Haunted hotel at Heathrow ?
The Veloceraptor of Lounge Lizards
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: From here the view is lovely
Posts: 339
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The George at MME was the oficers mess when Meteor night fighters were based there in the 1950s. The ghost is apparently that of one young ace who lost it on landing and went straight through the mess, ending up in his own bedroom. He survived the crash and had his neck broken by falling masonry whilst escaping from the wreckage.
Avoid imitations
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Posts: 14,574
Received 422 Likes
on
222 Posts
"The accident at RAF Middleton St George occurred when a Meteor 4 hit the inside face of the west wing whilst
attempting to perform a roller landing on one engine in 1951. I was under jet pilot training at Middleton at the
time, I witnessed the accident and was one of the first on the scene. Also, I was interviewed by the subsequent
Board of inquiry as I had flown the aircraft involved just before the prang. It would appear that the accident
has developed a bit of a myth status over the years!
As far as my memory serves me, it was one Flg Off Norman who was attempting the asymmetric roller, a maneuver
impossible for aerodynamic reasons which I won't go into here. However, I was in the crewroom in the most westerly
hangar when the Meteor went past the window on the ground with full power on one engine. There was just room for
a Meteor to pass between the tennis court and a bulk fuel installation - he managed it! There was one car parked
outside the front of the Officers' Mess - Flg Off Norman's! He still seemed to be trying to get airborne when he
hit the car and catapulted into the wing of the mess.
The tail broke off and came to rest by the Ladies Room window. The nose of the aircraft crashed through the wall of
the mess and a large lump of masonry fell on the pilot and killed him. There were two small explosions as the oxygen
bottles fractured. He might well have been killed by the impact before the masonry fell on him."
Put forward as an eye-witness acount of the accident, by retired RAF pilot Victor Dabin. With respect and acknowledgement to the Cleveland Aviation Society:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phillip.../teesside.html
Allegedly room 62 in the west wing is the one to avoid....... Something, possibly Flying Officer Norman's apparition, will come and sit on your bed. Or on YOU if you happen to be in it......
Aha, just found something else! Try this for a laugh
http://members.aol.com/barneyconcannon/articles.htm
attempting to perform a roller landing on one engine in 1951. I was under jet pilot training at Middleton at the
time, I witnessed the accident and was one of the first on the scene. Also, I was interviewed by the subsequent
Board of inquiry as I had flown the aircraft involved just before the prang. It would appear that the accident
has developed a bit of a myth status over the years!
As far as my memory serves me, it was one Flg Off Norman who was attempting the asymmetric roller, a maneuver
impossible for aerodynamic reasons which I won't go into here. However, I was in the crewroom in the most westerly
hangar when the Meteor went past the window on the ground with full power on one engine. There was just room for
a Meteor to pass between the tennis court and a bulk fuel installation - he managed it! There was one car parked
outside the front of the Officers' Mess - Flg Off Norman's! He still seemed to be trying to get airborne when he
hit the car and catapulted into the wing of the mess.
The tail broke off and came to rest by the Ladies Room window. The nose of the aircraft crashed through the wall of
the mess and a large lump of masonry fell on the pilot and killed him. There were two small explosions as the oxygen
bottles fractured. He might well have been killed by the impact before the masonry fell on him."
Put forward as an eye-witness acount of the accident, by retired RAF pilot Victor Dabin. With respect and acknowledgement to the Cleveland Aviation Society:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phillip.../teesside.html
Allegedly room 62 in the west wing is the one to avoid....... Something, possibly Flying Officer Norman's apparition, will come and sit on your bed. Or on YOU if you happen to be in it......
Aha, just found something else! Try this for a laugh
http://members.aol.com/barneyconcannon/articles.htm
Last edited by ShyTorque; 17th Feb 2005 at 16:02.
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: northern england
Posts: 72
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
apparently theres a ghost of a guy on one of the runways at LHR.
he was killed in a crash and whilst rescue workers were sifting through the wreckage the ghost of this guy approached one of them asking if they had seen his breifcase
he is still seen wandering around the edge of the runway looking around to see if he can find it
i just been at the george at mme room 49 on the ground floor
i think room 62 is just upstairs roughly above where i was never heard anything but was strangely woken sveral times thru the night
he was killed in a crash and whilst rescue workers were sifting through the wreckage the ghost of this guy approached one of them asking if they had seen his breifcase
he is still seen wandering around the edge of the runway looking around to see if he can find it
i just been at the george at mme room 49 on the ground floor
i think room 62 is just upstairs roughly above where i was never heard anything but was strangely woken sveral times thru the night
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: No Fixed Abode
Posts: 484
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just pasted the story about the man at LHR to some friends and now both going on about ghosts they've seen.
One used to work at T2, said this
''I was on the early shift and was on the apron beside a flight bound for Rome, when as I walked towards the rear of the aircraft i saw what looked like a man in a suit walking along, with his head turning side to side. i thought it was like a lost passenger or something and I turned to the gate to tell my collegue to radio security and when I looked back he was gone."
One used to work at T2, said this
''I was on the early shift and was on the apron beside a flight bound for Rome, when as I walked towards the rear of the aircraft i saw what looked like a man in a suit walking along, with his head turning side to side. i thought it was like a lost passenger or something and I turned to the gate to tell my collegue to radio security and when I looked back he was gone."
