Modern civil aircraft *yawn*

Modern civil aircraft *yawn*

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silverfoxcc

7,683 posts

144 months

Thursday 9th August 2012
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Last four of the first box


The russian aircraft used to be parked at the left of the North Tunnel






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perdu

4,884 posts

198 months

Friday 10th August 2012
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Last four of the first box, great by the way, how many more can we rely on?

I'm getting used to this service now, you know

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J4CKO

41,284 posts

199 months

Wednesday 15th August 2012
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Great thread, these old airliners are so appealing, suppose nowadays, boring as the new ones are they tend to have less in the way of incidents.

Don't know why I am so into old airliners, ended up last week getting escorted from Mojave airport as I was trying to get a mosey at the boneyard, saw my favourite, a 747 SP though.

silverfoxcc

7,683 posts

144 months

Thursday 16th August 2012
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About another 30 or so, but saving the best group (although not taken by me, till last!!)
Hopefully four more on tonight

TiMopar

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187 posts

173 months

Thursday 16th August 2012
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I thought you might like to see this; In the 60's my father worked for the Board of Trade or the Civil Aviation Authority (?). Every summer he somehow managed to get us holiday accomodation in a building adjacent to the runway at Bournemouth Hurn Airport. This was when the Bristol Superfreighter car ferries ( I think it was British United Airways )were operating the cross channel service about every half hour. I would watch every one take off and land. There was no security at all in those days. I seem to remember also that there were occasionally Fleet Air Arm Sea Vixens and Buccaneers coming and going....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxKh5P8HF9c&fea...

Eric Mc

121,779 posts

264 months

Thursday 16th August 2012
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Is that your home movie?

That definitely was a BUA Superfreighter.

TiMopar

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187 posts

173 months

Thursday 16th August 2012
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Yes Eric, that was me in 1964. That's why I liked the smell of aviation fuel...