Aviation Nostalgia Thread

[BarnsleyHolidays]

View attachment 5370 Stand 6 again - Summer 1985

British Airtours Tristar G-BBAJ is pictured on turnround from and to Palma. Old memories ......

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[ex_crew]

Thank you for sharing these , I love them .

Did Caledonian ever come to LBA , I was crew with British Caledonian , we diverted once on the way to Newcastle , BAC 1-11 .

 

[oldendays]

There is a colour photograph somewhere on the web of a British Caledonian 1-11 taxiing on to the apron but there were no regular services. Only Genair, which operated as BCal Commuter, gave a regular taste of British Caledonian at Leeds. Many years later we had the Saturday morning Caledonian Airways flights to Toronto but that company was little more than a rebranded British Airtours.

 

[oldendays]

Also, there was a British Air Ferries Viscount painted in British Caledonian colours which frequently visited Leeds in connection with the BAF Jersey flights in the mid-eighties.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Thank you for sharing these , I love them .

Did Caledonian ever come to LBA , I was crew with British Caledonian , we diverted once on the way to Newcastle , BAC 1-11 .

I am not sure if either of these were your aircraft 'ex_crew', but my records show that two British Caledonian One-Eleven 500s G-AWYU and G-AZPZ both made first visits on the same day, 09 December 1985. As far as I am aware, these were the only BCAL mainline aircraft to have visited LBA. Now to start digging for a Genair aircraft in BCAL livery ....

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[ex_crew]

Bit before my time , I think , looking back it was Teeside , we had a nightmare trying to find rooms for the very unhappy passengers. I did divert once when with Air Europe , unfortunately not on the 747-200 we had on lease that year. Thanks for your " heads up " , I enjoy your photos . Just been having a chat with a couple of friends that were crew on the Tristar that over shot. Cant beat a bit of aviation nostalgia , your photos add to the experience . So thank you .

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

View attachment 5374 View attachment 5375 Genair in BCAL livery 1983/4

Genair originally operated as an Embraer Bandeirante commuter airline from Liverpool to Gatwick then opened up a second base at LBA with an E110 for a double daily LGW route. Genair was expanded with the acquisition of Casair at TeesSide and Eastern at Humberside and the addition of several Shorts 330 aircraft.

The first photo shows Shorts 330 G-OCAS operating MME-LBA-LGW and a few months later the second photo shows Shorts 360 G-BKZR on the same route. The latter aircraft was impounded at LBA in mid July 1984 when the airline encountered financial difficulties and ceased trading.

The memories go on ........

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[oldendays]

Came across some old-ish photographs today from about 1993. I don't remember taking them so I must have been given them. These are photos of photos thus not good quality.

 

[oldendays]

Came across some old-ish photographs today from about 1993. I don't remember taking them so I must have been given them. These are photos of photos thus not good quality..


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[oldendays]

Nationair twice. Sorry. Stupid tablet.

 

[Aviador]

Nationair twice. Sorry. Stupid tablet.

Those are great photos. Have you not tried uploading them to the media section, it's so much easier and there's a dedicated LBA section for Nostalgia photos.

I've removed your double posting of the Nationair.

I never got a chance to see the DC 8 unfortunately so I'm so jealous!

 

[a300boy]

I am pretty sure that is me between the Ground power unit and the tug in my best white overalls so I remember it.

 

[Sam b]

I wonder if that is the nation air that crashed?

 

[oldendays]

Don't remember any Nationair crashes. There was an Arrow Air DC8 crash in Newfoundland in late 1985.

 

[twevsmiff]

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910711-0

Nationair DC-8-61 C-GMXQ crashed whilst operating for Nigeria Airways in 1991(see report above)
Can't remember which of there aircraft visited LBA.

 

[Aviador]

("Liked", but thanked is what was meant given the nature of the post!)

 

[ex_crew]

I came across this and wondered if anybody would know something

 

[Aviador]

View media item 58
Crikey! I remember seeing it but I can't remember why it came to LBA. From what I remember a slightly different aircraft came back on the return journey possibly Air Boltic or something similar.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

I came across this and wondered if anybody would know something

This looks like an Aeroflot TU154 charter on 12 May 1994 that was involved with a ship's crew change for a vessel docked at one of the Humber ports. RA85436 arrived as AFL3011 from Krasnodar in the Crimea and stayed for most of the day before returning the old crew back to Krasnodar as AFL3012. Two notable memories of this aircraft was a cabin aisle carpet that only stretched for two thirds of the cabin length, and some of the outbound passengers taking tumble driers as pieces of hold baggage!

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[White Heather]

I have photos of this aircraft on both its trips into LBA - which took place shortly after the end of the USSR. On its first trip into LBA it wore full Aeroflot titles. On its 2nd trip it had been re-branded with Baltic International titles. However, my recollection was that it operated to and from Riga - which fits with the Baltic International ownership.