How did Heathrow used to look ?
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About 1954 or so I flew into Heathrow in a BOAC Argonaut.The journey took about a week due to 3 returns from flight with an engine feathered.The customs facility at that time was a large military style tent or marquee.
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The journey took about a week due to 3 returns from flight with an engine feathered
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DaveReidUK....are you sure about the runway pair in direction 15/33 being initially designated 16/34? It's new to me and I thought there was visibly a 10 degree slant relative to the original central 16/34 and it was all before the magnetic shift.
The position of Perry Oaks sewage plant continued to dictate the layout of Heathrow, preventing T4 from being built between the runways instead of on Perry Oaks (as T5 eventually was)
The position of Perry Oaks sewage plant continued to dictate the layout of Heathrow, preventing T4 from being built between the runways instead of on Perry Oaks (as T5 eventually was)
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Fascinating - have just read the 'Heathrow Thread' for the first time - I spent a few happy years based in the Central Area with BEA Flight Servicing. Looked after departure snags on Viscount (700 and 800 series) Elizabethans, DC3 and finally Vanguards). Memories of the York freighters and Super Connies take-offs when on night shift - loved the sound of those powerful engines.
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How did Heathrow used to look?
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It is likely off-topic here, but see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_(hamlet)
and the external links listed at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathr...External_links
for Heathrow when it was country and a village before the airport came.
And:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...athrow_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_West_Aerodrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_(hamlet)
and the external links listed at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathr...External_links
for Heathrow when it was country and a village before the airport came.
And:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...athrow_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_West_Aerodrome
Another Heathrow landmark will soon be no more, as after 15 years since R23 became defunct, the famous old gasholder at Southall with 'LH' on it in big letters on the approach to R23 is finally being demolished, as the last part of the old Southall Gas Works left.
Demolition started a few weeks ago, and as of this morning the top third or so is now gone, with only the bottom half of the 'LH' now visible.
Demolition started a few weeks ago, and as of this morning the top third or so is now gone, with only the bottom half of the 'LH' now visible.
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Lufthansa 707 came close on 28 April 1964, Wiki tells us. Only a red flare from ATC prevented them joining this less-than-illustrious club. "There but for the grace of Gott.."
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hello - brings back happy memories - I was a Radio Mech. based in the wooden hut which appears in front of the fire station, on the apron. Access was through a pedestrian tunnel which ran from the Central Terminal building surfacing just behind the Viscount.
It may have been mentioned before but in the summer of 1955 long-haul ops were still conducted from marquees and huts on the North side. Seemed quite primitive - even to those of us arriving from darkest Africa. I see that there used to be a parallel taxiway north of the contemporary Rwy 10L/28R. Was the North terminal north of that taxiway?
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It may have been mentioned before but in the summer of 1955 long-haul ops were still conducted from marquees and huts on the North side. Seemed quite primitive - even to those of us arriving from darkest Africa. I see that there used to be a parallel taxiway north of the contemporary Rwy 10L/28R. Was the North terminal north of that taxiway?
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Re 23/05, I did see 23 in use often during my visits to the Queen's Building in the '70s/'80s but never 05.
Odd memory just popped up of a BA 747 landing on 23 (only widebody I can recall seeing doing so) and a large sheet of flame emanating briefly from No 4 while reverse thrust was in action.
Odd memory just popped up of a BA 747 landing on 23 (only widebody I can recall seeing doing so) and a large sheet of flame emanating briefly from No 4 while reverse thrust was in action.
