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Many will remember the days when no more than half a dozen aircraft were on the ground for the night.
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I think some of us can remember three. Northeast Viscount, Dan Air 748 and Air Anglia F27Many will remember the days when no more than half a dozen aircraft were on the ground for the night.
Pardon?I rhi m some kf us can rwnember three. Northeast Viscount, Dan Air 748 and Air Anglia f27
Well, there were actually 6 Northeast Viscounts, and all were to be found at LBA very frequently. There was usually more than one at LBA overnight to operate the early flights to Heathrow, Belfast, Dublin (shared with Aer Lingus) etc. Often one or two were pulled into the black hangar overnight for maintenance or whatever needed doing. A relative of mine worked on them.I used to specially look out for the Northeast Viscount when visiting Heathrow., also flew on a Dan Air 748, not to LBA but Bournemouth,- Cardiff- Manchester
It may do overhead at 38,000ftI see that air India are going to purchase a few Airbus aircraft may be one will come our way
All sounds sensible. A continuous approach is in the best interests of the environment so hopefully will find favour.
Also posted in the DSA thread. Looks like LBA have applied to retain some of the DSA CAT and submitted the attached yesterday ahead of the proceedings to close the airspace starting today.
It looks like they want to retain and manage CTA 8 and 10 which are the North Western segments of what was Doncaster airspace. They’ve also requested that the lower level of the CTA be increased from 2000ft to 4500ft to allow for GA traffic to keep operating sufficiently below. Purpose is to allow for continuous descent into RWY32 as 8 and 10 border the LBA CTA.
It's what happened before DSA closed. Now it's back to stepped descents, adding to flight crew workload, engine noise and emissions. If successful it will help ATC and aircrew and, dare I say it, the environment.All sounds sensible. A continuous approach is in the best interests of the environment so hopefully will find favour.
As long as it’s in our favour, anything is acceptableand, dare I say it, the environment.
In front of the old black hangar I think with the main Terminal (such as it was then) in the background .Never seen this photo before. Cant identify the location with any certainty but seems to be typically windy Yeadon weather!
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Looking more closely it does look like what we called 'the old black hangar' (aka Flight Shed) but I think it may be around the back as I dont remenber such a large opening at the front and down the 'short' side nearest the runways was a single level brick structure used as offices for, amongst others, line engineers. Hard to say as I dont remember it as far back as the Beatles visit, only the early 70's. A300 Boy may have a better recollection.In front of the old black hangar I think with the main Terminal (such as it was then) in the background .
Ok, I was thinking the front was the side facing the terminal where later the BA Cargo shed entrance was located.I began my career at Northair Aviation in 1966 when I was in fact 16 years old.
It was in 1975 that I joined Air Anglia and moved to the main side of Lba and the year I had my Private Pilots licence issued.
So this photograph is before my time however it looks like the front of the hanger where the viscounts and Avro 748 aircraft types were kept and the terminal building was inside the top side of it.
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