Northolt - Last one out turn off the lights....
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Flybe /JEA roots aren't from Blackpool.
They go back to Bernard Haddican's Intra Airways flying DC-3s out of Jersey from '69 onwards.
They go back to Bernard Haddican's Intra Airways flying DC-3s out of Jersey from '69 onwards.
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Being a bit parochial, we started visiting Jersey in 84. Flights ex-SOU were with KLM, then Jersey European, and finally FlyBE in an assortment of aircraft [F-27, SD-330, HS-125, Q-400 and probably some others as well].
Nowadays [resident since 2005] it's a simple JER>LGW with BA [was 737, now A319], although we've also done:
Anyway, I'm not holding my breath for the NHT option to materialise
Nowadays [resident since 2005] it's a simple JER>LGW with BA [was 737, now A319], although we've also done:
Thompson JER>LTN
Jet2 JER>DSA and MME
BMI JER>LBA and once [just once] JER>LHR!
... but many of the options ex-JER are seasonal, for the "holiday" traffic.Jet2 JER>DSA and MME
BMI JER>LBA and once [just once] JER>LHR!
Anyway, I'm not holding my breath for the NHT option to materialise
IIRC, I think I clattered there and back in one of JEA's 'classic' Fokker Friendships.
Not much different to the Aer Lingus F-27 I saw on the TV News arriving at Lulsgate about a year after the airlines move from Whitchurch?
Not much different to the Aer Lingus F-27 I saw on the TV News arriving at Lulsgate about a year after the airlines move from Whitchurch?
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Flybe/Jersey European ties come from the Late Jack Walker.The Multi Mllionaire who sponsored Newcastle United.He started JEA with 2 F27s,and we at Air Uk did all their Ground Training at Norwich,followed by their Flight Training.We then did some of their routes and line training.They then grew and competed in JER/GER - SOU.When we got the Jets in 88 ,somehow they moved up to Leeds as well on the Belfast /Ronaldsway Route and when we put the Jets into Leeds to do LBA-BEL,our seats were supposedly full,so the JEA F27s got the sales and we flew half full.I actually flew the first Jet into Leeds to be met by one little bearded ferret,named Jim French,who was the Leeds Sales Manager,and shook my hand on the first Jet Flight out of Leeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Surprise to find him leaving before pushed and joining Jack Walker's bunch at JEA.His alledged dealings with JEA effectively broke the Air Uk Jets being profitable in Leeds.When JW Died,the "Ferret" quickly became the Boss at JEA and morphed into Flybe.You only have to glance at the threads to see how he runs that one!!????
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AFAIR, JEA started as a re-branding exercise (or merger with EAS) in '79 after the CAA closed Intra down for dodgy working practices. Being a teenager at the time, I was not taking too much interest in the local news, but I think faked aircrew and maintenance logs were at the centre of it. Jack Walker bought in some 4 years later I think.
The Multi Mllionaire who sponsored Newcastle United
, so far as I know!)Northolt anybody?
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Originally Posted by SWBKCB
Northolt anybody?
Shame about the neighbourhood[s], but there were plenty of other places to go in the area! And MoD commuting was easy!!
But as an airport? hahahahaha
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Heard NHT is due to close down for several months later this year for runway resurfacing and installation of EMAS arrestor beds, anyone know when that's scheduled for?
Watch what you say about the area round Northolt - sure some of it eg S Ruislip - was a bit dodgy, but Eastcote was OK and where we were we were right under the circuit - Devons, Dominies, C18s, Flammants, to name but a few types we saw regularly. I recall as a small child going to "Northolt Airport" on a Sunday School outing and playing in what ISTR was an old Rapide fuselage - no H & S Guv in those days.
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Why not just close the airfield and consolidate more units there? Odiham and Benson aren't that far away. It's a bit of a luxury having your own private airfield within the M25. I believe the land was requisitioned, so Crichel Down means the MOD/Treasury wouldn't make a fortune by selling it. But there must be other MOD facilities in Central and West London that could move there. Eg Hounslow Barracks.
The airfield doesn't appear to be militarily significant, like say Andrews is to Washington DC. Andrews has fighters, refueling and VVIP airlift. What does Northolt have that requires to be inside the M25 rather than just outside? Again, Andrews is outside the Beltway.
The airfield doesn't appear to be militarily significant, like say Andrews is to Washington DC. Andrews has fighters, refueling and VVIP airlift. What does Northolt have that requires to be inside the M25 rather than just outside? Again, Andrews is outside the Beltway.
