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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Nov 2019, 17:56
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Aaaah, the DFTI, which whined and whined and...

Aaaah, the DFTI, which whined and whined and whined as the picture got more and more flooded until you pressed reset and it sharpened up again. DFTIs have probably caused more ATC hearing loss that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Sep 2018, 20:55
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

WL might have been Bursa. HB

WL might have been Bursa.

HB
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Apr 2018, 18:08
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Certainly during my time we used to take Hatfield...

Certainly during my time we used to take Hatfield inbounds traffic off London, mainly DTY - LUT, get them past the LUT, and then hand them over to Hatfield (123.350). Radlett had closed well before I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Nov 2017, 18:31
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Gone by mid-1980

Gone by mid-1980
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2017, 19:03
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Nothing changes. Ryanair ROMBAC 1-11s doing the...

Nothing changes. Ryanair ROMBAC 1-11s doing the left turn out off 26 and back through the overhead towards DTY drowned out any entertainment in Stopsley....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2017, 16:23
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Altair..... GM doing Air, Altair Caravelle on...

Altair.....
GM doing Air, Altair Caravelle on tight slot approaching hold, B737 on 7 mile final. Mega delays if slot missed, so GM says to Caravelle (in his inimitable style) "Altair blah blah blah,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2017, 09:01
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Re the PN68 you mention. Wasn't that Hubbardair? ...

Re the PN68 you mention. Wasn't that Hubbardair?


Was there also not a G-HUBB ?


Also, I seem to remember a slippery Merlin, D-IOTF rings a bell, but it was a long time ago. That used to do...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2017, 10:54
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

P.S. If it's who I think, they liked to write...

P.S. If it's who I think, they liked to write letters to the Daily Telegraph too.


She did, and she occasionally brought her Labrador into Approach on night shifts. Surprised it slept, given the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jan 2017, 18:18
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Remember one Luton approach controller who was...

Remember one Luton approach controller who was romantically involved with an Air Continental pilot (for a time) ringing every LARS unit between the CFD VOR and Leuchars to try and get a radar service...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2017, 11:36
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

CD2 - didn't someone use a DHL Convair for a...

CD2 - didn't someone use a DHL Convair for a short time ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2017, 18:40
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Flew Bergamo (LIME) - Maastrich(EHBK) - Luton in...

Flew Bergamo (LIME) - Maastrich(EHBK) - Luton in the RHS of a Air Continental Beech 90. Climbed in the back door with the pilot, which he shut and locked behind us, then we both had to squeeze along...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Dec 2016, 14:55
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

He is trouble...he is occupying airport space...

He is trouble...he is occupying airport space that could usefully be filled by a non-aeronautical revenue earning facility, thereby forcing the airport to depend on its aeronautical revenue to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Nov 2016, 16:09
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

If I remember correctly, Transavia didn't last...

If I remember correctly, Transavia didn't last very long, trying in banner towing, with the hook up from 18 grass.That car reminds me of NP's.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Oct 2016, 11:39
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Forgot the Merchantman. Also, in the early 1980s,...

Forgot the Merchantman. Also, in the early 1980s, there was a company flying two FH227s doing freight operations, the name of which escapes me.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Oct 2016, 11:37
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

The XPS F-27 was PH-FKT, the Trislander was...

The XPS F-27 was PH-FKT, the Trislander was G-BDOS. At one point there was also PN68 from Brussels. We also had Air Continental flashing around in B90s, and MacAlpine flying PA42s, this may have been...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Oct 2016, 19:29
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

I remember the 1/2 mile SRA on my Approach Radar...

I remember the 1/2 mile SRA on my Approach Radar validation. I did it on 'Mad Alfonse', the F- twin which used to visit daily during the 1980s. I suspect he hadn't a clue what was going on, because...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Oct 2016, 15:31
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,344
Posted By HershamBoys

Aaah...the joys of doing offset 2 mile SRAs on 08...

Aaah...the joys of doing offset 2 mile SRAs on 08 to avoid Caddington. Or twiddling the screwdriver to set up the 430 for 1/2 milers. Also, which muppet decided to check the 430 at the start of the...
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