BA-BMI ops at BFS in the '70s
Aug 26, 2017, 2:30 pm
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BA-BMI ops at BFS in the '70s
A political observation of the recently released government papers in regard to the thoughts of BA, BMI and the newspapers of the time.
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Aug 27, 2017, 1:22 am
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Interesting. My first ever flight was on BA from GLA into BFS. Along with it being the first time on an aircraft, coming from Scotland as a 15 year old, it was a bit daunting seeing all of the police armed with firearms and of course all of the check points around the airport.
Was a bit anxious to begin with, it being my first ever flight, there was about a 2 hour delay, and when the plane arrived on stand at GLA, it wasn't one of these big jets that were 'proper' planes and instead a prop plane (can't remember the type although looking at BA history it could have been a Bae ATP introduced that year) along with some pretty heavy rain and me wondering how they could fly this plane in that weather. Also a bit daunting sitting at the gate with all the pax being eyed up by a couple of Strathclyde's finest
In absolute awe when the props spooled up and we went hurtling down the runway into a grey abyss of rain clouds and then that moment when we pulled out of the cloud into clear blue sky before inflight service was started.
Still remember the small can of Irn Bru and the grey bag of peanuts with the BA Landor insignia, sitting looking out of the window at the turbo prop going round (praying it wasn't going to stop
) and the sight of pristine white fluffy clouds below.
And as said above, on arrival into BFS and seeing all of these armed police (a first for me), well it definitely made for a trip to remember.
Fast forward 14-15 years later on U2 on the same route and what a difference (still preferred my first BA flight
).
S
Was a bit anxious to begin with, it being my first ever flight, there was about a 2 hour delay, and when the plane arrived on stand at GLA, it wasn't one of these big jets that were 'proper' planes and instead a prop plane (can't remember the type although looking at BA history it could have been a Bae ATP introduced that year) along with some pretty heavy rain and me wondering how they could fly this plane in that weather. Also a bit daunting sitting at the gate with all the pax being eyed up by a couple of Strathclyde's finest
In absolute awe when the props spooled up and we went hurtling down the runway into a grey abyss of rain clouds and then that moment when we pulled out of the cloud into clear blue sky before inflight service was started.
Still remember the small can of Irn Bru and the grey bag of peanuts with the BA Landor insignia, sitting looking out of the window at the turbo prop going round (praying it wasn't going to stop
) and the sight of pristine white fluffy clouds below.And as said above, on arrival into BFS and seeing all of these armed police (a first for me), well it definitely made for a trip to remember.
Fast forward 14-15 years later on U2 on the same route and what a difference (still preferred my first BA flight
).S