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Valley Where the Thames Runs Softly
Age: 77
Posts: 556
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
"i saw what looked like a man in a suit walking along, with his head turning side to side. i thought it was like a lost passenger or something and I turned to the gate to tell my collegue to radio security and when I looked back he was gone."
In today's LHR he was either an illegal immigrant or a drug smuggler.
In today's LHR he was either an illegal immigrant or a drug smuggler.
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: at home
Posts: 401
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Gate 15 in Terminal 3 is also supposed to be haunted. Something to do with a person who once worked in the Airport Fire Service, and was based in an office located below the Gate.
Personally, I reckon the Terminal 3 public catering facilities are very haunted - I go in there, and, right before my very eyes, all my money just suddenly vanishes from my wallet,
Personally, I reckon the Terminal 3 public catering facilities are very haunted - I go in there, and, right before my very eyes, all my money just suddenly vanishes from my wallet,
The Veloceraptor of Lounge Lizards
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: From here the view is lovely
Posts: 339
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ShyTorque;
Nice to find someone with the accurate info on this one. My Grandfather (ex night fighters of an earlier era) told me bits of the story when we were staying there in the early seventies. I've stayed there many times since but never seen or felt anything.
VH
Nice to find someone with the accurate info on this one. My Grandfather (ex night fighters of an earlier era) told me bits of the story when we were staying there in the early seventies. I've stayed there many times since but never seen or felt anything.
VH
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Middlesesx
Posts: 2,075
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There are any number of ghosts around any airport and in particular within British Airways. Often any senior manager can be refered too as such, as lots of their staff have never seen them. In fact a number of the male SM's are fondly titled Lord Lucan making very few appearances with the exception of the 'First class' seat syndrome.
It is not these ghosts that will harm you ?
It is not these ghosts that will harm you ?
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: northern england
Posts: 72
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
well at ncl there is a ghost in what was gate 13
it was then changed to the old BA lounge
and now i think its gate 17
you have bins banging etc never seen anything though
also last year i was outside gate 1( which is very rarely used)
its an SB lounge, the door was open and i heard a noise sounding like 2 people getting it on, at the time PC Deli - bag was walking past so i told him.
he went in, the lights went on and there was no one there
spooky!!
it was then changed to the old BA lounge
and now i think its gate 17
you have bins banging etc never seen anything though
also last year i was outside gate 1( which is very rarely used)
its an SB lounge, the door was open and i heard a noise sounding like 2 people getting it on, at the time PC Deli - bag was walking past so i told him.
he went in, the lights went on and there was no one there
spooky!!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: East of Runway 21
Posts: 1,157
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oooh yes, saw that movie when I was about 10. Scared the heck out of me it did. Wouldn't go near the oven for a month! 
Do recall something about the parts being re-used. Am i imagining things, or in that movie, was the Capt. in the avionics bay looking out of the wheel well when they crashed? Geez time plays funny tricks on the memory.
I do remember though, that they showed a part where the Captain appeared in the oven door and told the stewardess they would have a fire - and they did! Spooky! Wonder if that really happened, or was that part for "drama"?
Sky
Do recall something about the parts being re-used. Am i imagining things, or in that movie, was the Capt. in the avionics bay looking out of the wheel well when they crashed? Geez time plays funny tricks on the memory.
I do remember though, that they showed a part where the Captain appeared in the oven door and told the stewardess they would have a fire - and they did! Spooky! Wonder if that really happened, or was that part for "drama"?
Sky
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Posts: 644
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There wasn't actually a crash there - more a VERY near miss. Forgotten the exact story but I believe it was a BA 747 on approach that almost - ALMOST - landed on the roof of the Renn.
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
A friend of mine had a flight to London and insisted the room that she was resting in was rather strange. She turned on the TV to keep her company before she went to bed. Apparently before she fell asleep she heard a giggle followed by someone's laughter from the TV and the channel was CNN...
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: somewhere near LTN
Age: 50
Posts: 437
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oh I remember doing a ouija board in LPL when nightstopping with EZY many moons ago.
First time ever that 3 of us had done one - many weird things happened but I'm still not convinced! We were up all night then too, and all refused to sleep alone the next day!
cheers
FF
First time ever that 3 of us had done one - many weird things happened but I'm still not convinced! We were up all night then too, and all refused to sleep alone the next day!
cheers
FF
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: .
Age: 49
Posts: 69
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hey Skysista, I remember the film too. I watched it when I was a young girl and it scared the wotsits out of me as well - I laughed when you mentioned the oven door because that's one of the bits I remember most! I also remember the bit where a pax looks out of the aircraft window in the dark and sees the Captain's face reflected in it as if he's sat next to her and when she turns to look there's no-one there. 
And you are right - the ghost appeared on planes which had replaced parts used from the crashed aircraft and the capt did go and take a look out of the wheel well to be faced with the swamp! Jeez, I know far too much about this! Probably 'cos I watched it about 4 times!
TS
And you are right - the ghost appeared on planes which had replaced parts used from the crashed aircraft and the capt did go and take a look out of the wheel well to be faced with the swamp! Jeez, I know far too much about this! Probably 'cos I watched it about 4 times!
TS
