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Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

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Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by EGNH1909 » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:33 pm

Took these at Schiphol while on a trip to Holland and Germany in 1971- (my dad took me to meet & stay with the German family he'd been billeted with near Dusseldorf at the end of WW2) - thought they might be worth a peek.

PH-DNA DC9 Srs 15- I'd forgotten how short the 15 series were .
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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by PorkScratching » Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:00 pm

There have been some great historical posts here recently, and this is another one. Look at all those lovely DC-8s, Caravelles, and even a Tu-124. Interesting to see a 737-100 too. The Northwest 707 is probably my favourite though.

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Post by andygolfer » Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:50 am

another cracking set and very difficult to pick a favourite.

Some old favourites there that I had forgotten about, I don't remember ever seeing a KLM 747 in that old scheme, they could only have used it for a short while

thanks for posting them Paul and already looking forward to the next set of gems!

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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by eagle1 » Tue Dec 20, 2016 3:49 pm

Fantastic set Peter - many thanks for sharing. Have to agree, hard to choose a fav :thumb:

I was at Schipol at a similar time, so brings back some really good memories :)

Strange isn't it, that Aeroflot had the largest registration, yet you would have thought they would have had the smallest :???:

The wingspan on the Caravelle was pretty long as well, great angle you got there. I even remember their triangle shaped windows :roll:

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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by LondonEye » Tue Dec 20, 2016 4:10 pm

Great set of photos. Favourite for me is the Tu104. Like many of us, I wish that I could have taken more pictures at the time.
Northwest is interesting too. I did not realise then that they were visitors to Europe.
The KLM white top scheme introduced in 1971 was short lived, could not find out why. I recall seeing DC9's at Heathrow.
As Andy said about my recent Heathrow post, the backgrounds reveal much too. Note the lack of buildings as well.
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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by Mike » Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:41 pm

Wonderful shots, I didn't have my first visit there until 1976 and I spent hours on that balcony over the years after that - I used to get staff tickets (I only paid 10% of the Air Anglia/Air UK fare when I worked at Edinburgh Airport) and had many day trips there. I found it to be a bit more interesting than Heathrow was as there was always a few really exotic visitors that we never saw in the UK (and I also got my duty-free on the way back :lol: ).

It has always amazed me how well the Dutch planned for future growth of air travel as the airport was vast even in the 70s, not like the short-sightedness we had (and still have) in the UK.

Looking forward to more nostalgic gems soon. :) :thumb:
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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by marpleman » Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:19 pm

Wow!!

Some lovely aircraft there. The CP Air "8" is a beauty. They used to be regular visitors to Manchester in the late 70's when I started spotting. Great livery on them.

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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by EGNH1909 » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:05 pm

Cheers everyone for your comments/info and great stories!

I've got some more from Schiphol which I'll post up soon.

Mike- you were right about how vast the place was even then-You've reminded me that I never actually got a picture of anything landing or taking off because the runways were that far away- only had a 135mm lens if I remember.

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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by PaulN » Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:14 pm

Very nice Pete :clap:

Have great memories of day trips to Schipol , like Mike working for the airlines back then had its perks :lol:

Will post some of mine from the early 80s over the holidays

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Paul :thumb:

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Re: Amsterdam Schiphol- April 1971

Post by ikarus » Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:41 pm

Superb.............................TU104 :clap:

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