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Yes I would much rather have a picture of the real thing. When no such picture is forthcoming, I can replicate one with FS2004. Isn't a "computer mock up" picture better than no picture? Anyway I have removed it as it seems to be causing offence to the narrow-minded.
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Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10054185)
https://i.imgur.com/IrZd3O2.jpg
Graham Alexander Are these two air or ground crew as Halcyon Days says ground girls wore green. They look ground to me but I could be wrong. https://i.imgur.com/GpVv01L.jpg Graham Alexander |
The lady on the right is sporting the bog-standard bouffant hairdo of that era. My BOAC girlfriend had one of those too. It was rather silly of me to remark that her uniform forage cap perched precariously on top was a triumph of engineering over gravity. She gave me a slap that damn dear knocked me into the middle of next week.
I mention this because, in the background, between their heads, another triumph of engineering over gravity is taking place - just! |
A whole set of posts that were posted here today have disappeared including posts about Autair DC3's :confused:
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Originally Posted by LTNman
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According to Colours in the Sky the first DC3 was G-AMGD which was obtained on 8/4/1960. G-AJIC arrived a year later in March 1961. I assume G-AMGD visited Luton
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Rog, Yes GD ( Ex BEA) was first and was based in Southend. Skyways put a Dak through the fence in Southend and GD operated that summer for them ( that was were the pic was taken??). G-AJIC went to Fields Wymeswold after purchase and was modified for Aerial Photo Survey. It went out to Sierra Leone for Hunting Surveys taking Happy Snappies !! The filming was done at 20,000 ft !!
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Doesn't look like Southend as there are too many trees
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Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10054185)
https://i.imgur.com/IrZd3O2.jpg
Graham Alexander Are these two air or ground crew as Halcyon Days says ground girls wore green. They look ground to me but I could be wrong. https://i.imgur.com/GpVv01L.jpg Graham Alexander |
Originally Posted by cj241101
(Post 10055034)
Yes I would much rather have a picture of the real thing. When no such picture is forthcoming, I can replicate one with FS2004. Isn't a "computer mock up" picture better than no picture? Anyway I have removed it as it seems to be causing offence to the narrow-minded.
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I forgot about the Courtline boater as Luton used to be a major player in the hat industry.
https://i.imgur.com/KpZJhxD.jpg previously published by Graham Alexander |
If I am right courtline acquired a coach company beleive it was originally Hilton or hillside I remember they also was painted up in colourful colours and operated at the north London air terminal
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seawards coaches ?
or also costins of luton maybe |
Court Line's coach fleet continues operations 'for the present' A GO-AHEAD to stay in operation has been given to Court Line Coaches Ltd by Mr Rupert Nicholson, who has been appointed to wind up the Court Line holiday giant which collapsed last week. Court Line Coaches has a fleet of 59 coaches and its managing director Mr Ron Keech told CM on Tuesday that the company has been told it could continue trading. He had however, "no idea" what might happen in a few months' time. The coach subsidiary has not itself gone bankrupt and is a viable entity. Staff were working normally this week although an estimated 10 per cent may have to be laid off. The spokesman pointed out that only 16 per cent of its business was dependent on the Court Line holiday business and that it has several major contracts with other concerns. |
The scale of the three Court Line Girls in front of the 1-11 is interesting. Must have been the ‘Tom Thumb’ Crew?
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The Coach Company concerned was Hillside Coaches formed in 1953 by Ron and Cynthia Keech as Diadem Coaches. They first became became closely associated with Autair in 1963 and provided services between Luton Airport and The North London Air Terminal. As Autair expanded so did Hillside, eventually to be taken over by Court Line. I gleaned this gen from Graham Simons' book 'Colours in the Sky'.
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lord how i missed having an 'air stair' in the jet when i converted from 1-11 to 757
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Can you imagine today’s folk boarding, whilst the APU is on, exhaust screaming above their heads?
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do newer 737's still have the options of fwd airstars?
you can still go up back on an MD80 meridiana have some left on line |
The APU on the 1-11 is incredibly noisy. I found this out boarding an Adria/Tarom aircraft at Leeds and Ljubljana back in 1987.
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