LUTON History and Nostalgia
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Luton
Posts: 548
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
To the best of my knowledge, the occasions Air Inter have appeared at Luton can be counted on less than the fingers of one hand. A320 F-GJVE visited on 18/7/91, don't have the reason, F-GHQB another A320 on 17/2/92 and F-BUAO an A300 on 19/2/92, the last 2 both football related I think.
Definitely no Mercures. Air Inter were indeed operating flights from Gatwick 1989-1990 (and probably beyond) using A320's.
Definitely no Mercures. Air Inter were indeed operating flights from Gatwick 1989-1990 (and probably beyond) using A320's.
Not LTN, but LHR, apparently there were several Air Inter substitutions for Air France in the 70's and both Caravelle and the mythical Mercure were pictured at T2.
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 29
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Seeing the request for a tie up on a flight above made me remember I still have 2 I would like to find out. If I remember correctly we arrived home at some awful hour of the day!! I want to say the outbound was a 757 and inbound was a 737.
Monarch Airlines 03/Aug/1987 EGGW LEPA OM588
Monarch Airlines 17/Aug/1987 LEPA EGGW OM589
Here's hoping someone may be able to help?
Monarch Airlines 03/Aug/1987 EGGW LEPA OM588
Monarch Airlines 17/Aug/1987 LEPA EGGW OM589
Here's hoping someone may be able to help?
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: YVR
Posts: 63
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Luton
Posts: 548
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
G-HLFT 12/3/86.
Only YAK-40 I know to have visited was the Polish Government SP-GEA which I recorded on several dates in Sep 1974 (no photo).
Only IL-62 was OK-OBL of CSA which I never saw, some time in the mid- late 90's. Someone sent me a photo, credit unknown:-
Only visit I have of a NAMC YS-11 is P4-GLC which night stopped on 31/5/98. Photo at Sharjah a month later on airliners.net:-
NAMC YS-11A-310(F) - Global Air Cargo | Aviation Photo #1467671 | Airliners.net
Only TU-204 I have recorded is RA-64010, as recently as 15-16/11/18.
Aircraft UR-DAP (1975 Yakovlev Yak-40 C/N 9521241) Photo by GarryLakin (Photo ID: AC484603)
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Luton
Posts: 548
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Heavylift Belfasts were occasional visitors throughout the 80's and 90's, up to my last record on 3/2/02.
When I worked in ops in the 1990's I recall we had a number of weeks of operating LHR-LTN-BRU-LHR (or something similar), in place of the regular Merchantman which had suffered fire damage during a hangar visit.
One Friday evening we got a call for a short notice car parts flight for GM, not unusual except this was empty to Melbourne (via Karachi and Singapore), then back to Luton using the B707 G-HEVY with parts from Holden. A weekend of frantic telephone calls and telexing (remember them?) for overflight permits and dropping slip crews along the route, saw the 707 on final approach to Luton on the Monday morning.......
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1,060
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Luton
Posts: 548
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
[QUOTE=LTNman;10494194]Another of when was this taken photos?
I recorded Heavylift IL76 RA-76401 many times between 26/11/96 and 5/3/97, but the photo looks like it was taken in the summer (green leaves on trees). RA-76842 I then recorded several times 7/11/97 to 15/4/98. The only record I have of their IL76's during summer is RA-76401 on 16/9/97. None of my sightings included Belfast G-BEPS on the same day as an IL-76. So no useful answer from me - some time between 1996 and 1998.....
I recorded Heavylift IL76 RA-76401 many times between 26/11/96 and 5/3/97, but the photo looks like it was taken in the summer (green leaves on trees). RA-76842 I then recorded several times 7/11/97 to 15/4/98. The only record I have of their IL76's during summer is RA-76401 on 16/9/97. None of my sightings included Belfast G-BEPS on the same day as an IL-76. So no useful answer from me - some time between 1996 and 1998.....
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Luton
Posts: 548
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Air Bridge / Hunting service BCS412 operated LTN-LHR (ferry, STD 2015 I think) then LHR-BRU, returning to LTN as the BCS411 at 0355 (BCS=Eurotrans callsign, operating for DHL). Sun-Fri inclusive from memory. So when the Belfast substituted for the Merchantman it would have day stopped LTN rather than LHR.
I recorded Heavylift IL76 RA-76401 many times between 26/11/96 and 5/3/97, but the photo looks like it was taken in the summer (green leaves on trees). RA-76842 I then recorded several times 7/11/97 to 15/4/98. The only record I have of their IL76's during summer is RA-76401 on 16/9/97. None of my sightings included Belfast G-BEPS on the same day as an IL-76. So no useful answer from me - some time between 1996 and 1998.....
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1,060
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Air Bridge / Hunting service BCS412 operated LTN-LHR (ferry, STD 2015 I think) then LHR-BRU, returning to LTN as the BCS411 at 0355 (BCS=Eurotrans callsign, operating for DHL). Sun-Fri inclusive from memory. So when the Belfast substituted for the Merchantman it would have day stopped LTN rather than LHR.
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Luton
Posts: 548
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It had gone by the next day, replaced by this:-
YU-AMC 20/5/92.
European Cup final Barcelona versus Sampdoria, 70+ extra flights over 3 days....
Last edited by cj241101; 17th Jun 2019 at 08:48.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: In the sticks
Posts: 9,843
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Back in the days when the airport encouraged spectators. Not sure when this was taken but the low fence is seen with a new high fence in front of it.
