Aviation Nostalgia Thread

[Finger66]

I remember the mozambique caribou and dont think it ever landed. The wind got the better of it unfortunately. No idea where it diverted to though

 

[Bigman]

How long ago are we talking there? I bet you could get steak and chips, go see George Formby at t' Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, but half a stone of monkey nuts and still have change on a farthing!!

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

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My nostalgia files are now being placed back into hibernation but this photo dropped out and I can share it with you.

Bristol 170 Freighter G-BISU is parked on Stand 1 sometime in the 1980s. The aircraft was built in 1954 and probably was operating a race horse charter.

Barnsley Holidays

 

[blotbuc1]

Can remember flying in the early 60's from the then Yeadon Airport to Ronaldsway(IOM) on a Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Wayfarer. A very noisy experience - complimentary cotton wool provided for the ears!

 

[Seasider]

I have records of G-BISU on a Horse Charter (York) in August 1981.

 

[rmac]

Blotbuc1:
Hey Maybe you were on the same flight as me, but I flew Yeadon-IOM in 1959 with Silver City, and yes I remember the noise, also the fact that we were unable to land back in Yeadon due to fog and so landed at Blackpool and then a bus to Yeadon. My first flight ever!

 

[Finger66]

How long ago are we talking there? I bet you could get steak and chips, go see George Formby at t' Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, but half a stone of monkey nuts and still have change on a farthing!!

Oh ha ha, aren't we Mr Funny! Wasn't quite that long ago but as a guess probably around 1982 though could probably check specifically. That's if my ink and feather wrote correctly back then!

 

[rangieowner]

Blotbuc1:
Hey Maybe you were on the same flight as me, but I flew Yeadon-IOM in 1959 with Silver City, and yes I remember the noise, also the fact that we were unable to land back in Yeadon due to fog and so landed at Blackpool and then a bus to Yeadon. My first flight ever!

Diverted due to fog.......Not much has changed there then!

 

[rmac]

Except that nowadays there are various landing aids, etc etc which were not around then, especially on an old Bristol 170!!

 

[marky810]

I must have hundreds of pics at LBA from the 80's & 90's. I just need a few weeks locked away in a darkened room with a good scanner! Anyway here are a few for now...

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[lbaspotter]

Think I may have to dig out a few of my early to mid 2000s pics.

 

[lbaspotter]

Here's some Boeing 767 action @ LBA . #Britannia #Thomson #Swefly

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[Bigman]

I think I need to have a rummage through my cupboards at home and see what I can come up with. Nice to see a BA Cityflyer (Manx?) ATP and British Midland DC9 in the background behind G-UKLF.

 

[Seasider]

I have been sorting things out (having a clear out) and came across a spotting book from 1982. The first page was a visit to LBA on 10th July. Only 8 aircraft seen of which 3 were airliners - Monarch B737 G-DGDP; Air UK F27 G-BDVT and on a charter flight, Busy Bee F27 LN-NPI.

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The picture was taken from the viewing area at the side of the Terminal.

 

[oldendays]

I remember the Busy Bee F27 that year. 1982 also saw several Saturday charters by Nor Fly Convair 580 LN-BWN.

 

[White Heather]

Busy Bee turned up at some point in the year, most years, with their F27s. The problem was knowing they were coming. No chance unless you knew someone at the airport. Braathens were another Norwegian airline to operate into LBA from time to time, and in fact they did that on 4th November 1984, the day of the runway extension opening, shortly after the Wardair and BA 747s.

 

[oldendays]

Mey Air was yet another Norwegian charter airline to grace LBA in the seventies, using 737-200s. Busy Bee also had one 732 but I don't know if it ever visited LBA.

I wonder what it was about Norway and Leeds Bradford ?

 

[White Heather]

Mey Air was yet another Norwegian charter airline to grace LBA in the seventies, using 737-200s. Busy Bee also had one 732 but I don't know if it ever visited LBA.

I wonder what it was about Norway and Leeds Bradford ?

Leeds United was one reason. At the time, there was a large following for LUFC in Norway - still is for that matter. The amount of support increased substantially when Don Revie's great side beat Lyn Oslo 16-0 on aggregate in the European Cup (or possibly Inter City Fairs Cup).

 

[Aviador]

@The Pole ,Forums4airports.com

Was this the only visit to Leeds Bradford by a Wardair DC-10?

 

[oldendays]

Yes it was. Operated directly to and from Toronto. I don't know how Birmingham managed that day.

Its ATC clearance was Pole Hill, Isle of Man, Upper Red 4, Belfast. Amazing how one remembers...