Classic British Flight Sim

Paul , don't know on eng. approvals , I guess it was a very basic A/P , and the boys were flying her . Hitched hiked a few times on LHR-NWI-LHR on a staff ticket , to go sailing on Hickling with my dad . Was by then [ late'70s ] used to 'Mr Smith's triplex A/land in 75m RVR and 12' radio decision ht ...

Paul , you'll have to do as Air Uk's forerunner Air Anglia ..... '' We're bigger than you think '' ... ''We're faster than you think '' [ Ads from the '70s ! ] did.
AA did not employ any autopilot engineers ... Every time they aquired another F27 , contracted in an engineer to remove any A/pilot ...

TSR , have seen them from high up over Saudi , really strange seeing green circles in the middle of desert .
MikeW , thx for that , our son live 5 miles from Pukekohe . I'll go and look next were out in NZ .

rgds dave f.

Gents , just found this , If anyone does get in contact with Peter McC , please pass my regards onto him . From one of his old co-pilots .

rgds dave f.

Aharon , glad you got the message and they are helpful . Still remember flying between the flats on approach to THF , and still have hair , 'tho it's white !
Don't know if you were on the forum when Peter McClelland was active , I flew as his co pilot several times .

Please ask if there are any ...

PS , before start clearance was issued , the 4 powers around a table in the BASC [ Berlin air safety centre ] had to a sign a 'safety of flt is guaranteed' chit, Russians often delayed it .. The corridors were 10,000 ft high [ no jets when they were negotiated ] , 20 Statute [ not Nautical ] miles ...

Aharon , if you have not got any infomation yet ? Here is some ....
1st Heathrow is EGLL !
Departure from EGLL would be on a Clacton SID . Still is today !
Only THF Tempelhof flt I did was 12/6/75 in T2 G-AVFJ. Capt was Clive Elton , V senior and excellent base training Capt , Wx was CAVOK and I ...

Ben , that last shot is a very nice view of Perry Oaks sludge [ sewerage works ] works , where they produced 'Cinagro .... [ Organic backwards ] fertiliser ..
Now of course it's Terminal 5 .
And don't those T-birds look clean . Back then even tech log entries asking for a clean didn't do any good ...

B12 , That's why I mentioned ...

'' Delivery flts could perhaps be classified as 'Private , and the 1 hr rule ignored '' .

Still an interesting challenge , even if the stepping stones [ ETOPs 'wordology ] are much further apart , and what your own attitude to risk is .
Ernest K Gann , in ' Fate is ...

Aharon , that should be good as an en-route alternate for a non ETOPs route across the Tasman .

rgds dave f.