LUTON History and Nostalgia
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Just a quick mention You Tube has a great video of a Capital Airlines 146 flight from Dublin to Luton in March 1990 with the late lamented D Gearing on Tower. Just key in Capital 676.
Those were the days when cargo operators using Britannia's seemed to be two a penny but I think the reality was that it was spread over a few years. Was the Invicta one cargo or passenger?
Invicta ceased passenger operations when it got rid of the Vanguards. The Britannia was a 312F.
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Luton is apparently going to get an outside airside terrace as part of its upgrade. Its been a longtime since the airport had its last airside terrace.
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I have never heard of this aircraft but it is apparently a Dart Kitten II. Dart was based in Dunstable which is just down the road from Luton. The photo was taken at Luton around 1952
Would Dart somehow be linked to the Handley Page Dart Herald?
The late Gerald Lawance via Tony Clarke
Would Dart somehow be linked to the Handley Page Dart Herald?
The late Gerald Lawance via Tony Clarke
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Kitten was built by Dart Aircraft.
Dart Herald powered by RR Darts (named after the river) - name distinguished it from the prototype Herald which had four Alvis Leonides - and was force landed on fire at Milford Surrey during Farnborough Week sometime in the late 1950s.
Dart Herald powered by RR Darts (named after the river) - name distinguished it from the prototype Herald which had four Alvis Leonides - and was force landed on fire at Milford Surrey during Farnborough Week sometime in the late 1950s.
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Dart Kitten designed by A R Weyl and built by Dart Aircraft Ltd, Dunstable. Only four built, three in the UK and one in New Guinea. The above G-AEXT was based for many years on a strip near Aylesbury and I know the owner well. He decided to give up flying and sold it and the new owner pranged it! It is still around.
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G-AEXT is still going strong and is based at Breighton in Yorkshire and still flies regularly!
The Real Aeroplane Company - Breighton Aerodrome
The Real Aeroplane Company - Breighton Aerodrome
LynxDriver, thanks for posting. The striking thing to me in the pictures and videos is how smart the passengers are, no torn jeans, no shell suits and definitely not a onesie in sight! Should we wind the clock back?
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Mickey, thanks for posting. The striking thing to me in the pictures and videos is how smart the passengers are, no torn jeans, no shell suits and definitely not a onesie in sight! Should we wind the clock back?
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Luton airport 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INohU3u6-iI
Via the old approach road- mute your speakers as the music is awful
Via the old approach road- mute your speakers as the music is awful
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