1:15 Before the Eurotunnel the LHR-CDG route must have been pretty busy! Think of all the tourists and business people that wanted to travel between those two metropolis and didn't want to waste so much time on the road and then waiting for a ferry.
The Air France Airbus A300, reg: F-BVGG, was involved in the hijack to Entebbe in 1976. It was used as a freighter in its final years, before being scrapped in 2009.
Enjoyed every minute of that. So many reminders of the aircraft and airliners that I used to see from the wonderful roof garden of the Queens Building. I so miss that. I feel sorry for the younger spotters of today, who have missed out on experiencing it. I’m so glad I did.
Wow and who remembers that big landing beacon light that spun around at night. As a kid I thought it looked amazing. It was located at Beacon Road. I have tried to find a video of it but have never found any.
Went there as a kid about this time, thought I knew most planes through kit building etc. looking out of the Terminal at the apron and seeing a line of strange aircraft with pods on the wings (Spantax). do not think I found out for years what a Convair 990 was.
Certainly brings back memories from the time. The SK 747 and the LH DC-10 were unusual aircraft types for those airlines to be operating to LHR. That Cyprus Airways DC8 was interesting. I have flown on it in 1976. They leased it from (I think) Air New Zealand after all of their own Tridents were destroyed and they moved their operations from Nicosia to Larnaca. It was configured all Y class. The LH 727-100 at 3.35 caught my attention. Have flown on LH 727-200's (one of my favorite aircraft types) but never a -100. Don't remember ever having seen one of those.
70s: two engines under the wings, two engines on the tail, two engines under the wings plus one engine on the tail, four engines under the wings, three engines on the tail, four engines on the tail. Now: just put two fucked engines under the wings and don’t break my balls….
When aircraft were so cool 747-100,200,727's,DC9's,DC8's L1011's,VC10,Caravel's ,707 a boat load of Russian aircraft and I know I missed some other aircraft in my comment but yes the best days of aviation!
I just love the variety of Aircraft types , colours, etc. … today … many use twin engined Aircraft, except A380.. also a lot less use of cheat lines and more white fuselages…
Been a regular visitor to both Jersey and to a lesser extent Guernsey since 1989, some brought back happy memories... Especially British Midland @ 1:01, Aurigny @ 1:27, 2:36, Flybe @6:27 No BMI baby in the listing... unless I missed it
So many European Airlines using wide body aircraft back then, such a shame it is not the same today, Some very fond memories from going to the Queens Building on a Sunday to watch the aircraft as a teenager.
Yes. For example BA/AF used L1011's and A300's on most of their hourly (BA one hour, AF the next hour etc) flights between LHR and CDG. Makes perfect sense.
@@StickmanVenomCookie What you say is not strictly true. We are talking about the 70's, not the 50's. There were options then. The 1960/early 70's was the era of cheap package holidays to Spain etc. Those who travelled on those package holidays aboard the holiday charter flights were NOT rich I assure you. Yes scheduled flights were more expensive but not exactly unaffordable. Although the air fare element would have been a higher % of the total journey cost than today, there were no 'taxes and other charges', no hidden extras, no paying for food or baggage, it did not cost more to travel to the airport and/or park your car at the airport or eat a meal at the airport than it cost to buy the air ticket, you were treated with respect and well looked after in the event of delays etc.
Dear Hugh, will you pick up the tab for my Kleenex bill? I was 30, ouch. Thanks for the memories, just fantastic. Never seen so many Caravelles in a short time. Greetings from YVR
My one and only flight on a soviet manufactured aircraft was from Athens to Sofia on an LZ TU154. I recall two things about this flight. This was back in the days before business class existed and intra-European flights still operated in an FY configuration. On boarding the aircraft I found that the so-called F class cabin had 3 X 3 Y class seats. I said something to the stewardess and received the reply 'we don't have the other sort of seats'. No problem. It was a short flight and I had all 3 seats to myself. In fact I had pretty much all of the forward cabin to myself. I was then offered a welcome aboard drink. It was an early morning (0700 departure I think) breakfast flight. The welcome aboard drink (no choice) was a glass of brandy. I politely declined. The poor stewardess appeared to take that personally and appeared most displeased with me.
Interesting. The expected and the unexpected. The Sabena 707, the Maersk Air 707 and the Condor 747 were unexpected. Shows the high capacity needed on this route. The LOT IL18 was especially unexpected. Was PMI a holiday destination for Poles in 1977? Also didn't realise Pan-Am operated to PMI? The 727 is presumably from the German based fleet. Not a single UK charter airline in sight!
