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Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 16:50
by Garry Russell
British classics abound
A bit shaky but evoke the memories
The Vanguard is......................DAVE.....guess which one it is????.....Summer '65 one in twenty odds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGELcuQl ... re=related
I've never understood the restrictions on taxy speeds in the VA.....taxying is much faster....note the BMA Herald at the end
Garry
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 17:21
by ianhind
Very nice.
But this adjacent one (1969 at Heathrow) does it for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB7Pfbhe ... re=related
Still got the spotting skills from that long ago (ie which one is the DC-8 on approach?). And it even has a VC10 in it.
Ian
PS the fast taxi speed may be a result of the film being played back faster than original. On the Elmdon video by the same guy in same year, everything else (people and vehicles) seem to be a bit fast as well
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 17:25
by Garry Russell
Hi Ian
Aircraft taxy fast here.......the Viscounts normal speed was about 35 mph
if ever a car was following an aircraft the car looked really fast the aircraft being big no so but on board we were zipping up the taxyway
Right...... must look at the LHR one
Garry
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 17:27
by Garry Russell
Hi Ian
Do you mean the Swissair landing before the VC 10?
Garry
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 18:56
by DispatchDragon
Gorgeous bit of history
And there went "Alderman's Airways" (Britannia Awys Brit 102) taxiing out --
Your right about the taxiing thing used to roar down the Taxiway at Luton.
Leif
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 19:38
by ianhind
Do you mean the Swissair landing before the VC 10?
:o
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 19:42
by Garry Russell
Must be the later Air Canada or looked a bit like it.
Or was it Vari-Air Siam..........???
I'll go and hide now :lazy:
Garry
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 19:44
by ianhind
Do you mean the Swissair landing before the VC 10?
That was so obviously a Coronado.
No the one before the V-Jet (Qantas). Yes the Air Canada. And it looked like the South African 707 was going to land nose-wheel first.
And I guessed Leif would appreciate the Britannia in the Glasgow video
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 20:04
by Garry Russell
:doho: Been a long day
The BKS Brit lands pretty flat or was that normal for the type?
Garry
Re: Glasgow 1965
Posted: 19 May 2009, 22:27
by DispatchDragon
Funny Garry -- the Brits seemed to adopt a sort of nose down attitude on finals -- took me almost ten years to find out why -- you cant see a damn thing out front if your sitting - the only people that had a decent view was the FE with his seat jacked up and the loadmaster standing behind him
Leif