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London Airport Must See!!! (Read 407 times)

May 8^th, 2006 at 6:11pm

vololiberista Offline
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Maybe this might get moved to other sites but anyway!!
Look at this great archive film on this site of London Airport (Heathrow) early days complete with tents as terminals (I remember them).
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_la.htm

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Reply #1 - May 9^th, 2006 at 1:16am

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Good find... was nice to sit back and just watch. And as I did I was thinking to myself "Gee, our scenery is more realistic than theirs!" Cheesy

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Reply #2 - May 9^th, 2006 at 2:06am

vololiberista Offline
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Here is a photo of the terminal 'building!!!!!!!'
vololiberista
http://www.airwise.com/airports/europe/LHR/LHR_07.html

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Reply #3 - May 9^th, 2006 at 3:42am

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Vololiberista, thats really cool. There's some great aircraft featured in the film too. I'm sure I spotted the civil versions of the Avro Lancaster and the Handley Page Halifax in there!
Great find.
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Reply #4 - May 9^th, 2006 at 3:49am

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Actually it'll get moved to Real Aviation where it belongs Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - May 9^th, 2006 at 6:50am

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Thats a great movie! There is even some SABENA stuff in there

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Reply #6 - May 9^th, 2006 at 7:45am

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If this stuff excites you all, I have a videos for sale about british air travel that has a lot of info on Heathrow from when it was first layed out in 1946 to present day. Grin

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Reply #7 - May 9^th, 2006 at 6:46pm

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I'd love to find something similar about good old Newark Airport (the American one... Grin

)... hard to believe that at one time it was just a big circle of cinders and grass.
World's first control tower, paved runway, lighted runway, and first passenger terminal, if what I"ve heard is true.

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