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Posted: 13 Nov 2006, 17:28
by TobyV
Thanks for the info Pete. I suppose they have (had?) a tough time at Heathrow up until a few years ago, I can just imagine informing Concorde to follow the Fokker 27 on final
Still that beats FS where I'd probably be told to follow the Cessna on final, who after touchdown, will decelerate in 5 yards and taxi to Windsor at 10 kts before turning off :roll:
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 23:49
by ianhind
Not so recent problems.
40 years ago I remember "Raffles 1" being told to maintain 150 knots to the outer marker at Heathrow.
Not surprising: it was a Mooney 20 as I recall and a nightly visitor to LAP.
Posted: 16 Nov 2006, 10:40
by PeteP
ianhind wrote:40 years ago I remember "Raffles 1"
Aha, someone else who remembers Eric Raffles, Ian. He commuted daily between Heathrow and Manchester for 10 years until his sudden retirement in 1975. Parking at "Fields" on the south side, he somehow always managed to get 28L/10R!
As far as we know, he was the first private owner in this part of the world to be allowed to use a personal call sign - Raffles One, shown on ATC strips as RZ1.
A true gentleman and a man with a sense of humour too. When bringing his Swedish-registered Beech Baron onto the UK register in 1970, he was offered G-AYIA by the ARB. The Jewish Raffles asked if he could have the more appropriate G-AYID for, in his own words, "a bit of fun."
Pete
Posted: 20 Nov 2006, 23:43
by ianhind
Pete
I had forgotten all about Raffles 1 until Toby mentioned "keeping the speed up".
Useless information stored away for decades
Thanks for the confirmation. Memory banks still working ok.
Ian
As far as we know, he was the first private owner in this part of the world to be allowed to use a personal call sign - Raffles One, shown on ATC strips as RZ1.