Leeds Bradford: Aviation Nostalgia Thread

[White Heather]

Im probably just not remembering properly. The 1-11s seemed to get my attention as they sounded like 'real' jets.

You mean deafening? Yes they were. Loved them. But the 200s made a racket too. Back then, in the 70s, there was no such thing as Chapter 3 technology so everything made a racket, which is why LACAN loved then so much!!

 

[LBAYORKIE]

You mean deafening? Yes they were. Loved them. But the 200s made a racket too. Back then, in the 70s, there was no such thing as Chapter 3 technology so everything made a racket, which is why LACAN loved then so much!!

Yes, the 1-11s sounded like military jets. LACAN made the most of the opportunity they presented.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Winter 78/79 timetables. Ive included Humberside too as its interestingg to see they had a service to LHR. 3 x daily.View attachment 25531View attachment 25532

 

[LBAYORKIE]

And Winter 79/80 which includes the F28. I remember one of them was PH-MOL.

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[BarnsleyHolidays]

Impressive. I did a stint outside of cargo working for Servisair handling in about 1978/9'ish. I think it was in the period when Air Anglia and BIA merged to form Air UK. I really enjoyed it, best thing was it was easy to get virtually free tickets so I often went to AMS for weekends or even day trips. Worked alongside Steve Taylor and Andy Barker and Phil 'the fly' Solomon (my boss in the handling dept) John Garner was station manager. A300 boy was at Air Anglia/Air UK as well. Les Rackham and ? Dakin were memorable flight deck crew, back in those days of the F27. I remember we had a northbound and southbound service each day plus the Amsterdams. The former had a southern 'terminus' but I cant remember the northern one, I think it was Edinburgh, so nwi-lba-edi. I remember there was also a Paris service which routed ory-lba-edi which was operated by an F28 sometimes. At that time we also hade an Air Anglia Navajo Chieftain on Gatwick. I also recall after the launch of Air UK Embraer Bandeirantes appeared on the scene.

The Servisair load control department around that time also included Ian Place and Eric Buckle. I'm not sure where Steve Taylor went on to work, but Andy Barker retired 3 years ago after completing a total of 42 years at LBA in various roles within the Airport Company.

BH

 

[LBAYORKIE]

The Servisair load control department around that time also included Ian Place and Eric Buckle. I'm not sure where Steve Taylor went on to work, but Andy Barker retired 3 years ago after completing a total of 42 years at LBA in various roles within the Airport Company.

BH

Ian started whilst I was working there. Eric worked there as well. Not sure what happened to Eric but Im sure ive seen Ian at the airport in the last 5 years.

 

[oldendays]

Ian was working as a dispatcher with Swissport up until about two years ago but I haven't seen him recently. Eric Buckle is certainly retired; I occasionally see him in Yeadon.

PH-MOL was owned by Fokker and often leased to airlines pending arrival of their own aircraft. She did an early stint with Air Anglia in 1979 then again about seven years later with Air UK. Air Anglia's owned F28s were JCWW and WWJC.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Ian was working as a dispatcher with Swissport up until about two years ago but I haven't seen him recently. Eric Buckle is certainly retired; I occasionally see him in Yeadon.

PH-MOL was owned by Fokker and often leased to airlines pending arrival of their own aircraft. She did an early stint with Air Anglia in 1979 then again about seven years later with Air UK. Air Anglia's owned F28s were JCWW and WWJC.

The F28's flight decks seemed like something from the future to me, completely different to the F27's.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Ian was working as a dispatcher with Swissport up until about two years ago but I haven't seen him recently. Eric Buckle is certainly retired; I occasionally see him in Yeadon.

PH-MOL was owned by Fokker and often leased to airlines pending arrival of their own aircraft. She did an early stint with Air Anglia in 1979 then again about seven years later with Air UK. Air Anglia's owned F28s were JCWW and WWJC.

The two new Fokker 28s were registered after the two founders of Air Anglia, Jim Crampton and Wilbur Wright.

BH

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Weve got a lot to be thankful to Air Anglia for. They supported LBA solidly in the days when other operators were sparse. Without AA's commitnent to routes to Amsterdam from regional airports and their close cooperation with KLM I don't think many would be connected to Amsterdam today.

 

[Finger66]

In some respects LBAYORKIE I share you views. We did have a lot to be thankful to AA for at the time. However travel and aviation has moved on so much that I think we would still be pretty much where we are today without AA. Capital and Jet2 are probably the 2 LBA really need to be thankful for but even then I think someone else would have done what they both did and are still doing

 

[oldendays]

Let us not forget that Britannia Airways proved it was possible to fly modern jets from Leeds Bradford to the Mediterranean in the 1970s. It took three years but Air Europe then did likewise, then Air Malta, Orion, Monarch and Dan Air. Britannia blazed the trail but their latter-day successor is sadly less committed.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

AA proved that a hub and spoke operation from regional airports focussed on Amsterdam could work. At that time- and to a great extent since, no other airline has had the confidence to develop services to a European hub from 'lesser'airports.

You could argue that the likes of AF, LH, SN and others didnt bother because AA/UK and later KLM had already captured the market by the time they realised what was happening. But that still gives credit to AA.

Capital Im not too sure about, they did push the boundaries, proved viability of new routes and they seemed to have a good strategy, but unfortunately they were relatively short lived so never developed their full potential. You could say Britannia helped when they started the first IT flights in fact I would call it a milestone, but as we know their commitment didnt last.

I agree that in recent times the establishment of Jet2 (another milestone) has been the most significant boost to the airport and beyond the wildest dreams of most of us.

Its interesting to speculate where the airport would be today without AA. Would the airport have been viable without them?

 

[Seasider]

The Servisair load control department around that time also included Ian Place and Eric Buckle. I'm not sure where Steve Taylor went on to work, but Andy Barker retired 3 years ago after completing a total of 42 years at LBA in various roles within the Airport Company.

BH

Andy Barker retired? He's nowt but a lad.

 

[Easy289]

He was an ATCA at point he retired. His son,. Matt, currently works as Ramp Agent for LS.

 

[CM.]

Matt, currently works as Ramp Agent for LS.

Matt Barker?

 

[a300boy]

The two new Fokker 28s were registered after the two founders of Air Anglia, Jim Crampton and Wilbur Wright.

BH

and gave me my second job after Northair Aviation.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

All the talk of security vetting on other threads made me think back to the late seventies when, at Servisair, we had no vetting or background checks at all. We had a simple ID card which no one took any notice of. The airport was much less secure in those days but I suppose everyone knew everyone else, still a little surprising given the troubles in Northern Ireland were at their peak. Even 2 years after I had left the airport I could still step over the scales at the check in desks and onto the apron unchallenged. I used to like to stand on the apron when the TU154' s were starting up- great noise.And don't get me started on health and safety! All seems like a different world.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

All the talk of security vetting on other threads made me think back to the late seventies when, at Servisair, we had no vetting or background checks at all. We had a simple ID card which no one took any notice of. The airport was much less secure in those days but I suppose everyone knew everyone else, still a little surprising given the troubles in Northern Ireland were at their peak. Even 2 years after I had left the airport I could still step over the scales at the check in desks and onto the apron unchallenged. I used to like to stand on the apron when the TU154' s were starting up- great noise.And don't get me started on health and safety! All seems like a different world.

I remember an anti terrorist training session in the office of National Pig Developments which was in the main concourse (strange name for an air taxi operator). The basic message was if someone rings in with a bomb threat, to pretend you couldnt hear them and hang up. Then phone the police to put a tap on the line in the expectation they would phone back- how was that ever going to work?

 

[Aviador]

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