Leeds Bradford: Aviation Nostalgia Thread

[oldendays]

Jason, it was BAC Express who operated the Rapex sheds. Nor long before I worked at LBA there were up to three mail flights per night. One was a Jane's HS748. I can't remember who operated the third flight. Probably Streamline or Willow Air.

 

[jason1-11]

I found the schedule of post flights back in the early nineties :

2230 GX104L 360 to LGW
2230 RPX800 360 to EMA
2240 JAV168 748 to LPL

 

[Aviador]

Did anybody ever manage to get a picture of the UPS 727 that used to come into LBA. It's funny how things stick in your memory but I can even recall the callsign as UPS 6571?

 

[oldendays]

I saw it occasionally, although I'm aware that it visited every night. They were -100 series machines with replacement engines, i.e. not JT8DS. IIRC these aircraft flew on the Maersk AOC so used the 'White Star ' RT callsign. For a spell these flights were also operated by Blue Cargo 737-300s and Channel Express Electras.

 

[Aviador]

Found this picture of Concorde on the internet. It doesn't seem to be copyright protected but credit to the photographer nonetheless,


Photobucket.com

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I recently uploaded a very short, poor quality video of lba in the late 1970's. Feel free to watch.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Given the date it could be that the engineer checking the oils on the F27 is A300boy!

 

[oldendays]

Great stuff. Lovely to see Air Anglia and the BA Viscounts again. I can almost hear those Darts !

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I believe i also have footage of the airport in the mid sixties, but am struggling to find a standard 8 projector to check.

 

[Aviador]

Who remembers the distinctive sound of the F27 aircraft? When I was a young lad, I remember the aircraft's distinctive purr coming from the airport.

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I was gutted when Air UK abandoned the dark navy blue and red colour scheme.

 

[ex_crew]

Thank you for sharing.
Brings back great memories.

 

[armadillomaster]

What was the ELAL 767 doing there?

 

[lbaspotter]

What was the ELAL 767 doing there?

It will have been a divert as Leeds was EL ALs No1 divert option for many a year due security restrictions which were in place for flights from Israel. LBA could handle theses restrictions at anytime time the call was made.

 

[Aviador]

Picture by White Heather

LBA received ELAL diversions on a regular basis back in those days. As Lbaspotter has said, largely because LBA was easier to secure than other larger airports. Snipers were placed on the airport roof to ensure the safety of passengers flying with the airline.

 

[edwyn woodhead]

The EAL 767 was a charter I believe which was organized by the Yorkshire Post.

 

[White Heather]

The El Al 767 was not a one off and several used LBA. The one in the photo was a MAN divert for the reasons already explained. LBA was their No 1 diversion airport.

 

[Seasider]

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4X-EAB in June 1985. I believe that this flight was a charter.

 

[Aviador]

Great picture Seasider, I can't believe you've been hiding that one from us for so long!

 

[Seasider]

Great picture Seasider, I can't believe you've been hiding that one from us for so long!

There are plenty more to come. 😉

 

[Aviador]

Corsair, the only airline to ever bring four variants of the 747 to LBA and I think it was the only airline to bring more than one 747 to LBA on the same day.

The 747-SP, 747-100, 747-200 and the 747-300.

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