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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th May 2024, 16:57
Replies: 71
Views: 19,490
Posted By bisonrav

As mentioned upthread, my first passenger flight...

As mentioned upthread, my first passenger flight was onboard a BEA Airtours Comet 4 in May 1971 - still hunting for the tail number. But I did find a little clutch of ephemera from April 1971 on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2023, 18:51
Replies: 29
Views: 4,343
Posted By bisonrav

Heathrow was of course famously built on the...

Heathrow was of course famously built on the pretext of helping with the war on Japan, but with the unstated aim of setting up a civil base to replace Croydon, thereby sidestepping a great deal of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2023, 16:04
Replies: 29
Views: 4,343
Posted By bisonrav

Just on the subject of Gatwick and the Beehive,...

Just on the subject of Gatwick and the Beehive, it's possible to buy parking at the Beehive for £5 a day via yourparkingspace, (referrals available via DM for a free fiver credit I think) with about...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Jan 2023, 20:31
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Just struck me that the reason for the sequence...

Just struck me that the reason for the sequence of the first two photos, Lake Korrossion at the south of the island and the airport towards the north is that probably they were taken at the same...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Jan 2023, 12:15
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

I think we have a winner there, great piece of...

I think we have a winner there, great piece of image detective work. Plenty of rows near the front where this sort of shot would be possible. Brilliant, thanks so much.

I still need to figure out...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jan 2023, 19:33
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Another recovery day from my cold today, but I...

Another recovery day from my cold today, but I heard back from the guy with the Gatwick tower logs and he's only reached March 1973, with the implication he's had to stop and the next few months may...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jan 2023, 11:36
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

I want a "like" button so bad right now. That's...

I want a "like" button so bad right now. That's an amazing set of photos and reflections, thanks so much for that rog747.

The neatest solution to this would be that the picture is of a trailing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2023, 19:33
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Sorry for going AWOL, I went down with a nasty...

Sorry for going AWOL, I went down with a nasty cold during the afternoon and have only just lemsip maxed myself back into life.

I can't honestly say it wasn't a prop plane of some sort. You kind...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2023, 11:47
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

He was a camera enthusiast (Pentax SLR), and used...

He was a camera enthusiast (Pentax SLR), and used a lot of lenses including wide angle and telephoto, and not unlikely he was using wide angle out of the window, it would make sense for landscape...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2023, 10:50
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

It wasn't a light aircraft or smaller airliner, I...

It wasn't a light aircraft or smaller airliner, I was on it and it was a holiday charter, so just on the basis of range it won't be a small prop or turboprop.

The Comet tailplane theory doesn't...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2023, 10:04
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Here are the photos on the approach, first...

Here are the photos on the approach, first picture is my attempt at a possible routing, starts looking back at Lake Korission positioned south west of the island, turns and runs parallel to the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2023, 09:31
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Wow, the drawing is great Noyade, really great...

Wow, the drawing is great Noyade, really great food for thought there - I find it really hard to figure out the angles and how far out the tip might be, but the drawing is really helpful in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 23:34
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

I'd be absolutely delighted if this turned out to...

I'd be absolutely delighted if this turned out to be a Viscount btw.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 23:33
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

I don't think there's any window where you...

I don't think there's any window where you wouldn't get interference from the large engines on a shot of the leading edge. Probably the window isn't as big as it looks, there's just a corner of it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 21:27
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

I'm as sure as I can be at 50 years distance that...

I'm as sure as I can be at 50 years distance that it was a jet airliner. Just to dribble a little bit more info in, the types flying charters to Greece at that time would have been 1-11, Comet 4x,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 20:58
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Here is the entire slide, it appears to be a high...

Here is the entire slide, it appears to be a high pass over the island, a little later there is a lower shot and the approach appears to be in a southerly direction as there's another slide on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 20:50
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

I don't want to be a tease with info but wanted...

I don't want to be a tease with info but wanted to see if anyone came out with an unprompted answer, because the extra information points essentially to two very common airliner types. But given...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 17:44
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

That in itself is useful information ;)

That in itself is useful information ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2023, 15:47
Replies: 86
Views: 15,602
Posted By bisonrav

Which wing is this?

This wingtip was in a 1973 slide taken by my father, and I'm trying to figure out what type of aircraft it may have come from. I have some further clues, and an idea of what it might be, which I'll...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2023, 14:54
Replies: 29
Views: 4,343
Posted By bisonrav

Thanks, later than I thought. May be coming from...

Thanks, later than I thought. May be coming from slightly later memories of the South Terminal. I know the part of the terminal well, it's the circular section a little to the north of the main pier....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2023, 09:19
Replies: 29
Views: 4,343
Posted By bisonrav

UK airports 1970s - the "satellite"

Sifting through odd memories to figure out flying history and so on. I remember my family boarding via "the satellite" at either Manchester or Gatwick. Anyone know which airport used this as a term...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2023, 16:11
Replies: 85
Views: 15,118
Posted By bisonrav

Thanks for the replies, very interesting indeed.

Thanks for the replies, very interesting indeed.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2023, 20:32
Replies: 85
Views: 15,118
Posted By bisonrav

Slight hijacking of a fascinating thread in the...

Slight hijacking of a fascinating thread in the hope of finding some information on my Laker flights, since a few experts and crew seem to have responded upthread.

I flew with Laker in 1972, 1-11...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th May 2022, 09:43
Replies: 18
Views: 3,783
Posted By bisonrav

Lovely to hear all of this fascinating...

Lovely to hear all of this fascinating background. Of course my next question is what you were doing on and around the 10th May and 24th May 1971; not so much because you might have been on my...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Sep 2021, 21:02
Replies: 18
Views: 3,783
Posted By bisonrav

Thanks for the information. I did go to the...

Thanks for the information. I did go to the Crawley fair, 6 year old in tow (he came home with a mass of free stuff stallholders felt he deserved to have), but didn't find any BEA Airtours material....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Sep 2021, 22:52
Replies: 18
Views: 3,783
Posted By bisonrav

There's a great little film celebrating the start...

There's a great little film celebrating the start of the airline and associated package tours, including some lovely shots of the Comet, inside and out. And a rather wonderful captain. I'm not...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Sep 2021, 07:48
Replies: 18
Views: 3,783
Posted By bisonrav

Yes, the Comets had that configuration at the...

Yes, the Comets had that configuration at the front. I do remember it, and I think the Dan Air Comet at East Fortune is still laid out like that.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Sep 2021, 07:31
Replies: 18
Views: 3,783
Posted By bisonrav

BEA Airtours from Gatwick, 1971

I just discovered, thanks to someone putting flight data together for Gatwick, that my first flight ever was on a Comet 4B operated by BEA Airtours to Corfu, KT912, on May 10th 1971. Return was KT913...
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