Civilian Aviation

Not getting out at the present time so spending it doing re-edits of slides from 1971.
Pan Am Boeing 727-21 N327PA 'Clipper Meteor' on short final to runway 28R Heathrow 28th August 1971.
1971-08-28-010FS N327PA by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr
I will hopefully add more when I have edited them.

wonderful - if that isn't a classic Heathrow pic I don't know what is!

Excellent Stephen - bring on more

Wow!

Oh yes!!! What a gorgeous photo, they were great days.

Cambrian Bac 1-11 416EK G-AWBL again on short final 28R Heathrow 28th August 1971.
1971-08-28-006FS G-AWBL 1500 by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Sadly before my spotting years began but still great photos. Eagerly waiting for more...

Another wonderful shot, I first saw 'WBL when it was Autair in 1968 and then flew on it twice in one day on 05/03/81 from Edinburgh to Manchester and back when it was with BA !!

More please!

Thanks for the very generous comments always greatly appreciated - No 3 to follow.

CV-990A Coronado HB-ICA of Swissair unfortunately still quite high on final to Heathrow's runway 28R on 28th August 1971.
1971-08-28-025FS HB-ICA by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

you really have got some excellent surprises stored away in your archives Stephen - wonderful memories thanks.

looking forward to seeing some more

Andy

Another great memory, you could see these coming down the approach when they were still 15 miles out - not the aircraft itself, but the plume of black smoke!

More please!

These are lovely. One month before I was born.

I'm thoroughly enjoying this thread

Never got to see a Coronado but a lovely shot in lieu thank you.

In my opinion the most beautiful airliner ever built goes to the Sud-Aviation Caravelle. This image again captured on the 28th August 1971 shows Caravelle VI-R EC-ARL operated by Iberia landing 28R at Heathrow. Some will have seen this image before 1971-08-28-003FS EC-ARL by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

a lovely photo Stephen and worthy of being posted a second time

thanks for posting it
Andy

These are brilliant , thanks for posting. The aircraft types and operators back then being more varied and interesting in my opinion.

9V-BBA Boeing 707-312B of 'Malaysia - Singapore Airlines'. Back in 1971 there was still some nooks and crannies to investigate at Heathrow.
1971-08-28-002FS 9V-BBA 1500 by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

they just keep getting better and better - thanks for spoiling us Stephen!

Having first gone to Heathrow in 1971, I am enjoying these memories.
Pete.