Originally Posted by rog747
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Did Monarch keep the seat back catering on the 3x 1-11's that they acquired from Court Line...?
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Originally Posted by Offchocks
(Post 10241567)
Great to see those Mayflys. I operated as a FO on the 28thJuly down to Milan with John "Woodright", then the following day down to Alicante with John McLean-Hall, what a great Captain and wonderfully funny fellow John McLean-Hall was... RIP.
Both flights were operated by G-AWWZ which was the aircraft that had a baggage fire in Faro seven years later. Photo here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F..._AN0368961.jpg John McLean-Hall, an absolute hooligan off duty - the stories are the stuff of legend. The only time I flew with John was jump-seating to Paphos, to rescue a crew who'd gone out of hours. I was expecting it to be a laugh a minute, and indeed the atmosphere was very relaxed, but impressively professional. Why on earth they never made John a trainer is a complete mystery. What a shame he's no longer with us. Sadly, with the passage of time, we've said goodbye to a lot of nice people, Geoff 'Flooks' Foulkes being the latest. |
Georgeablelovehowindia I know Sandy very well as we started on the same course and correspond on FB occasionally, I did not know about the dump truck though.
When on the 737 I blew over a "honey" cart that decided to back up behind number one engine whilst it was still running with the anti collision still rotating, number ones and twos everywhere!:yuk: The "honey" cart driver also legged it, no drivers licence. I agree about everything you said about John McLean-Hall and sorry to hear Geoff Foulkes having passed away.. |
Aug 23rd -Aug 29th 1985. Wednesdays and Thursdays were particularly light.
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Fascinating stuff, LTNman. Interesting to see some destinations that more or less disappeared, to be reintroduced again only when the low-cost boom came along, notably some Italian ones. Rimini in particular was a regular Britannia route from Newcastle back in the eighties.
Which was the airline with prefix 'PZ' who were operating 'CRRs' to Italian destinations? I'm guessing Altair operating Caravelles? |
Originally Posted by jensdad
(Post 10243802)
Which was the airline with prefix 'PZ' who were operating 'CRRs' to Italian destinations? I'm guessing Altair operating Caravelles?
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Didn't Altair have a mini-base at Luton with one or two Caravelles ?
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
(Post 10243831)
Looks more like "FZ", which was indeed Altair's designator.
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London European and their Viscount. I used to count the passengers off the evening flight and always thought they were doing well. |
Altair UK base
Originally Posted by Mooncrest
(Post 10243833)
Didn't Altair have a mini-base at Luton with one or two Caravelles ?
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Wednesdays in Winter often saw no movements for Monarch handling, or maybe just one Jetstream to BRU and back.
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Thankyou pppdrive. Was that something to do with a large Italian expat population in Bedfordshire ?
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Originally Posted by jensdad
(Post 10243802)
Fascinating stuff, LTNman. Interesting to see some destinations that more or less disappeared, to be reintroduced again only when the low-cost boom came along, notably some Italian ones. Rimini in particular was a regular Britannia route from Newcastle back in the eighties.
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Originally Posted by Mooncrest
(Post 10244046)
Thankyou pppdrive. Was that something to do with a large Italian expat population in Bedfordshire ?
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Used to be an Italian POW camp just outside the airport boundary, as seen at the bottom of the photo with not a hint of a fence in sight to keep those bad boys inside. In fact they used to do odd jobs in the community I believe.
https://i.imgur.com/2sG8dEw.jpg |
Originally Posted by Haraka
(Post 10244087)
This was allegedly based on Italian POW's who stayed on .
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Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10244097)
not a hint of a fence in sight to keep those bad boys inside. In fact they used to do odd jobs in the community I believe.
There are real, authentic Italian grocery shops, butchers, a bakery and it is said they even import a truckload of grapes every year to make real Bedfordshire Italian wine. I don't know aboout that but the groceries, fruit, veg and filled rolls they sell are fabulous. I know one or two of the originals who are still at work. |
Yes I can heartily agree with Meleager too having lived in Bedford for 20 years 1966-86. The local joke was if you were getting married the Italians were the ones to get in touch with starting with the catering, hairdressing and fashion! Some great Italian restaurants still going strong I believe.
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Altair
Originally Posted by Mooncrest
(Post 10244046)
Thankyou pppdrive. Was that something to do with a large Italian expat population in Bedfordshire ?
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Interesting stories about Altair and Bedfordshire's own 'Little Italy'. I believe Glasgow also has a sizeable Italian community but not sure if the airlines ever exploited the opportunity. Anyway, enough thread drift from me.
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