Wow....that was a very expensive Ferry service indeed!!! It is always interesting to compare prices from days gone by....For instance, after WWII a typical house was less than £750.......I paid that for a cooker (almost!!)....makes you wonder if in another 50 years, cookers at that rate will be the cost of today's 'Average' house....
For interest, I found a 1564 Hammered silver 3d from Elizabeth I. Wondering what it was worth to the poor soul who lost it, I found a great site to actually find out the value....(£2:67 apparently)
This link is the site mentioned for those interested.
Yes it was expensive......but offset slightly by the fact that then all airtravel....well travel in general, was a lot more expensive than it is now.
It would be interesting if it still was possible just how cheap it could be brought down too today.
The actual operations must be far dearer now with many regulations and compulsary fits that we just not required then
The aircraft don't even have radar.
The staffing levels would be much in excess of then.
Perhaps those 1961 prices..down considerably from the beginning, represent the lowest cost it would ever be possible to charge. :think:
Definately a thing of it's time and not one for the masses.
Yep.....'twas 'Ferry' expensive :roll:
Garry
Garry
"In the world of virtual reality things are not always what they seem."
The "man in the sky " Mark 11A G-AIFV - The Fim Star
Airframe 12781 was first registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company on 11 October 1946 but was then sold to Indian airline Dalmia Jain on 4 December 1946 as VT-CID and then sold on to India National Airlines on 27 October 1947. After a return to Filton for upgrading to Mark 21 standard, airframe 12781 finally became G-AIFV of Silver City Airways on 19 June 1953.
In 1956 G-AIFV featured in the Ealing film "The Man In The Sky". Directed by Charles Crichton and featuring Lionel Jeffries and Donald Pleasance, "The Man In The Sky" - distributed as "Decision against Time" in the USA - starred Jack Hawkins as a test pilot who refused to bail out when one of his aircraft's engines caught fire. The film called for a landing sequence on one wheel with a dead engine and this was practiced at Lydd Ferryfield. Unfortunately during actual filming at Wolverhampton on 15 May 1956 G-AIFV overshot the runway and ended in a ditch, damaging the nose, undercarriage and wings.
After repairs G-AIFV returned to Silver City service and during 1957 ( along with G-AIFM and G-AIME ) carried the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation badge on its fin. It was named "City of Manchester" in November 1958 but was withdrawn and scrapped at Lydd in May 1962.
The crazy stuff in the movie is that this Bristol 170 had a couple of small jets engines under the wing to boost the take off and climbs hehehe a sort of RATO .. if you don't mind the Italian language I could arrange a VHS copy for you after the summer. :yipeee: :yipeee: :tab:
I'm sure it will be well worth the wait. If it's going on your reputation of perfection, Gary, the interior will be a treat. As they say here in Holland, patience is a wonderful attribute and perfection takes time to achieve. So I'll wait patiently.
