Nostalgia at BHX

[wolfheze]

Only visited around a dozen times but seemed to remember it was hot in there,maybe its position exposed it to the sun? Unlike the lounge over at the old terminal which I found more comfortable.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Great link, Brum X. I love old videos too.

 

[wolfheze]

What about this one? One Elevens, 737s, 757,767,.MD80, DC9 and Sylvian and Sakamoto. Oh and a Ford Sierra.

 

[Brum X]

Great link, Brum X. I love old videos too.

It is wolfheze who deserves the praise, not me.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

It is wolfheze who deserves the praise, not me.

Apologies, wolfheze. I saw your (Brum X) name at the top of the page and didn't realise you were replying to wolfheze on the previous page.

 

[wolfheze]

Dosent matter as long as folks like watching.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

What about this one? One Elevens, 737s, 757,767,.MD80, DC9 and Sylvian and Sakamoto. Oh and a Ford Sierra.

And, shock horror, an empty car park!

 

[wolfheze]

http://www.macearchive.org/archive.html?Title=4082
Like the way the stewardess, sorry female cabin crew puts her heels back on and gives a little smile to the camera.
Could this have been staged after the event? It's hard to believe someone would have happened to be there with a movie camera. Also I think the accident was caused by fog which there dosent appear to be much of in the film.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Interesting clip, I never seen it before.

If only my mother was still alive, she worked at Elmdon back in the day and would no doubt have remembered events such as this.

 

[wolfheze]

View attachment 3948 Some rather rubbish pictures from i would guess around 84/85 with the exception of the one taken from onboard what I think must have been a Paramount MD 82 which would have been in 88/89. Don't even remember seeing a BIA one eleven or the fact that there wasn't any sort of fence between the spectator area and the apron. View attachment 3940 View attachment 3941 View attachment 3942 View attachment 3943 View attachment 3944 View attachment 3945 View attachment 3946 View attachment 3947

 

[Ray Finkle]

Amazing pictures that bring back some very happy memories

or the fact that there wasn't any sort of fence between the spectator area and the apron

I think it may be a bit of an optical illusion. The perimeter fence was at the bottom of a rather steep bank that ran along the front of the spectator area, so probably not visible from the angle that the picture was taken from.

I was in my prime sproghood era at this time and we used to roll down to the bottom of the hill to wave at the pilots as they taxied past. It's probably rose tinted specs but my memory recalls most of them waving back. Sadly I still recall the scoldings that I received for the grass stains on my clothes. Worth it though

 

[JENNYJET]

I recall the days of Birmingham Executive Airways with their Jetstream 31's which became British European and to this day's Flybe, steadily growing yet remains within the Continent of Europe, the reason for existence.

I dread the day they consider acquiring an Airbus or Boeing as this may signal an over reach of activities....your thoughts please....!!

 

[Ray Finkle]

I dread the day they consider acquiring an Airbus or Boeing as this may signal an over reach of activities....your thoughts please....!!

They've already tried a couple of 737's doing sun routes from Birmingham. I think it was around 2004 and it obviously didn't work when up against the likes of Monarch, BMI Baby, My Travel Lite etc.

There was a rumour a couple of years ago about a possible A319/320 being based at Birmingham but obviously it never happened.

Hopefully Flybe will stick to doing what they do best. Rome could be an interesting one, Flybe do well to Milan with up to three daily flights.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I recall the days of Birmingham Executive Airways with their Jetstream 31's which became British European and to this day's Flybe, steadily growing yet remains within the Continent of Europe, the reason for existence.

I dread the day they consider acquiring an Airbus or Boeing as this may signal an over reach of activities....your thoughts please....!!

Flybe have operated B737-300's in the past.
I too have fond memories of the BEA J31's and also their Gulfstream 1's and SAAB 340.

Kevin

 

[Barry Beeth]

I think you're mixing your concepts guys, FlyBe were British European for a while, before that Jersey European, using F27s (they still use the callsign "Jersey" now, I think) - not to be confused with Brum's own Birmingham European (with J31s then F50s) who eventually wound up as part of Maersk, using ex-BA 1-11-400s.
I think!

 

[58terminus]

FlyBe were British European for a while, before that Jersey European,

Barry is right.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I think you're mixing your concepts guys, FlyBe were British European for a while, before that Jersey European, using F27s (they still use the callsign "Jersey" now, I think) - not to be confused with Brum's own Birmingham European (with J31s then F50s) who eventually wound up as part of Maersk, using ex-BA 1-11-400s.
I think!

You are quite correct about Flybe's lineage, Barry. The first aircraft they used into BHX was the Embraer Bandeirante.
Birmingham European however started out life as Birmingham Executive Airways, initially operating 3 x J31's and then adding Gulfstream 1's and a SAAB 340.

They then went on to become Birmingham European operating One-Elevens. They had a brief spell as Brymon European operating One-Elevens and then became part of Maersk using 737-500's and F50's. Finally they became Duo following a management buyout after Maersk sold their interest. Duo operated Canadair regional jets before the airline ceased operations.

Kevin

 

[Barry Beeth]

Can't remember the SF-340 for the life of me! The Fokker 50s though, OY-MMU/V, remember them like it was yesterday!
Why does my brain keep hold of this stuff?

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Can't remember the SF-340 for the life of me! The Fokker 50s though, OY-MMU/V, remember them like it was yesterday!
Why does my brain keep hold of this stuff?

The SAAB 340 was very problematic for Birmingham Executive. I think they operated it for less than 12 months and returned it to SAAB, due to poor reliability.

Some photos can be found here -

http://www.airteamimages.com/birmingham-executive-airways_cs10-1684.html

Ray, I see that we're drifting well off the Flybe topic here (although the discussion remains interesting). Perhaps you could move these posts to 'BHX nostalgia' or even to a 'Birmingham Executive/European' thread.

Regards

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

http://tune.pk/video/1233742/birmingham-airport-new-terminal-pier-04041984-part-1-2