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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Nov 2020, 06:30

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

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Posted By Lance Shippey

Col. Andrzej Jekiorski. arrived in Plymouth on...

Col. Andrzej Jekiorski. arrived in Plymouth on board Polish ship
"ORP Sobieski" from St. Jean de Luz, France on June 6th 1940.
He served in the armed forces in Scotland, and in 1942, trained
as a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

4th Nov 2020, 09:12

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Dear Albert Hall, I thought you may like to...

Dear Albert Hall,
I thought you may like to know. Andrzej Jeziorski died on
Jan. 31st. 2018. He flew for 304 Polish bomber squadron
on Wellington's during WW2. and for BY until 1982.
He died in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Sep 2020, 12:37

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Putin lived in Dresden 1985-1990. He worked at...

Putin lived in Dresden 1985-1990. He worked at the KGB office on Angelikestrasse
as KGB Officer. The lived in a special apartment block for KGB and Stasi employees.
A Stasi Identity card was found...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Sep 2020, 09:25

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

1987, I boarded an Aeroflot AN24 from TAS...

1987, I boarded an Aeroflot AN24 from TAS (Tashkent) to UGC (Urgench) with a group of
U.S. citizens, due to the stay in Samarkand being reduced by one night because of the
lack of hotel rooms. I...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Sep 2020, 11:03

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Thanks brakedwell, I remember G-AOVS, when in...

Thanks brakedwell, I remember G-AOVS, when in British Eagle colours.
Parts of the remains of the airframe are at LTN. I remember my only flt.
as pax on a Britannia was a special charter LTN/LBG/LTN...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Sep 2020, 10:30

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Hi. WHBM. Thanks> This answered a lot of my...

Hi. WHBM. Thanks> This answered a lot of my questions. One final question I have.
The Soviet stance on East Germany's Western State visits changed when Mikhail
Gorbachev came to power. He approved...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Sep 2020, 16:05

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Hi Brakewell. Thanks for the interesting news....

Hi Brakewell.
Thanks for the interesting news. I think some LOT pax flts were able to use the
3 Western corridors along with British , French, and U.S. registered a/c. ? Was
the Britannia...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Sep 2020, 17:48

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Dear SpringHealledJack It is most likely that...

Dear SpringHealledJack
It is most likely that the MoD were not thinking of what intell the flight crew could
give up, if they had been illegally detained, but the implications caused to some
of...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Sep 2020, 09:44

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Dear Albert Hall. Thanks so much., I remember...

Dear Albert Hall.
Thanks so much., I remember the doors being closed at LED, and he saying
"We have had no problems on the inbound flight, or ground." After being
airborne for around 30 minutes,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Sep 2020, 16:40

Replies: 24

Britannia to MOS/LED

Views: 5,483

Posted By Lance Shippey

Britannia to MOS/LED

Jan 1983, I flew LGW/MOS and LED/LGW. with a BY B737 G-AVR? as part
of a Thomson tour to MOS/Murmansk/LED, including Aeroflot flts MOS/MMK
MMK/LED . The 16 of us had two nights in MMK, with a visit...

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