Birmingham: Airport Nostalgia

[Nethercote2019]

Concorde… for me

 

[HPsauce]

Has to be Air Force One

That was quite a sight!. It arrived a bit late as I recall. Beginning to get dark and misty. That was quite a week with all the USAF military movements and the helicopters .

 

[Kevin Farnell]

That was quite a sight!. It arrived a bit late as I recall. Beginning to get dark and misty. That was quite a week with all the USAF military movements and the helicopters

I posted these from the G8 summit -

Birmingham Airport - Picture Thread

I've been searching through a few old storage boxes and came across some old photographs. Unfortunately, I didn't find the negatives, so the following are from scans of prints. The quality therefore isn't as good as I would like, but still hope you enjoy the shots. I'll start with a few visitors...

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[rollo]

I've been reading the recent posts with interest especially regarding the Air Algeria Caravell which operated late evening, also Air France operated the service the year before or after with a weekly flight.if I remember correctly they were I/T flights to Nice. Wouldn't be surprised if they were flights for M.A.T.O. owned by "Deadly Doug"

Favourite aircraft definitely the Spantax Coronado watching it charge down the runway and disappearing in a cloud of smoke and noise over Brum.I always waited to see what disappeared last the aircraft, the noise., or the smoke.

The VC10 an honourable second fo me.

 

[Ianbutty]

I've been reading the recent posts with interest especially regarding the Air Algeria Caravell which operated late evening, also Air France operated the service the year before or after with a weekly flight.if I remember correctly they were I/T flights to Nice. Wouldn't be surprised if they were flights for M.A.T.O. owned by "Deadly Doug"

Favourite aircraft definitely the Spantax Coronado watching it charge down the runway and disappearing in a cloud of smoke and noise over Brum.I always waited to see what disappeared last the aircraft, the noise., or the smoke.

The VC10 an honourable second fo me.

I think the smoke is still hanging around. Loved those times. Aircraft let you know of their presence. Oh how I miss the long drawn out drone of the DC3 and the dirty roar of a BAC1-11.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Here are a few more from my archive. Sorry some are a bit grainy, but I had to zoom in to see them large enough -

I don't think I've posted any of the above before.

 

[elmdon74]

That was quite a sight!. It arrived a bit late as I recall. Beginning to get dark and misty. That was quite a week with all the USAF military movements and the helicopters .

My less than perfect picture of AF1 arriving,if I remember it was about 9pm from the viewing area in the terminal which had stayed open fot the crowds waiting for it,and was nearly dark and getting foggy.Regards,Simon.

 

[JENNYJET]

Kevin, that is exactly how I remember it, even the old BMA van. Thank you sir, for the memories.

 

[Timberwolf]

Has to be Air Force One

For me, the very first B747 into Elmdon QANTAS B747-238 VH-EBH.Such excitement and huge crowds, it was huge compared with our usual airliners.

 

[Karl C]

I was just daydreaming and I remembered the time I was supposed to fly home from Corfu to BHX on an Air Europe 757 (1989). After a 7 hour delay an airplane rocked up that I absolutely wasn't expecting to take us home.....a TEA A300 B1 OO-TEF. A real rare one as I don't think many B1's existed and/or went into commercial service. I was ill before I got on the flight, so I just wanted to get home, but so glad I got to fly on a rare one for sure 👌❤️
Just thought I'd share that random memory.....

 

[Kevin Farnell]

The A300B1 was a very rare aircraft indeed. The production list shows just 2 examples, with OO-TEF (MSN 002) being the only one that went into airline service, although sadly now scraped.

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I remember seeing it at BHX and may have a photo somewhere.

 

[Karl C]

Thanks Kevin, it was May 1989 if I remember correctly. Outbound a week before was G-BKRM to CFU.

 

[JENNYJET]

Any one remember the little BA timetable books available from the old Elmdon terminal?

 

[rollo]

Yes I do, they used publish two as I recall consisting of a complete comprehensive network effort similar to a paperback and then a separate tiny one with just the Birmingham services with very few pages maybe only 4/5 pages.

 

[Matt995]

Any one remember the little BA timetable books available from the old Elmdon terminal?

still have a draw full of them!! 🤣 I used to get my from the local travel agents!

 

[jfy1999]

Here’s an aerial view that I haven’t seen before. The A310 in the lower left corner is from short lived Spanish charter airline Oasis (1986-95).

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[thunderchild]

Never seen that before either. Look how nice the Eurohub looked back then, it’s a bit of an eyesore nowadays.

 

[A330]

Here’s an aerial view that I haven’t seen before. The A310 in the lower left corner is from short lived Spanish charter airline Oasis (1986-95).

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Including a proper viewing area with benches as opposed to a bus stop that we have now in car park 5.

 

[Brum X]

Including a proper viewing area with benches as opposed to a bus stop that we have now in car park 5.

And toilets ;-(

Now you have to keep popping back to the terminal which is a pain.

;-(

 

[Ray Finkle]

I look at images such as the one below (full credit to whoever took it) and often wonder where we would be if both the T1 piers had been kept and the Eurohub had been built further south, roughly where the car hire area/car park is now 🤔