LUTON History and Nostalgia
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With 2322 posts on this thread it can be hard to remember what has been posted before which is not helped by the mass removal by photobucket. That photo slipped through as I hadn't indexed the source of the photo for some reason or who had ownership of it.
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Death of a control tower part 1
Looks like a couple of those tube things operated by compressed air for sending messages.
No idea who took these photos but they appeared on a message board sometime ago. Hopefully the owner is OK with them appearing here. If not I will remove them.
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<<tube things operated by compressed air for sending messages. >>
You mean Lamson Tube, with which you can have the greatest fun with your trousers still on. I have seen the result of popping a boiled egg and, on another occasion, a cup of sugar down the tube. The result at the other end was phenomenal. Of course, the Tels people had sense of humour failures......
You mean Lamson Tube, with which you can have the greatest fun with your trousers still on. I have seen the result of popping a boiled egg and, on another occasion, a cup of sugar down the tube. The result at the other end was phenomenal. Of course, the Tels people had sense of humour failures......
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When I started in 1967 it did not have double glazing, that was installed a year or two later. It was a local firm that did it and who ever took the measurements were spot on as each frame fitted perfectly when fitted.
The blue desks in the pics were by Alifab; 'tupperware desks' we called them.
The blue desks in the pics were by Alifab; 'tupperware desks' we called them.
Slight thread drift, but I recall a nightshift at Heathrow when certain items of ladies underwear arrived by Lamson tube from TWR to Flight Clearance in the Queen's Building. Circa 1968....
BY 767
First deliveries were 2 for summer 1984 then 2 more for 1985 and so on
all 767-200 273Y then up'd to 290Y
one was at LGW and one at MAN but W flights saw them in and out of LTN all the time plus mx downtime in the hangar
final 762 deliveries were in 1990 and 91 with BRIF and BRIG plus BYAA/AB
all ER ETOPS HGW a/c
the first 767-300's arrived new in 1996 and opens up a subsidiary with Germany Britannia GMBh flight code BN based at Berlin
all 767-200 273Y then up'd to 290Y
one was at LGW and one at MAN but W flights saw them in and out of LTN all the time plus mx downtime in the hangar
final 762 deliveries were in 1990 and 91 with BRIF and BRIG plus BYAA/AB
all ER ETOPS HGW a/c
the first 767-300's arrived new in 1996 and opens up a subsidiary with Germany Britannia GMBh flight code BN based at Berlin
Britannia certainly had B767s based from 1986 - 1993, as I went on holiday 3 times and also a jump seat ride on them.
They were definitely based as they were all early morning departures and not w patterns.
They were definitely based as they were all early morning departures and not w patterns.
BYAA/B were the only CF6-80C2 powered 767-200's in the fleet. They positioned in/out to operate weekly non-stop LTN-MCO flights for a short period in the early 90's.....Some of the pilots from that era still talk about the climb performance of those hot rods!
Some of the pilots from that era still talk about the climb performance of those hot rods!
'AA & 'AB were initially operated by Britannia for Aruba Airways (flying Amsterdam to Aruba). Here's a (photoshopped) image of 'AA at the end of its life.
