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I've emailed Norwich Airport as well as the CAA, thanks all. The item is included in the book but I'd love a bit more official info. Thanks for all your interest and advice, much appreciated.

I am close to most of those in that list and no one knows about the incident. I try to avoid the hell-hole of Twitter and don't want to post research questions on there anyway :)

Forgive my clumsiness with the wording, when I said 'near miss' I meant as in near disaster rather than other aircraft being involved. I think it was engine trouble and perhaps was kept quiet by the club due to inadequate insurance or something of the players which is possibly what the LU...

Any idea how or who even to ask in Norwich about the 1973 incident? I know it's a long shot.

Hello everyone, I was here 4 years ago seeking help for a novel about John Charles. The novel 'The Gigante' came out last year and some of you were very helpful with my research. It's doing well, thank you all! I'm currently finishing a history book on Leeds United FC and there are two events...

:lol: Yes, good idea :biggrin: The novel is called 'The Gigante', it's about John Charles' (and his family's) move from Leeds United to Juventus in 1957. In the end, I haven't mentioned LBA but the advice received here has been great detail. :hatsoff: I'm not sure which publisher will...

Dear all, I'm proud to advise that my John Charles novel is finished and with luck will be published early next year. I have already credited this fine forum in the Acknowledgements and I have written to, I hope, everyone who offered advice on here in this thread, to ask permission to...

Forgive me WH but I'm new here and I haven't seen a thread on 1950s rail travel. The reason they caught the sleeper train was to catch flights to Rome or Turin from Heathrow.

Mornin' all. Slightly different tack now. For 'slightly' you can probably read 'completely' :) Does anyone know anything about sleeper trains in 1957? John Charles travelled overnight from Leeds to London, Kings Cross I assume, and has mentioned it being a sleeper train. Now, sleeper...

Thank you too Seasider. I would be surprised if LU chartered a plane in '57 but as this was a friendly tournament for the team and personnel, I wouldn't be hugely surprised if they DID either! Thanks for the other tips too, great stuff.

thanks so much, that is more excellent help, I'm very grateful. The comment about the '48 seater' could well have been a player's failing memory or the interviewer not hearing correctly. For what it's worth, just from looking at Wikipedia etc, I suspected he meant a Dakota C48 rather than a 48...

Thanks very much Mr Busspotter!

Hi. Anyone help please? I'm researching for a book I'm writing. Were passenger airlines operating from LBA/Yeadon in the 1950s? Would a football club, in this case Leeds United, have been able to get to Amsterdam from LBA or would they have had to fly from Heathrow or somewhere else? If from...