Old Ringway pics anyone?
 

Following the Heathrow and Elmdon threads, anyone got any pics taken at Manchester Ringway, preferably pre-1980s?

Good ol' Manch!

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ew...PierVw1971.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gur...os/Tu-134s.JPG
Taken at MAN late '69
Clint.

Cor, Aviogenex and their 134s! Forgotten about those old bangers, used to get two or three on a Saturday at Gatwick as I recall!

Yes I think Manchester was THE place to see them as quite often seem to remember 3 on ground at once
Notice the one in the picture is a glass nose machine as opposed to glass cockpit
Do you remember Air Spain DC8 and Brits
There are quite a few old shots on airliners.net

G-I-B

...boy do you guys know how to make somebody feel old. I flew on the Aviogenex TU-134 and AirSpain Dc-8 and lived to tell the tale !!!

http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gur...otos/B737s.JPG


[IMG]http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.gur...os/BA1-11s.JPG[/IMG]


Found a couple more in my collection.
Not as exciting as the TU-134 though !!!


Clint.

Here's three from my old brownie, around 1963 ish? Not very good pics though.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...d/vanguard.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../viscount1.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../viscount2.jpg

The Vanguard doesn't seem to get the same press as the Viscount, why is this (another thread?) Was it a failiure or had some bad points?

It was know variously as the 'Guardsvan', and the 'Vickers Vibrator'. I never flew on one, but I did fly on a Viscount (standing up on the flight deck!). That was a very smooth ride.

SSD