Queen's Building Viewing Terrace

[A30yoyo]

Roof Terraces Heathrow

The last remaining part of the Terraces on top of T2 was still open into this Millenium...surprisingly it reopened after temporary closure due to 9/11 but closed permanently when Iraq was invaded in 2003
LHR Terrace

I think the view from the cafe by the northern window of T5 is pretty good...you can see the takeoffs and landings

[A30yoyo]

There was recently a thread on another forum which featured superb 1950s propliner photos (linked from flickr) in which post #20 listed the various viewing enclosures at LHR over the years
1950's Archive Part 16: Propliners - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums

[A30yoyo]

London-Christchurch Race 1953

There is a decent Pathe Newsreel about the race ,goes large OK

12.000 MILE AIR RACE - British Pathe

[Warmtoast]

A30yoyo

London-Christchurch Race 1953 - Pathe Newsreel

Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen it before and it brought back memories.

[A30yoyo]

Warmtoast...Very nice aerial shot you took of LHR....DCW's flickr photos of Propliners and British Propliners have many views of LHR from the various enclosures/terraces....