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A quirky look at Britain's aviation history, and how it has shaped our lives and culture.

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@BloodyPolitics The Rock n’ Roll equivalent of those never-ending 80s High Street β€˜Closing Down Sales’* *Though now finally a reality, sadly πŸ™
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@sallyacb275 Happy Birthday Sally. Oh, and cheers! πŸ₯ƒπŸ₯ƒπŸ₯³
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@OnDisasters @clark_aviation The 1950s could have belonged to the Britannia, but engine problems and Bristol’s unwillingness to invest in expanding their production capabilities (delivery times of several years) saw an end to that.
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@OnDisasters @clark_aviation Allegedly a group of KLM executives were aboard… 🫣
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@japanauthor I love that area, very underrated. Fleming had Bond as a member of the Huntercombe Golf Club, which is nearby.
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@YesterdaysBrit1 Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase β€˜Fell off the back of a lorry’…
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RT @ArchiveSketcher: Traffic Movement Board on the first Croydon Airport The only known picture which shows the public Traffic Movement boa…
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@PeteRobinson985 Yes I remember them raising the upper limit - LTMA was also ⬆️FL135 until early 1990s.
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@PilotHusky It was down to 936 on some of the Scottish ASRs earlier today.
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Somewhere @PeteRobinson985 knows well! πŸ˜‰
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@concorde_204 They were brilliant. Mel Smith sadly missed RIP πŸ™
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@PilotHusky I forgot about that one! 🀯
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@CliveBranch @HeathrowAirport Impressive! πŸ˜€
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@AviateAddict The original Manchester Airport! πŸ˜€ Great shots πŸ‘πŸ»
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@dougDKMaviation @flightradar24 The training classroom in the old Atlantic House was nicely positioned to give a good view of all this πŸ˜€ (or not so nicely if you were Paul Howard or DSM trying to do a presentation - cue irritated closing of the Venetian blinds!πŸ˜‚)
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@PilotHusky For a while it seemed like you couldn’t do anything thrilling without it - this, Formula 1, air racing at LCY…
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@theblakefish Yes, he had one hell of a career.
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