LUTON History and Nostalgia
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Night mails around Europe, single pilot.
Whose Trislander was it that bounced off the sea and broke one leg, AMS to SEN.
The only gear up landing of a fixed gear Trislander.
Pilots name was Tom xxxxxxx I think.
Night mails around Europe, single pilot.
Whose Trislander was it that bounced off the sea and broke one leg, AMS to SEN.
The only gear up landing of a fixed gear Trislander.
Pilots name was Tom xxxxxxx I think.
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Yes they did put one in the water on short final at Copenhagen. I think it was just after we sent our female Briefing Clerk (JP) off on one such flight one night. On getting aboard she was invited to slither across the top of the cargo to the cockpit. The pilot followed her with a large hammer. "What's that for?" she asked. "To get out if we have to" came the reply. 
She went.
She went.
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This is the incident. I think the company Kondair was related to National, he's a lucky boy!
https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=19860902-0
This is the incident. I think the company Kondair was related to National, he's a lucky boy!
https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=19860902-0
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Taken when the new control tower was about to open so I guess this was around 1994.
Taxiway Alpha then only extended to the engine run up bay. By the side of the run up bay were 3 finger stands.
The building with the blue roof was built as a domestic terminal but never brought into service. In this photo a sign shows it as an executive terminal just before it became Easyjet's new orange HQ. The building was knocked down a couple of years ago to be replaced by a multistory car park.
Taxiway Alpha then only extended to the engine run up bay. By the side of the run up bay were 3 finger stands.
The building with the blue roof was built as a domestic terminal but never brought into service. In this photo a sign shows it as an executive terminal just before it became Easyjet's new orange HQ. The building was knocked down a couple of years ago to be replaced by a multistory car park.
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I thought the airport was going to offer the Tower (Visual Control Room) as a place to hold parties, between its finishing and opening for operations. We operators were advised we may see coloured lights etc emanating from there. Did any even happen?
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Between the tower completion and it going operational (late 94/early 95) we held VIP breakfasts, lunches and dinners there for airlines, tour operators and anyone else we were trying to impress. I ate for the company on many occasions There were no coloured lights however.
There were no coloured lights however.
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This is going back years but I think the IL-76 was on hire to Air Foyle and was on standby in case of some oil disaster at sea. Must have been a rather boring time for the crews as the aircraft hardly ever moved for months at a time.
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I'd put my money on a 727
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Wonderful photo that has been digitised from a slide by Howard Sanderson. Nice view of the hangar conversion to allow the Tristar to fit inside the hangar.
What was that concrete tower in the background?
What was that concrete tower in the background?