Wandering down Fading Memory Lane
Mar 15, 2013, 2:26 pm
#46
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A good acknowledgement ^
You missed so much, and you will never be able to claim those days. You can, however, watch them in B&W on YouTube.
BUT, equally, you will see things some of us never will in days to come.
(Avoids digs about BA catering, T5, Gate A-10, 3rd Runway)
You missed so much, and you will never be able to claim those days. You can, however, watch them in B&W on YouTube.
BUT, equally, you will see things some of us never will in days to come.
(Avoids digs about BA catering, T5, Gate A-10, 3rd Runway)
Mar 15, 2013, 2:44 pm
#47
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Mar 15, 2013, 7:50 pm
#48
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: LON, RUH and DXB
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Me too. 
In my early travelling days, I used WLAT. Based in deepest Essex at the time, I sometimes stayed overnight at the Forum Hotel almost opposite when taking the early flights to Paris or Amsterdam. The Forum was InterContinental's second brand. To my young-ish eyes, it was my introduction to the high life. The Forum is now the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum and no longer feels like the high life.
In my early travelling days, I used WLAT. Based in deepest Essex at the time, I sometimes stayed overnight at the Forum Hotel almost opposite when taking the early flights to Paris or Amsterdam. The Forum was InterContinental's second brand. To my young-ish eyes, it was my introduction to the high life. The Forum is now the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum and no longer feels like the high life.
In those days, I travelled a lot in what was then known as Eastern Europe. BEA generally had only 2 or 3 flights a week to most EE capitals and some were shared - e.g. PRG and BUD IIRC. This did of course allow sectors such as PRG-BUD to be booked as part of a longer BEA itinerary.
Most EE-based airlines were to be avoided where posssible with their ageing Tupolevs. Apart from PA, I often chose OS connecting in VIE with its DC-9 derivatives for a more regular service.
Most EE-based airlines were to be avoided where posssible with their ageing Tupolevs. Apart from PA, I often chose OS connecting in VIE with its DC-9 derivatives for a more regular service.
In those days a visa was required for Hungary and what we didn't note was the requirement to report to a police station with 24 hours. As we were staying with my friend's relatives rather than at a hotel, this important step was overlooked. This caused a bit of a fuss on departure and resulted us being frogmarched onto a BA Trident by armed police. I've never been to pleased to see a BA crew
I sat next to a travelling BA engineer who, immediately on arrival at LHR, dashed off the aircraft and was seen under the wing wielding a screwdriver ...
Mar 15, 2013, 7:53 pm
#49
Join Date: Mar 2007
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