Random Stuff!

[Kevin Farnell]

I'd love to see Thomson paint one of their 737's in the old Britannia livery.

I'd love to see Thomson repaint all of their aircraft back into Britannia livery!

Kevin

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I'd love to see Thomson paint one of their 737's in the old Britannia livery.

Ray

Do you mean the livery in the first picture or the second? When I first flew with Britannia the livery was as in the first picture.

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/674503/g-axnb-britannia-airways-boeing-737-200/

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/63590/g-byae-britannia-airways-boeing-757-200/

I meant to add that I prefer the second.

 

[Jerry]

Aren't Thomson changing there livery to TUI?

 

[JENNYJET]

Aren't Thomson changing there livery to TUI?

I recall reading somewhere that TUI are to withdraw the Thomson Brand together with ARKEFLY and other individual brands and simply have TUI emblazoned upon their air and water going fleets in order to simplify their business brand.

As for repainting aircraft in retro livery, maybe they can consider asking American Airlines as they have done the same with a few of their route specific aircraft I.e. PSA, EASTERN etc. TUI will own te Thomson name as I believe ORION!

 

[Jerry]

I recall reading somewhere that TUI are to withdraw the Thomson Brand together with ARKEFLY and other individual brands and simply have TUI emblazoned upon their air and water going fleets in order to simplify their business brand.

As for repainting aircraft in retro livery, maybe they can consider asking American Airlines as they have done the same with a few of their route specific aircraft I.e. PSA, EASTERN etc. TUI will own te Thomson name as I believe ORION!

Would nice if they kept one liveried up as Thomson!

 

[wolfheze]

Ray

Do you mean the livery in the first picture or the second? When I first flew with Britannia the livery was as in the first picture.

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/674503/g-axnb-britannia-airways-boeing-737-200/

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/63590/g-byae-britannia-airways-boeing-757-200/

I meant to add that I prefer the second.

Although I still like the later colours for me the red and blue cheatlines livery will always be the classic Britannia colour scheme. By the way has anyone looked at the livery put on the first of the new 737s in 1969? Awful!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Although I still like the later colours for me the red and blue cheatlines livery will always be the classic Britannia colour scheme. By the way has anyone looked at the livery put on the first of the new 737s in 1969? Awful!

No. Have you got a link?

 

[wolfheze]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311648982158
Blandsville!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Many thanks. Haven't seen that before. I agree it's very ordinary to put it mildly.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311648982158
Blandsville!

Really

I absolutely love that! Perhaps, because it was the first Britannia scheme I ever flew on. Prior to that, my only flights had been BEA Airtours Comet 4B's.

Regards

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

As for repainting aircraft in retro livery, maybe they can consider asking American Airlines as they have done the same with a few of their route specific aircraft I.e. PSA, EASTERN etc. TUI will own te Thomson name as I believe ORION!

One of my all time favourites, has to be CPAir -

How, I'd love to see that again. Not to mention, their enigmatic radio callsign 'Empress'!

Regards

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

Was also one of my favourite colour schemes back in the day.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Ray

Do you mean the livery in the first picture or the second? When I first flew with Britannia the livery was as in the first picture.

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/674503/g-axnb-britannia-airways-boeing-737-200/

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/63590/g-byae-britannia-airways-boeing-757-200/

I meant to add that I prefer the second.

I'd like to see the second one, to me it's the classic Britannia livery.

I don't remember the first one, does anyone know roughly when the livery changed?

TUI will own te Thomson name as I believe ORION!

That's something that I'd love to see

 

[TheLocalYokel]

One of my all time favourites, has to be CPAir -

How, I'd love to see that again. Not to mention, their enigmatic radio callsign 'Empress'!

Regards

Kevin

I suppose it emanates from the Canadian Pacific ships many of which were called Empress of (Britain, Canada etc).

 

[wolfheze]

I'd like to see the second one, to me it's the classic Britannia livery.

I don't remember the first one, does anyone know roughly when the livery changed?



That's something that I'd love to see

I remember seeing the Orion 737s when I paid a few visits to the new terminal, would have been around 85? Nice colour scheme especially as it contains brown which wouldn't be my first choice for an aircraft livery.
Quick question. I got the old jetstream radio out in the garden yesterday and after a bit of twiddling with the tuning wheel found a frequency which appeared to be handling airline traffic betweenaround 6 and 12 thousand ft and passing them on to Heathrow or Luton. Strange thing was I was able to receive both the aircraft and the controller. I am located in the village of Thurlaston near Rugby and the frequency was in the 130 range. Can't say exactly because the radio doesn't have a digital display. So any ideas what I was listening to?

 

[wolfheze]

Been researching and I think it was probably Daventry on 131. something?

 

[JENNYJET]

I am not speaking gospel truth here but my memory suggests that following ATC transmissions, 'cleared' to Honily, Kingswood, Daventry etc., this being the short hand pre Digital era communication systems deployed at that time. My rudimentary airband capable radio picked this up frequently!! This was1990's and when CP Air and Wardair were welcome visitors to BHX

 

[Matt995]

interesting article in the Daily Telegraph on Monday about ATC Towers & Controllers being made obsolete by 2025!!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...sider-replacing-air-traffic-controllers-with/

 

[Brum X]

This is something different for Bustling Brum, and its going to be where the old James Brindley pub near Broad street used to be which has been boarded up for years.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/wha...-coming-birmingham-11620839#ICID=FB-Birm-main

 

[wolfheze]

Have added a BMA DC9 and an Air Malawi VC10 to the collection. Actually missed the VC10 when it diverted into Birmingham in I think 76 but did see it at Heathrow a year later. That and the fact I got it for eight quid was good enough reason for getting it. The DC9 presented a dilemma as it's a very early aeroclassics model and to be honest has a number of faults but hasn't been made again since so I took the chance and bought it and to be fair if you don't look too closely is acceptable. I have also just bought my first wide body and again it's something I didn't see at Birmingham or anywhere else for that matter but it's in what I think is the iconic livery of a long defunct British airline. View attachment 3479 View attachment 3480