Well that must be you in the photograph then with your case and all. Rather a long wait Old Boy. Did you miss the last bus or was your wife picking you up?

By the way those photos of Eagle Aviation Yorks at Luton are probably prior to 1953 when the airline changed its name to Eagle Airways. The photo of G-AMGK at Luton is dated by one source to 1952. Eagle Aviation were operating many trooping flights with Yorks at this time.

Same building but from the opposite side looking east. Note the Eagle Aviation sign over the door. Hard to date when the building was put up. It appears in photos taken in 1948 but already looks run down in this photo.

Anyone know the aircraft type being worked on.

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Cliff Minney

Tipsy Trainer? Lovely name for an aeroplane.

Yep, Tipsy Trainer.

Yes, Tipsy Trainer. We've got one at Old Warden in the private hangars, G-AISA.

Crikey, I knew Cliff Minney.

Thanks

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Sorry folks,
Having total brain fade here at the moment.
What were the main runway headings at luton in the early 1970s. When you taxied out from the apron to turn left and backtrack for take off what was that holding point called ?
Thanks in anticipation of your time and trouble,
Be lucky
David

Holding points were Alpha and Bravo on the eastern taxiway (Alpha just short of the runway) and Charlie and Delta on the western one, with Delta just short of the runway. I cannot remember if there were additional holding points to describe the compass swing bay or whether the Run up bay off the eastern one were there by the 1970s but Vintage ATCO would know. There was a lead off just short of the taxiway intersection on to the grass. Runways were 26 and 08 (7054 feet) as now, with 18/36 grass (2800 feet) and 06/24 grass (2000 feet)

I stand to be corrected but I believe the main runway has always been 08/26. If you are looking for the exact runway magnetic headings, I can only go back to the late 90's when it was 079º/259º. Current approach charts show the runway magnetic heading is now 075º/255º, so the magnetic north pole only needs to move a fraction further east and we will have a runway 07/25.

As for the holding point, what is now Charlie One would have been the holding point for a runway 26 departure before taxiway Alpha was extended to its current location in 1998. Not sure if it was actually called Alpha One or just plain Alpha originally.

The runway designators are due to change in the near future to 25/07.

My memory is fading fast but I think I recall one major taxiway from the apron out to the runway almost at the mid point and nearly at a right angle, up past the spotters area in the corner on your left when taxying out?
I think ??
Be lucky
David

Eventually took over by Ryanair

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Wasn't there a problem with them with BAF over the lease of the viscount it was in the press it sat at Luton for a while in a dark blue scheme then came a long the 1 11

I have always wondered if the angle of the publicity photo was to hide the fact that the aircraft was a propeller aircraft when in those days a propeller aircraft was seen as dated.

Not forgetting Lynton before it became Signature.

Forgot all about Lynton. Can't remember how long they were around but nor can I remember how long Magec were around either.

Not one of the better ideas thought up at Luton. In 1985 someone thought it would be a good idea to block pave the runway turning circle. As the second advert stated it was the first application of its kind in the aviation world. It was also probably the last as the bricks became unseated due to jet blast and damaged an aircraft.

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The bricks were removed by a Monarch Boeing 737-300 that continued onto Spain (or somewhere similar) without being aware of what had happened!

If ever there was a reason that councils shouldn't run a airport--- that was it.
From the photo it looks like the 08 turning circle , did they only do one end?
Wasn't it a Monarch 757 and it did quite a bit of damage.
Wonder how long it took and how much it cost the council!