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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Apr 2023, 19:43

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

Yes, that's true they shut down the CEG unit that...

Yes, that's true they shut down the CEG unit that dealt with the other operators at Heathrow, to transfer the engineers across to mainline but that hasn't worked out too well as a number of the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Apr 2023, 12:27

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

Concur with the other replies about the hangar...

Concur with the other replies about the hangar being one of the old hangars that were sold to British Eagle. They are in the rough area of where the Virgin Hangar and [what was] the British Midland...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Apr 2023, 00:27

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

Views: 19,019

Posted By MAC 40612

Some images of TBD being demolished in...

Some images of TBD being demolished in 2007...https://www.flickr.com/photos/59481534@N05/50850508587/in/datetaken-public/

Some other photos of BA hangars on the same account.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Apr 2023, 00:22

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

Views: 19,019

Posted By MAC 40612

Slightly strange is the fact that the old...

Slightly strange is the fact that the old Barclays bank building at Hatton Cross is still empty after closing down as a bank branch a good number of years ago now.........

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Apr 2023, 00:19

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

On the BA hangars theme, it seems that in yet...

On the BA hangars theme, it seems that in yet another cost cutting 'brainwave' at BA someone decided the engineers had access to far too many hangars and have sold off [what was] the British Midland...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Dec 2020, 11:58

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

You are correct about the demolition alarming the...

You are correct about the demolition alarming the local population. The demolition firm decided to carry out the explosions overnight, as it was easier to close the A30 which it was adjacent to and...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Nov 2020, 13:25

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

The Hatton Cross Club was indeed the one upstairs...

The Hatton Cross Club was indeed the one upstairs at the Hatton Cross roundabout. Downstairs, at various times was the IT department, Staff travel offices and around the back was the BA Clubs...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Nov 2020, 21:18

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

The Runway canteen was the one on the Threshold...

The Runway canteen was the one on the Threshold of 28L, later 27L in the area as circled in the photo below. There was a small garden/green area out the front of the canteen you could get an even...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Nov 2020, 15:50

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

Yes, BA lost a lot of engineering hangar space at...

Yes, BA lost a lot of engineering hangar space at Heathrow but some of it was moved elsewhere in the UK. For example all the Long haul fleets inter/major checks [on Boeing 747/767/777 and 787] ended...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Nov 2020, 15:36

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

The Paternoster was still in use right up until...

The Paternoster was still in use right up until the building closed. It was still there in the 1990s when I attended Engineering courses

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Nov 2020, 22:04

Replies: 54

Heathrow Engineering Hangars

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Posted By MAC 40612

Viscount House and Viscount House annex also used...

Viscount House and Viscount House annex also used you house part of Engineering training and I went through a number of courses there in the 1980s and 1990s. The whole lot was flattened along with...

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