Newcastle Airport 75th aniversary

[TSR2]

Might be of interest to some....

Newcastle International Airport's 75th AnniversaryYou are invited to celebrate Newcastle International Airport's 75th Anniversary on Monday 26th July 2010

Newcastle Airport and business partners have created a very special itinerary for the anniversary day.

The public can watch all of the activity from a dedicated viewing area which will be open from 10am at Samson Aviation.

We recommend viewing from 10.30am - 1.30pm to ensure the main highlights of the day are not missed!

These include:

Time Event
10.30am British Airways Hot Air Balloon tethered on the grass area adjacent the freight village
10.35am Arrival of a KLM B737 donning the original colour scheme from the 1960’s
11.10am Arrival of British Airways 747
12.00pm Arrival of a De Havilland Dragon Rapide to commemorate the exact time the airfield opened in 1935
12.05pm Arrival of an Emirates B777
12.15pm BA 747 departs
1.05pm KLM B737 departs
1.35pm Emirates B777 departs
2.00pm Pleasure flights on the Dragon Rapide commence with invited guests

Public car parking is provided from 8am and the airfield will return to normal operations from 4pm.
Download the Newcastle International Airport's 75th Anniversary information bulletin - [PDF - 155k] for a map detailing directions to Samson Aviation and the location of the viewing area and car parking.
For further information or queries, please visit www.newcastleairport.com or call 0191 214 3568.

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Ben

The BA 747 is a LHR commercial flight and think I read somewhere about £30 for a ticket??


I suppose since BA don't have a Concorde to fly a display...a tethered Hot Air Balloon has to substitute

[DaveB]

a tethered Hot Air Balloon has to substitute

Indeed. You could watch the grass growing too. The spectacle of it all

ATB

DaveB

[Garry Russell]

Indeed Dave
Nowadays even growing grass is faster than Concorde.....that's progress