please hit refresh button to see any added/updated material
He sends their thanks and stated he would like to give credits on site to those who have helped. I suggested he just puts a general credit to "Pprune.org contributors".
Hope that's OK with you all.
Many thanx.
pax britanica
11th Mar 2022, 12:46
Very interesting little thread testing the grey matter for what these airfields looked like years ago. For year the Heathrow Tower was the iconic feature but LHR today looks nothing like LHR 40 years ago along with many airports. Some of course no longer exist. Thnak you for posting the link too
Flap40
14th Mar 2022, 15:40
I've just had another look and i'm now wondering it the Trident is at Aberdeen. The current terminal on the west side was not built until the mid/late 70's.