HEATHROW AIRPORT 1977. COMPLETE WEEKLY TIMETABLE. Retro aircraft: VC10s; Trident; Concorde; Argosy!
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2022
- I have fond memories of going "planespotting" at Heathrow in the early to mid 1970s. Armed with my "Civil Aircraft recognition" book from 1971 (now quite threadbare!) the other "must have" to complete the experience was the handy timetable that was produced and updated twice a year by the airport authority, BAA.
Once you got the hang of reading the timetable, they were a fantastic help as it lists, by time of day, all arrivals and departures that are scheduled to take place, right across the day from first arrival up to last flight of the day. They also have a column showing which days of the week you would expect to see the particular aircraft.
It's really fascinating looking back at the aircraft in operation at the time. You'll notice that it's not long after BA was formed (2 or so years previously) and the company is still divided into "Regional"; "European" and "Overseas" division. European operated services are still operating with a "BE" flight number rather than "BA" as we would expect. Notice the aircraft:
VC10s
Tristars
Tridents
BAC 1-11s
Viscounts
Heralds (Brymon)
707s
747s
727s
And - Concorde- which started it's inaugural service to Bahrain just one year earlier - but no New York services yet as approvals had not been obtained from the US Courts until Autumn of 1977.
So here is my copy of the 1977 timetable, which I've reproduced with some extra added photographs of a suitable "grainy" texture to complete this retrospective!
There are around 34 pages, so in order to do the timetable justice and give you a chance to look at each page, you'll find the page "pauses" for around 20 seconds before moving on. On certain pages I highlight particular aircraft that may be of interest, followed by a photograph and details of the aircraft in question.
I hope this short film is of interest - and to those who remember those days, it brings back nostalgic but happy memories!
Fantastic looking back Heathrow was so different back then.
@Paul Skilling. Thanks Paul - I like the fact that the timetable shows the first Concorde service starting - Bahrain. I’d Forgotten that! Cheers Steve
It's amazing that you've collected these. Superb!
Very good thanks
@Gruner Glad you liked it!
Magic Steve! It is of huge interest to me! Most of the timetable is recognisable to me and does not look weird or out of place, I grew up with these planes. Bizarrely Caravelles were still flying to LHR on SCHEDULED flights as late as 1992 with Istanbul Airlines flying them on late Friday evening summer flights! To many younger spotters this video (and to me) will be fascinating to watch. I had some old stuff that I threw away some years ago as I did not think it would be of interest anymore, including the very first BA news from late 1973 - oh dear. But some of the treasure survives and I will try to film it like you have here. Thanks again for your good idea of doing this, if you have more......
@MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive. Hi Dave - thanks very much. I’m such a magpie that I don’t like to throw away anything aviation related! Thanks for your support as ever - good luck having a look in your archives too! 👏 See you soon! S. ✈️
I remember flying from LHR-MIA on a National AL DC-10-30 in August '77. We took off on Runway 09R after a departing AF 707.
@Springbok295 wow now we are talking! Happy days! ✈️
VC10 one of the most beautiful passenger aircraft of all time but financially a disaster for the manufacturer.
Thanks for the listing certainty brought back memories of the now gone airlines.
@a340 fan. Thanks a lot. A bit of nostalgia for the Easter weekend 😉 cheers. Steve
Very interesting. I must admit that I do not remember sending L1011s to either Corfu or Faro, shows how much one can forget over the years. Also, I never realised that Sabena flew the Argosy into LHR.
@jamesbrock9200 Hi James yes it’s quite intriguing looking back and realising what a weird and wonderful mix of old and new there was at that time. Wish I’d taken more photos at the time - or better still; films! All the best Steve
Used to watch videos of VC-10s, always used to go in the one at Brooklands museum
@Aviation in 4K. They were SO loud! Like the tridents too. None were hushkitted when I used to watch them!!
@@HeathrowAircraft wow! Really?