LUTON History and Nostalgia
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Gordonwil, yes, more photos always welcome. If you need help posting I am sure there is plenty of help available here.
Here's some more of mine, don't think any have been posted before, apologies if they have, mostly with a Spain/Portugal theme:-
CS-TEB 16/6/06. Think this was operating for Britannia.
C-GTDL 9/4/90. Operating for Monarch I think.
CS-TKC 5/6/94. Air Columbus were operating 4 flights a week summer 1994. They first appeared in 1990 with ex-Sterling 727-200's:-
CS-TKB 13/10/91
CS-TEV 20/8/93. Air Atlantis colours.
EC-FHA 31/8/92. Spanair operated to Orlando with 767-300's during summer 1992..
EC-EMI 19/7/89. Nortjet only lasted from 1989-1992, don't think they were ever regular.
EC-EOY 5/9/89.
CS-TME 10/1/92. Another short-lived airline, also 1989-1992.
EC-BIJ 29/4/84. Operating for Aviaco from & to Palma.
EC-CFG 13/4/84, Operating for Aviaco as well. Short series in April 1984 only.
EC-EMV 2/6/89. Hispania were formed from the collapse of Trans Europa in 1982. They too folded a few weeks after this photo was taken.
EC-EGH 24/3/94.
EC-EZR 26/6/91.
F-GDPS 26/6/91.
Here's some more of mine, don't think any have been posted before, apologies if they have, mostly with a Spain/Portugal theme:-
CS-TEB 16/6/06. Think this was operating for Britannia.
C-GTDL 9/4/90. Operating for Monarch I think.
CS-TKC 5/6/94. Air Columbus were operating 4 flights a week summer 1994. They first appeared in 1990 with ex-Sterling 727-200's:-
CS-TKB 13/10/91
CS-TEV 20/8/93. Air Atlantis colours.
EC-FHA 31/8/92. Spanair operated to Orlando with 767-300's during summer 1992..
EC-EMI 19/7/89. Nortjet only lasted from 1989-1992, don't think they were ever regular.
EC-EOY 5/9/89.
CS-TME 10/1/92. Another short-lived airline, also 1989-1992.
EC-BIJ 29/4/84. Operating for Aviaco from & to Palma.
EC-CFG 13/4/84, Operating for Aviaco as well. Short series in April 1984 only.
EC-EMV 2/6/89. Hispania were formed from the collapse of Trans Europa in 1982. They too folded a few weeks after this photo was taken.
EC-EGH 24/3/94.
EC-EZR 26/6/91.
F-GDPS 26/6/91.
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I think my office (at one stage in my life so far) was at the near end of the run of 8 or 10 windows "under the C".
Somewhat after "Oldandbald"...........
I think my office (at one stage in my life so far) was at the near end of the run of 8 or 10 windows "under the C".
Somewhat after "Oldandbald"...........
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Best I can come up with would be 1976-1979. Geminair started up early in 1976 and the Brit was regular until 1981 when it was sold in Zaire. Last record I have of it was 5/3/81. G-APWY was repainted in a blue scheme by the time of this photo on 9/11/79. It was donated to the B.H.A.M Southend in Feb 1981, subsequently to the Science Museum aircraft collection at Wroughton. The 125 looks like McAlpine G-BBGU, which they operated 1973-1982.
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Piaggio P166 G-APWY. With McAlpine Luton 10-7-63 to 1-5-67. Then with Marconi ( in whose colours it is seen) from 9-5-67 . I believe it was often seen at Southend but don't know where it was based. WDFU December 1982. Credit G-INFO.
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Great pictures especially the oasis MD88 flew on this in 89 to Palma should have flown from Gatwick but due to fog it got diverted to stansted had a coach trip from gatwick to stansted. But in the end good flight all given a bottle of oasis brandy they where the days
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Marconi had a number of factories in Essex, including Chelmsford, Basildon and Billericay, which probably explains G-APWY spending time at Southend, although its home base was always Luton. I don't believe McAlpine made much use of it after ownership passed to Marconi - it would disappear off to Southend, return a few days later then do the same again. Presumably McAlpine still provided crews and engineering at Luton.
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Luton Airport 1971 Views.
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Marconi had a number of factories in Essex, including Chelmsford, Basildon and Billericay, which probably explains G-APWY spending time at Southend, although its home base was always Luton. I don't believe McAlpine made much use of it after ownership passed to Marconi - it would disappear off to Southend, return a few days later then do the same again. Presumably McAlpine still provided crews and engineering at Luton.
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https://imgur.com/a/bArYNdt
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Thanks, yes it works!. Interesting stuff and from an unusual viewpoint - were you up a floodlight pylon? Hope you were wearing a hi-viz and hard hat if you were....Anyway, please keep them coming, always interesting to see photos from the 60's/70's/80's, shows how the infrastructure of the airport evolved as well as the aircraft that were around back then.
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https://imgur.com/a/bArYNdt Thank you for the comments hope these have added on to the thread.
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https://imgur.com/a/bArYNdt Thank you for the comments hope these have added on to the thread.
I think the construction site is probably for the 2nd McAlpine hangar that was built in the early 70's. Shell depot is just out of view to the left.
The Court Line hangar 61 looks like it is getting its extension built to accommodate the imminent Tristars, circa 1972.
I remember the yellow Commer van that was used for marshalling, always a sign that something interesting was about to land and needed the "follow me".
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It's funny the things these pictures remind us of that have otherwise been forgotten. The Commer Van on the move was a sure sign of something interesting. - it can be seen again marshalling the Midland Viscount in one of the other pictures. The Dan Air One Eleven reminds us just how much empty space there was then - contrast that with today. Court Line Jet Ranger (G-AXMM) and the Monarch Britannia on stand 11/12 - probably CF one of the rarer ones as it was often off to Georgetown or Woomera.
