Chris , nice shots . Were you beach fleet on triples ?
rgds condor .
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- Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:53 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: A more recent taste of the Caribbean
- Replies: 4
- Views: 850
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:32 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Compton Abbas Pooleys day 22-05-22
- Replies: 2
- Views: 821
Re: Compton Abbas Pooleys day 22-05-22
Just to confirm , the structures will soon be 4 new hangars . The food /drink picnic reqirement notices have been around since 2007 to my knowledge ..
rgds condor .
rgds condor .
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:23 pm
- Forum: Airshows/Events
- Topic: Turweston Air-Britain Fly-in 19 June 2021
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2829
Re: Turweston Air-Britain Fly-in 19 June 2021
LE, thanks for some classics . One favorite caught my eye , as the reg. seemed a tad familiar .. Going to the Air Brit 'fotos virtually confimed it . Diving , not into the attic , they've been promoted to spare room wardrobe.... to retrieve the stack of logbooks . Into the first .. Yes , August 1971...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:08 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Surprise Visitor G-CIVY B744 Newquay 21/2/2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3407
Re: Surprise Visitor G-CIVY B744 Newquay 21/2/2020
Mike , thanks for reply ... Only just caught up .. That was probably the last 744 to come off heavy maintenance in Cardiff . Due the last 18 months of mayhem , and all Ba 744s being retired / scrapped . Think every thing I flew on has been retired apart from some 75s and ATPs which have been freight...
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:41 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: British Airways Viscount 800 G-AOYG Turnhouse 1976
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4101
Re: British Airways Viscount 800 G-AOYG Turnhouse 1976
Remember seeing Viscounts like this regularly , so I guess no probs with odds and even props .
rgds condor .
rgds condor .
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:38 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: E110 Bandeirante G-BGNK Sumburgh
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2463
Re: E110 Bandeirante G-BGNK Sumburgh
Uuoret , Bergen is about 60 degrees N , same as Shetland ... We used to get some fearsome winds up there . 100kts one night in LSI .... Must have caused the rocking .....! 'Wotever happens North of Glasgow , stays North of Glasgow .. Been off having a new knee , but now catching up on your posts . P...
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:44 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Surprise Visitor G-CIVY B744 Newquay 21/2/2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3407
Re: Surprise Visitor G-CIVY B744 Newquay 21/2/2020
PS , phat1 , nice shot with the grey background . Thanks .
rgds condor.
rgds condor.
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:41 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Surprise Visitor G-CIVY B744 Newquay 21/2/2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3407
Re: Surprise Visitor G-CIVY B744 Newquay 21/2/2020
Mike , BA Cardiff does heavy maintenance on the widebodies , 744s especially . Most likely post a 'D' check . Very , very , unlikely crew training . The 744 sims are 'zero' flight time rated ... In practice that means the conversion course is..... Ground school to Technical exam . Sim training to ty...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:15 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Tridents G-AWZZ & G-ARPX Edinburgh 1977
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1886
Re: Tridents G-AWZZ & G-ARPX Edinburgh 1977
Uuoret , Thank you for all your hard work in bringing alive fond memories of '70s EDI . Spent a lot of time there , even dating lovely BCAL local lass . Gee WiZZ brings back memories .. Was lucky enough to fly her last 3 flts . SUN ? Nov 4th 1984 LHR-EDI-LHR in the morning . My sector back from EDI ...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:29 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Sterling Caravelle OY-SAJ Turnhouse 1976
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2344
Re: Sterling Caravelle OY-SAJ Turnhouse 1976
Comet nose built under licence ... Trident pod engine stubs were Caravelle design , built under licence by dH [ plate on them said so ]
condor .
condor .
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:19 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: G-AWZT Trident Edinburgh September 1976
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2539
Re: G-AWZT Trident Edinburgh September 1976
Thanks for poignant remembrance to all lost . Was on T1/2s at the time , deadheaded back to LHR that day . One of the 'gurls was in a right flurry trying to get hold of her hubby who was on T3s. [ no mobs then ] luckily on a different trip . Pax sat next to us , he should have been on that flt [ sho...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:04 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Apron at Turnhouse looking both ways, 1975/76
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2663
Re: Apron at Turnhouse looking both ways, 1975/76
Plug ugly T3 nosing in ... Only good when empty , cold , low fuel and lit the 'Boost' for a great get away . Otherwise stopping was interesting on EDI's 13 and ABZ's 17 . Both had an interesting variety growing in respective cabbage fields a time or two . Never heard of a de havilland cabbage before...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 6:59 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: First Boeing 747 at Edinburgh early 1977 EI-ASI
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4403
Re: First Boeing 747 at Edinburgh early 1977 EI-ASI
Big like for Jimmy's kitchen and steaks ...No beer as were on Shuttle Back Up ... Standby to fly the back-up T1 if the the front runner T3 was full .... Then we had the Irish [ but really Iris , shuttle controller who invented the concept ] Back-up .... departed before the front runner when front ru...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 6:52 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Potez 840 F-BMCY after wheels up landing, March 1981
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2995
Re: Potez 840 F-BMCY after wheels up landing, March 1981
Remember seeing her in early '90s . Thought it was a Jetstream , and still has that look , especially the nose .
Thx for ' larning ' me .
rgds condor .
Thx for ' larning ' me .
rgds condor .
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 6:45 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Helicopters in the Snow, Sumburgh Winter 1982
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1897
Re: Helicopters in the Snow, Sumburgh Winter 1982
Gives a very good flavour of the RWY 33 approach ... Descending past 500' leavitng the lighthouse on the Right wingtip [ 1st and last shot ] . Keep descending aiming at the quarry [ scallop shape on hill in both BCAL shots ] . roll on to final over the red light on Sumburgh House Hotel [ 1st and las...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 6:33 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Snowy Arrivals Dan-Air HS748's Sumburgh
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4103
Re: Snowy Arrivals Dan-Air HS748's Sumburgh
''Bootiful Bor '' , Glad i got to go there , but a decade later with ATPS .
rgds condor .
rgds condor .
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Various DC-2/DC-3/C-47's
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3071
Re: Various DC-2/DC-3/C-47's
Last one I suggest is , Sultan of Oman's Air Force .
rgds condor .
rgds condor .
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 5:27 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Bristol-Lulsgate - Wed 2 Oct
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2410
Re: Bristol-Lulsgate - Wed 2 Oct
One wing tip on my waggon !
rgds condor
rgds condor
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:24 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: May 2019 GA out and about
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3240
Re: May 2019 GA out and about
Gavin , nice shot of G-ASNC . My first job in aviation was flying her . Autumn 1971 , out of the black sheds of Manchester . Aerial photography , including mapping , and joyriding at w/es from the Domestic pier . Thanks for bringing me up to date . G-GRRR is up from my local of Compton Abbas . Nice ...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:41 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Visited an Old Lady a couple of days ago.....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7695
Re: Visited an Old Lady a couple of days ago.....
Designed in the '50s ,
but speedbrake , park brake , throtts , start , flap , and gear levers all very nearly the same as the 10,000 737 delivered to SW days ago .
Don't re-invent the wheel , and if it ain't bust , don't fix it .
rgds condor .
but speedbrake , park brake , throtts , start , flap , and gear levers all very nearly the same as the 10,000 737 delivered to SW days ago .
Don't re-invent the wheel , and if it ain't bust , don't fix it .
rgds condor .