Looks like this was filmed from the old Roof Gardens, a much loved feature at Heathrow Airport. I spent many a happy Saturday or Sunday afternoon there during my childhood.
The actual BEA livery of the 60’s is a surreal thing to see when you’ve done nothing but seen ‘G-EUPJ’ flying around LHR like I have been the last few years😄
Interesting to see, behind the southern runway, the 3 hangars with HUNTING in big letters, where my late father worked at the time this was filmed. They were occupied by Field Aircraft Services Ltd, a Hunting group company. The lettering originally said HUNTING-CLAN, an airline previously based there.
Ref; > "I Flew from LHR to Singapore on a British Eagle Britannia in 1966". Yikes, how long did that take?, in 1971 I flew from London to Melbourne on a Boeing 707 and it took 38 hours; we stopped everywhere from Zürich to Rangoon with four changes of crew: that was horrifying enough. :(
Probably totally wrong here but I’ve watched a few Heathrow videos from the 60s and I get the impression the planes taxi a lot faster. Or is that because the films speeded up?
Remember this as a child ! The airport. has changed so much over the years . Love seeing the Tridents ,Vanguard, viscounts and Caravelles etc .
Lovely old family video. Super!
Looks like this was filmed from the old Roof Gardens, a much loved feature at Heathrow Airport. I spent many a happy Saturday or Sunday afternoon there during my childhood.
Those really were the days. Catch the 285 bus from Kingston and go plane spotting at Heathrow.
The actual BEA livery of the 60’s is a surreal thing to see when you’ve done nothing but seen ‘G-EUPJ’ flying around LHR like I have been the last few years😄
Another great vid
I would have liked the sound of the engines in those days... the raw howl of the turbo engines.... I miss it
The year my sister joined BOAC as cabin crew ❤
So many Caravelles!
Interesting to see, behind the southern runway, the 3 hangars with HUNTING in big letters, where my late father worked at the time this was filmed. They were occupied by Field Aircraft Services Ltd, a Hunting group company. The lettering originally said HUNTING-CLAN, an airline previously based there.
Flew from LHR to Singapore on a British Eagle Britannia in 1966
Ref; > "I Flew from LHR to Singapore on a British Eagle Britannia in 1966". Yikes, how long did that take?, in 1971 I flew from London to Melbourne on a Boeing 707 and it took 38 hours; we stopped everywhere from Zürich to Rangoon with four changes of crew: that was horrifying enough. :(
When Britain was Great
Yes. Heathrow was the size of a current middle-sized scandinavian airport you never heard about. Truely great, LOL!
must have been very loud with those RR engines
When being an aviation enthusiast didn’t equate with being a terrorist.
wow - filmed 4 days after I was born....... whose was the DC8 at 3:47
Looks like UTA (France) Colours minus the titles . They operated the Pacific routes ,didn't do sched flights to and from Heathrow
Probably totally wrong here but I’ve watched a few Heathrow videos from the 60s and I get the impression the planes taxi a lot faster. Or is that because the films speeded up?
Play it at 75% speed. The film is not speeded up it was the slow speed of the camera