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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Nov 2020, 09:29
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Almost certainly Britannia, with the B767. The...

Almost certainly Britannia, with the B767. The short LTN runway often meant that an enroute fuel stop was necessary, perhaps at Bangor, Maine. Soon after that, because of the cost & delay incurred...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Mar 2019, 08:46
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

To be pedantic: "Nissan" are cars. The huts are...

To be pedantic: "Nissan" are cars. The huts are "Nissen".
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Sep 2018, 06:19
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Small-hours departures: Sometimes they were...

Small-hours departures:

Sometimes they were the result of route licensing restrictions. In about the mid-80s, Britannia managed to get route licences to both Malta and Cyprus, after endless...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Aug 2018, 14:26
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Interesting to see the daily flight sheets. ...

Interesting to see the daily flight sheets. BY482A/B, LTN-IBZ-LTN, feature in my logbook for 12 July 79. We left LTN on time, but were 10 min late on return. I was in the right front seat for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Mar 2018, 07:05
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Sounds like you took off to the East, runway 08. ...

Sounds like you took off to the East, runway 08. Yes, it's a steep drop down to the Vauxhall factory - still going, rather smaller than in the 70s, these days building only vans.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Nov 2017, 08:03
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Yes; Houchin make ground support equipment,...

Yes; Houchin make ground support equipment, including air start compressors and towable generator sets.

They are still around: see Houchin ? ITW GSE (http://itwgse.com/int/houchin/)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Oct 2017, 16:41
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Smile A Percival Provost T1.

A Percival Provost T1.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jul 2017, 07:13
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Not so. The B767 needed 2 stops between UK and...

Not so. The B767 needed 2 stops between UK and Oz. The first was in the Gulf, initially Bahrain, then Abu Dhabi, finally Sharjah. The second was initially Singapore, later Bataam just across the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2017, 07:52
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Not sure about BFS but I flew at least one night...

Not sure about BFS but I flew at least one night newspaper run to Edinburgh sometime in the 80s; about 10 tons of loose-loaded bundles, not on a freighter, but a normal passenger aircraft. A few...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jun 2016, 16:53
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Smile Wander00, you are correct

Wander00, you are correct
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2016, 21:22
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

My recollection is that it was fired...

My recollection is that it was fired electrically, hence the inscription "CART ELEC ENG START"; so no explosion, just a stream of hot gas
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th May 2016, 13:23
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Yes, occasionally. Things other than horses,...

Yes, occasionally. Things other than horses, too. I remember we did a series of night newspaper flights LTN - GLA in the early/mid 80s, with about 8 tonnes of papers printed in London for the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th May 2015, 13:12
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,708,341
Posted By kenparry

Not so. G-BADP & BADR were the first two that...

Not so. G-BADP & BADR were the first two that were 737-204ADV, but were delivered with -9 engines, like all the earlier ones. My recollection is that occasionally one , or even 2, JT8D-15 were...
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