Leeds Bradford: Aviation Nostalgia Thread

[ls27]

OO that takes me back a bit a lot of years. I flew from LBA to, I think Alicante on an Orion wide bodied aircraft subbing for a Brittania 737. Plenty of room to spread about.,

 

[tonysmith]

I was far too young to remember the 80’s or was it far too drunk not sure which lol 😎

 

[Finger66]

OO that takes me back a bit a lot of years. I flew from LBA to, I think Alicante on an Orion wide bodied aircraft subbing for a Brittania 737. Plenty of room to spread about.,

Orion defo at LBA and didn't they have some A300s at one point? Or is that me in the same camp as @tonysmith haha!

 

[BCFC]

Orion defo at LBA and didn't they have some A300s at one point? Or is that me in the same camp as @tonysmith haha!

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Definitely yes. I flew with Orion from LBA to Faro and back in 1985. That's not their luck very though in the photo. It was brown, yellow and orange. Pretty good livery really.

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[LBA4EVER]

Orion operated a fleet of B737-200/300s and a few A300s. As a little one i flew with them from BHX to AGP i believe around 1986/7?
I remember orion so well because of their gorgeous colour scheme!

 

[Seasider]

Did we ever have Orion at LBA, I once flew with them to FAO from MAN.


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I believe this aircraft is in Air Belgium colour scheme.

 

[markietg]

I flew LBA-PMI on flight KG141 sometime early/mid 80’s. I remember it well because the flight was on G-BHVI which was Boeing’s 737th 737. I had a poster of the aircraft on my bedroom wall as a kid.

 

[White Heather]

Orion defo at LBA and didn't they have some A300s at one point? Or is that me in the same camp as @tonysmith haha!

Yes, but not at LBA. My flight was on a 737 200. Later they used 300s. Later still, they disappeared! One of many relatively short lived holiday airlines of that era. An era I wish we could have back just for the sake of variety..

 

[ls27]

Yes, the Memories trickled back. It was an A300. About 1976/77 time.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I have a photo of an Orion 737 at Leeds ready to upload.

I cant do it here as I seem to have run out of 'go's'

I tried to use the LBA photo thread but same problem.

Is there another solution?

Thanks

 

[BCFC]

I have a photo of an Orion 737 at Leeds ready to upload.

I cant do it here as I seem to have run out of 'go's'

I tried to use the LBA photo thread but same problem.

Is there another solution?

Thanks

Delete your old pictures, go to your account, then attachments and go to the last page and delete them one by one.

 

[Matt995]

Orion Airways Summer 1984 LBA Timetable:-



Orion Airways Summer 1985 LBA Timetable:-



no flights were operated in Summer 1986, 1987, 1988 from LBA, & airline then merged into Britannia Airways in January 1989

The 2 ex Airbus A300s were purchased from Lufthansa for summer 1987, and were disposed off to Iberia when Britannia took them over.

Orion Airways fleet:-

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Delete your old pictures, go to your account, then attachments and go to the last page and delete them one by one.

Many thanks for the tip. Unfortunately it didnt work. Still being told Ive reached my maximum.

 

[BCFC]

Many thanks for the tip. Unfortunately it didnt work. Still being told Ive reached my maximum.

I’ll do it for you. Whats your DOB, bank account number and PIN?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I’ll do it for you. Whats your DOB, bank account number and PIN?

I’ll do it for you. Whats your DOB, bank account number and PIN?

Ive posted it before so I hope this link works, looks like G BHVI. Not sure about the 757.

Leeds Bradford: - Aviation Nostalgia Thread

Remember the two 747’s flying low over the Mother in Law’s place in Calverley. Great sight.

forums4airports.com

 

[markietg]

Orion were the in house airline for Horizon Holidays. They had a shop on Briggate in Leeds right next door to Woolworths. They used to have a large model of a 737 of Orion in the window. Does anyone else of a certain age remember that?

 

[White Heather]

Orion were the in house airline for Horizon Holidays. They had a shop on Briggate in Leeds right next door to Woolworths. They used to have a large model of a 737 of Orion in the window. Does anyone else of a certain age remember that?

Yes, I do. It was common back then for travel agents to have large scale models on display. I always wanted one! My Algarve holiday in 1985 was booked there through Horizon.

 

[Speedbird12]

I thought this might be of interest the following are the operators and Years they operated on the summer Canadian flights.

Wardair B747s 1986/87 and 88 ( the DC10 visited in 1987)
Worlways L1011s and DC8s 1987
Odyssey Int B757s 1989
Nationair B757s 1990/91 and 92
Caledonian B757s 1993
Air Transat B757s 1994/95/96/97/98 and 99

Copied across as suggested, Thanks Aviador

 

[Aviador]

I never realised we had Air Transat for such a long stint.

 

[LBA4EVER]

I never realised we had Air Transat for such a long stint.

I only ever saw the air transat B757s at LBA, think it the later days it was a Friday service, never managed to catch the L1011s.