LUTON History and Nostalgia
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The planned overnight freight movements for midweek for summer 1985 with a few passenger movements mixed in the pot
L/S = long stop over
L/S = long stop over
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Flew Bergamo (LIME) - Maastrich(EHBK) - Luton in the RHS of a Air Continental Beech 90. Climbed in the back door with the pilot, which he shut and locked behind us, then we both had to squeeze along the six inch space between the packages and the cabin roof, then dive head first individually into the seats before rotating round the vertical axis to adopt a sitting position. I was thin and nimble then.....
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There was also a company called Executive Express, who ran Kingairs amongst others. They also managed Britannia's Golden Eagle (C421) for them.
They did either newspapers or mail to Dublin - as I went RHS on one of them
They did either newspapers or mail to Dublin - as I went RHS on one of them
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Anyone care to list the airlines on the above post from the flight numbers in the 2 columns without referring to Airports timetable UK? 
Answers later for any missing airlines.
Answers later for any missing airlines.
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KND - Kondair (for XP Express Parcels)
HBD - Hubbardair
MO - National Airways?
AK - Air Bridge Cargo
JE - Jersey European
UQ - Can't remember the Airline, but weren't they operating for Virgin on a daily AMS schedule?
More obvious ones-
BY - Britannia
OM - Monarch
LC - Loganair
Ought to remember ALF with the DC3, and EO - but my brain cells are dying off too quickly.
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Without searching my ATUK archive I'll kick off with:-
KND - Kondair (for XP Express Parcels)
HBD - Hubbardair
MO - National Airways?
AK - Air Bridge Cargo
JE - Jersey European
UQ - Can't remember the Airline, but weren't they operating for Virgin on a daily AMS schedule?
More obvious ones-
BY - Britannia
OM - Monarch
LC - Loganair
Ought to remember ALF with the DC3, and EO - but my brain cells are dying off too quickly.
KND - Kondair (for XP Express Parcels)
HBD - Hubbardair
MO - National Airways?
AK - Air Bridge Cargo
JE - Jersey European
UQ - Can't remember the Airline, but weren't they operating for Virgin on a daily AMS schedule?
More obvious ones-
BY - Britannia
OM - Monarch
LC - Loganair
Ought to remember ALF with the DC3, and EO - but my brain cells are dying off too quickly.
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With regards to Euroair didn't they also operate a herald for a while and also I beleive there stewardesses took channel 4 to court for a remark made in a comedy show in the late 80s about them and they won the court case?
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Splendid view of the old control tower, early 50s
The pic was upsetting my OCD so I have straightened it!! And removed some dust spots. Wonder if it was a 35mm slide?
The pic was upsetting my OCD so I have straightened it!! And removed some dust spots. Wonder if it was a 35mm slide?
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Just claiming the 2000th reply to this thread
The photo on the last page of the resplendent tower surrounded by grass and fields is a reminder of how much has now changed.
The photo on the last page of the resplendent tower surrounded by grass and fields is a reminder of how much has now changed.
Dave, thank you for putting me out of my misery as could not find either DG or CD2 under any ICAO/IATA definitions in my record...closest I got was a CD2T....Cessna 402 Turbine...DG just flummoxed me.
LTNman congrats on the 2,000th post. I watch this thread from afar (Cape Town) but it cheers me up every time it rises to the top of the wonderful Aviation-History-Nostalgia category
As a young lad I was a STN spotter (mid 70's - early 80's) and always thought of LTN as rather exotic!!
LTNman congrats on the 2,000th post. I watch this thread from afar (Cape Town) but it cheers me up every time it rises to the top of the wonderful Aviation-History-Nostalgia category
As a young lad I was a STN spotter (mid 70's - early 80's) and always thought of LTN as rather exotic!!
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