uk Belfast -Malta 1974

[BILL]

[Andrew B]

"BILL" > wrote in message
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Would that have been taken at Hal Far in 1974 or would it be Luqa?.
I had several holidays in Malta but do not know when Hal Far closed to
traffic, though I do remember some form of motoring event there one Sunday
and there being one or two rather sorry looking aircraft there in another
year.
--
Andrew

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.)

[C Charland]

G'day

Hal Far was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm on the 15th of April 1946 where
it became Royal Naval Air Station Hal Far (H.M.S. Falcon). It was returned
to the R.A.F. on the 1st of September 1965. Airfield ops were terminated
and R.A.F. Station Hal Far was shut down and handed over to the government
of Malta in January 1979. It was subsequently turned into an industrial
park.

Cheers...Chris

[Andrew B]

"C Charland" > wrote in message
...
> G'day
>
> Hal Far was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm on the 15th of April 1946
> where
> it became Royal Naval Air Station Hal Far (H.M.S. Falcon). It was
> returned
> to the R.A.F. on the 1st of September 1965. Airfield ops were terminated
> and R.A.F. Station Hal Far was shut down and handed over to the government
> of Malta in January 1979. It was subsequently turned into an industrial
> park.
>
> Cheers...Chris
>
>

Thank you for the information Chris, I always enjoyed the holidays we had in
Malta and drove past Hal Far on several occasions.
--
Andrew

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.)

[C Charland]

This will explain why there were Caribous in Malta.

Cheers...Chris

http://www.aviationinmalta.com/GeneralAviation/DHC4/tabid/405/Default.aspx

[C Charland]

Hi Andrew

When I first saw the Caribous, I thought they might be ex-Spanish Air Force.
Problem is that the Spanish did not have a radar nose (same thing for the
Aussies). I found the following article which explains everything.

Cheers...Chris

http://www.aviationinmalta.com/GeneralAviation/DHC4/tabid/405/Default.aspx

[Andrew B]

"C Charland" > wrote in message
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> Hi Andrew
>
> When I first saw the Caribous, I thought they might be ex-Spanish Air
> Force.
> Problem is that the Spanish did not have a radar nose (same thing for the
> Aussies). I found the following article which explains everything.
>
> Cheers...Chris
>
> http://www.aviationinmalta.com/GeneralAviation/DHC4/tabid/405/Default.aspx
>
>

Hi Chris

Thank you for the link it does explain things and I never realised so many
had passed through one way or another.
The attached is of the other Caribous there at the time, but with fencing in
the way.
--
Andrew

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.)

[AWem]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:59:26 GMT, "BILL" >
wrote:

There is a very good chance that I was actually flying in that Belfast
- I just can't make out the frame number to be sure, but the place and
the time are right for me (and yes, it was Luqa - the side opposite
the civil terminal)

andy

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[Richard Brooks]

AWem said the following on 22/05/07 01:58:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:59:26 GMT, "BILL" >
> wrote:
>
> There is a very good chance that I was actually flying in that Belfast
> - I just can't make out the frame number to be sure, but the place and
> the time are right for me (and yes, it was Luqa - the side opposite
> the civil terminal)
>
> andy

You can actually buy a cockpit flight DVD and relive some moments!

What a lovely aircraft and the one I became fond of is now thankfully in
the museum. There was talk of Brize having either a Belfast or Brit' as
a gate guardian but that came to nothing of course.

Richard.

--
"Initiative is punishable."
Russian business saying.

[®i©ardo]

Richard Brooks wrote:
> AWem said the following on 22/05/07 01:58:
>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:59:26 GMT, "BILL" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> There is a very good chance that I was actually flying in that Belfast
>> - I just can't make out the frame number to be sure, but the place and
>> the time are right for me (and yes, it was Luqa - the side opposite
>> the civil terminal)
>>
>> andy
>
> You can actually buy a cockpit flight DVD and relive some moments!
>
> What a lovely aircraft and the one I became fond of is now thankfully in
> the museum. There was talk of Brize having either a Belfast or Brit' as
> a gate guardian but that came to nothing of course.
>
> Richard.
>

I assume that "Brit'" is a Britannia. There's one at RAF Cosford, not
quite a gate guardian, that's left to the Hawker Hunter.

--
Moving things in still pictures!

[BILL]

hi andy ive had a look with a mag glass and i belive its number is 364
regards bill

[AWem]

I must dig out my old b&w photos of the time and check. Thanks :-)

andy
On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:55:13 GMT, "BILL" >
wrote:

>hi andy ive had a look with a mag glass and i belive its number is 364
> regards bill
>

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[AWem]

Yet more nostalgia. Almost too much!

I did a lot of flying in Brits too, starting with the long haul to
Singapore when I was a teenager. That was in 1963 with British United
Airways, though, not BOAC. I pinched a stainless steel fork from my
meal tray with its BUA badge - my early life of crime. That fork is
still giving sterling service in my kitchen drawer even now!

Later on in the RAF I learned that, beautiful aircraft
notwithstanding, when they went wrong, they went very wrong indeed,
necessitating at least a 4 day delay. Normally somewhere like Nassau!

andy

On Tue, 22 May 2007 10:11:54 GMT, ®i©ardo > wrote:

>Richard Brooks wrote:
>> AWem said the following on 22/05/07 01:58:
>>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:59:26 GMT, "BILL" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> There is a very good chance that I was actually flying in that Belfast
>>> - I just can't make out the frame number to be sure, but the place and
>>> the time are right for me (and yes, it was Luqa - the side opposite
>>> the civil terminal)
>>>
>>> andy
>>
>> You can actually buy a cockpit flight DVD and relive some moments!
>>
>> What a lovely aircraft and the one I became fond of is now thankfully in
>> the museum. There was talk of Brize having either a Belfast or Brit' as
>> a gate guardian but that came to nothing of course.
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>
>I assume that "Brit'" is a Britannia. There's one at RAF Cosford, not
>quite a gate guardian, that's left to the Hawker Hunter.

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[Richard Brooks]

AWem said the following on 26/05/07 03:47:
> Yet more nostalgia. Almost too much!
>
> I did a lot of flying in Brits too, starting with the long haul to
> Singapore when I was a teenager. That was in 1963 with British United
> Airways, though, not BOAC. I pinched a stainless steel fork from my
> meal tray with its BUA badge - my early life of crime. That fork is
> still giving sterling service in my kitchen drawer even now!
>
> Later on in the RAF I learned that, beautiful aircraft
> notwithstanding, when they went wrong, they went very wrong indeed,
> necessitating at least a 4 day delay. Normally somewhere like Nassau!
>
> andy

Were most of the bits that had fallen off, photographed then printed out
big scale and hung on the wall in Air Cargo mostly Brit ? :-)


Richard.

--
"Initiative is punishable."
Russian business saying.