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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Aug 2019, 17:06
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Posted By vintage ATCO

The regular MacAlpine pilot for G-APWY was Ralph...

The regular MacAlpine pilot for G-APWY was Ralph Mooring. Lovely bloke. One day as he was taxiing out we received a report from a disgruntled person he as going to take a pot shot at the next...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jul 2019, 14:15
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Posted By vintage ATCO

How about this? A Luftwaffe target photo...

How about this?

A Luftwaffe target photo from 1940 showing Percivals at Luton Airport and the Vauxhall works. Both were subsequently attacked.

The lines across the grass at the airport help...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jul 2019, 14:07
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Both the Naiad and Nomad were tested on the front...

Both the Naiad and Nomad were tested on the front end of Lincolns. Here's another pic from obviously the same sortie.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Mar 2019, 16:09
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Posted By vintage ATCO

I think we discuss anything and everything here! ...

I think we discuss anything and everything here!

CJ701 c/n PAC/W/5754 FF Luton 1959 as G-23-1. To Ceylon AF (no date given) WFU 1971
CJ702 c/n PAC/W/5760 FF Luton 1959 poss as G-23-5. To Ceylon...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Mar 2019, 20:32
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Posted By vintage ATCO

Blimey! I remember Ron Harvey and flew a couple...

Blimey! I remember Ron Harvey and flew a couple of times in his Apache. It was some awful orange and white scheme and rumour has it he got a couple of his blokes in with a few tins of Valspar to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2019, 17:19
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

G-AISL was the Messenger that impacted the Flying...

G-AISL was the Messenger that impacted the Flying Club Bar. I arrived after he event and remember going round to the side of the helicopter blister hangar to see it after it had been moved there.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Mar 2019, 10:45
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

That story is in Colours in the Sky. It's...

That story is in Colours in the Sky.

It's Cyril Claydon BTW ;) I remember Claydon's the builders in and around Luton in my yoof.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2019, 17:34
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Posted By vintage ATCO

Yes. I don't remember Luton Airways on it, it was...

Yes. I don't remember Luton Airways on it, it was 'McAlpines' in my early days (very early 60s I think). When the McAlpine hangar on the west side of the main apron appeared (allegedly it came from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2019, 15:37
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Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

1962 ...

1962

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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Feb 2019, 12:49
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

I think you right about the brick wall but I...

I think you right about the brick wall but I don't think that is an RAF airfield as most people are dressed in civvies apart from the two policemen/security guards. That airframe spent time at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Feb 2019, 09:07
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Posted elsewhere, this the first Jet Provost T.1...

Posted elsewhere, this the first Jet Provost T.1 XD674 supposedly at Luton Airport but I do not recognise the black nissen huts, nor the background. Anyone else have any views?

It first flew on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2019, 09:02
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Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

LTNman Your Percival Provost is almost...

LTNman

Your Percival Provost is almost certainly WV624 which dived into the ground after take-off from Cranfield 30.12.57 killing the US Navy pilot on board. It is thought the instrument panel...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2019, 13:54
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

13 October 2005 ...

13 October 2005

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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2019, 13:51
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Posted By vintage ATCO

9 March 2004 ...

9 March 2004

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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jan 2019, 16:51
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Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

it did. We didn't have runway shoulders in those...

it did. We didn't have runway shoulders in those days so many loose stones were blasted towards the elevated runway lights.



Yes, but not for long. It departed the same day.

It was parked...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2019, 17:19
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Posted By vintage ATCO

Apron Control

Apron Control
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2019, 17:18
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Third. Luxair one on a Britannia subcharter in...

Third. Luxair one on a Britannia subcharter in the 70s (?) and a BA one in 1992 diversion from Heathrow.

It first diverted to Prestwick but when it got up country the weather went out in Scotland...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Dec 2018, 14:27
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

Dated Sep 1953, WF119 Sea Prince T Mk 1...

Dated Sep 1953, WF119 Sea Prince T Mk 1 (annotated on the back of the photo), to Royal Navy then A&AEE Boscombe Down 1951. Used for various trials. Scrapped in 1963. Luton Flying Club Auster J1N...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Oct 2018, 10:39
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Yes, he was told not to use afterburner on the go...

Yes, he was told not to use afterburner on the go around . . . . did so, and busted London's airspace. :)

I believe it was all sorted out on the jellybone. :ok:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Oct 2018, 16:38
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

Noise limits use to be 112PNdB by day and 102PNdB...

Noise limits use to be 112PNdB by day and 102PNdB at night (no idea what they are now). We had a B727 depart one night off runway 26 which scored 115PNdB on the clapometer. Noise complaints were...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Sep 2018, 17:51
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

The early morning departures use to keep me awake...

The early morning departures use to keep me awake too, and that's when I was at work!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Sep 2018, 16:53
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

You could always tell the Tel Aviv flight as it...

You could always tell the Tel Aviv flight as it was the one that had the security Land Rover in front of it leading it to the runway . . . . . :rolleyes:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Sep 2018, 08:47
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Don't think this helps much, does it? :-) ...

Don't think this helps much, does it? :-)

1965

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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Sep 2018, 18:58
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

My parents lived in Crawley Green Road during the...

My parents lived in Crawley Green Road during the war (and so did I from 1949 onwards!). They said that the Italian PoWs walked the streets looking for work and were well liked in the community. At...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jun 2018, 20:21
Replies: 3,898
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Posted By vintage ATCO

Good pic, not seen before.

Good pic, not seen before.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Apr 2018, 09:38
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

What a terrific photo! That is parked on the...

What a terrific photo! That is parked on the curved taxiway that passed in front of the control tower (which is off to the right, spectators enclosure to the left) and the foot path leading from it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Apr 2018, 17:03
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

1970 . . . https://i.imgur.com/UtKqKMW.jpg?1

1970 . . .
https://i.imgur.com/UtKqKMW.jpg?1
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Apr 2018, 17:40
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

18 Feb 1989 but I cannot remember why.

18 Feb 1989 but I cannot remember why.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2018, 09:02
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Britannia did a series of flights to KLAX from...

Britannia did a series of flights to KLAX from Luton with the B707, tech stopping outbound, but often coming back direct. Often we would not get FPL, the first we knew is when given an estimate by...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Apr 2018, 05:06
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Yes, previously identified on this thread as...

Yes, previously identified on this thread as Kuwati AF.

Former Firefighters confirm current fire station come into use in 1968.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2018, 19:42
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

In this pic from 1963 the fire station is...

In this pic from 1963 the fire station is slightly left of centre in line with hangars 8 & 9. You can see the appliances parked outside. The watchroom was over the road on the corner of the Percival...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2018, 19:13
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

No, the original fire station was further right,...

No, the original fire station was further right, in line with hangars 8&9 although the watchroom was the other side of the road and attached to the Percivals/Huntings factory. In the event of the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Apr 2018, 16:23
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Not guilty! It was the other bloke. :)

Not guilty! It was the other bloke. :)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Apr 2018, 08:30
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

December 1992 That's me in the middle. The chap...

December 1992
That's me in the middle. The chap with the furry hat was from Aer Rianti who were the project managers. He didn't like heights!
https://i.imgur.com/7E9Lnee.jpg
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2018, 19:18
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,325
Posted By vintage ATCO

Yes, totally agree. A NE'ly wind was the worst...

Yes, totally agree. A NE'ly wind was the worst but as you say, after a few to get your eye in, you got use to applying the correction before it was needed. I never understood why certain individuals...
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