Nostalgia at BHX

[58terminus]

And the police officer seems to have forgotten his body armor and machine gun.

 

[Elmdon80slad]

That boby I remember well - used to come up the spiral and chat to us spotters about planes and just make sure no one was parked on yellow lines or near the entrance doors.
I remember rushing down from school when we had bad fog, standing on the spiral with the regulars and hearing stuff land but not being able to see it - so we couldn't cop it (dam) sometimes the fog would lift for a moment and reveal the short runway littered with diverts.

Happy happy days

E.

 

[Elmdon80slad]

Put this here folks -

Anyone remember Billesley common Airshow August 1976, and the Canon Hill shows with RAF Static exhibits - Jaguar etc and the Red Devils ?

E.

 

[Hassaan]

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Found some photos here of the old Aviation Experience: http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6977

And some photos of 'postcards' which I found on eBay.

 

[Elmdon80slad]

Great shots of good memories from the aviation center, spent a fair bit of time up there and the shop buying stuff including the movements sheet done by a certain mr Myatt.

E.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Courtesy of This is Birmingham Twitter.

https://twitter.com/brumpic?lang=en-gb

Maglev - As a kid going on this was often better than the actual holiday itself.

 

[thunderchild]

Maglev - As a kid going on this was often better than the actual holiday itself.

It still is....my little cousin demands to be dropped off at the train station when they go home so she can go on it!

 

[Hassaan]

It still is....my little cousin demands to be dropped off at the train station when they go home so she can go on it!

I remember fearing it the first time I went on it - I thought it was an actual train! I still remember standing by the window in the main terminal, even though it was 'only' 7 years ago now. Even though there were spots I didn't mind so much.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

It still is....my little cousin demands to be dropped off at the train station when they go home so she can go on it!

It's not MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitation) anymore, it just uses wheels and a track now. It used to be a little weird when it was MAGLEV, as you would feel the carriage rise several inches before setting off.

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

Early evening at BHX . View attachment 4458

 

[wolfheze]

Don't remember seeing this but have just found the photo so guess I must have . View attachment 4465

 

[wolfheze]

http://travelupdate.boardingarea.com/final-aer-lingus-boeing-707/
Not strictly birmingham but worth a look

 

[58terminus]

I know its wrong but i do miss the smoke trails from these old aircraft when they took off.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Speaking of smoke trails I've not seen any Antonov's for a while. I hope they haven't dried up completely.

 

[58terminus]

Speaking of smoke trails I've not seen any Antonov's for a while. I hope they haven't dried up completely.

By dried up do you mean fixed the oil leaks?

 

[Ray Finkle]

By dried up do you mean fixed the oil leaks?

 

[wolfheze]

Can anyone tell me if American Trans Air ever flew DC10s into Birmingham? I can recall seeing what I thought was an L1011 but not sure after all this time.

 

[Brummiegem]

I don't think AMT did fly DC10s into BHX.
The TriStars visited on numerous occasions operating mainly charters for various agencies including Government/Military.
They also leased their B727s to various European airlines over many years and were semi-regular visitors to BHX in that period of time.
Happy days.

 

[wolfheze]

Thanks. I was kind of hoping they did fly DC10s into Birmingham because it would have given me the excuse to buy a model currently on eBay!

 

[Brummiegem]

Any excuse Mr Wolfheze.
Actually thinking about it,I think Gemini Jets did do a model of an AMT TriStar in the very jazzy latter livery.Personally not a fan of that livery but the model looked really good!