LUTON History and Nostalgia
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No aerial photos seem to have Nissan huts like the ones in the photo. Also I don't think any of the Luton hangars had brick walls, so I would suspect the photo wasn't taken at Luton. As a new type of aircraft, the JP would have attracted interest wherever it went, so it could have been a first visit to any number of RAF bases.
This is a photo of the experimental hangar with a hint of nissan hut
Great video - cannot recall where OM/MON's London coach terminal was - Edgware Road or Tottenham Court Rd areas?
Court Line and Britannia both had London Terminals.
Summer 1968
LTN starts to go-jet!
First jets based at LTN arrive - Autair 1-11 400's and Britannia 737-204's
Dan Air opens their LTN 1-11 base a year later, in 1969.
OM/MON will have to wait a few years to get their hands on their first jet, the 720B in 1971
Channel AW also got their first Trident One E in 1968, and their first 1-11 the summer before, (STN based but LTN saw PMI and other charters)
Court Line and Britannia both had London Terminals.
Summer 1968
LTN starts to go-jet!
First jets based at LTN arrive - Autair 1-11 400's and Britannia 737-204's
Dan Air opens their LTN 1-11 base a year later, in 1969.
OM/MON will have to wait a few years to get their hands on their first jet, the 720B in 1971
Channel AW also got their first Trident One E in 1968, and their first 1-11 the summer before, (STN based but LTN saw PMI and other charters)
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In the photo of post # 3541 there is a strange vehicle or contraption standing in the left, between the white overalled-man and the gentleman in the foreground. Could someone please explain what it is? Thanks.
Wash,probably a small motorised fuel `bowser` for refuelling away from the fuel pumps...Can`t remember the name/type,but later ones were larger drive-on..Someone will have a photo....
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First Monarch flight 5th April 1968. (Best to mute speakers due to horrible music
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Heads up that at 8pm tonight on Talking Pictures which is available on all platforms including Freeview, Sky and Freesat, will be showing a film called Mr Denning Heads North. This 1951 film has the odd scene taken at Luton although I seem to remember this scene got cut out on the version I saw.
Percival Way behind what became Monarch's hangar
Luton's first control tower
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This airframe G-AOVS has been half buried for more years than I can remember. It have now been dug out and moved to the boundary fence due to building work. Its future is uncertain
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LTNman:
I can see looking at the top photo, and comparing with the others, that the aircraft's name was changed. Can see that on the fuselage only pics it "Amu", but on the earlier picture, when it was operational, the name is much longer, though I can't read it.
When was it changed, and does anyone know why?
I can see looking at the top photo, and comparing with the others, that the aircraft's name was changed. Can see that on the fuselage only pics it "Amu", but on the earlier picture, when it was operational, the name is much longer, though I can't read it.
When was it changed, and does anyone know why?
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Yes, that is correct G-AOVS was named Christian after One of the companies Directors sons. The name was transferred to G-BRAC which was acquired during 1978.'OVS was renamed Amy after another other director's daughter. Amy was withdrawn from service in July 1979 and was used for Ground shots during the filming of "Buccaneer", for continuity purposes the name Christian was reapplied to her port side as G-BRAC had been used for the air to air shots in the title sequence.
