First wide body aircraft carrying passengers lands at Mount Pleasant Airport, Falklands in 1985.
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This is an extract from the “80 weeks to touch down” documentary about the construction of Mount Pleasant Airport showing an Ex-British Airways Royal Air Force L1011 Tristar from 216 Squadron, based at RAF Brize Norton, landing at MPA to be the first passenger carrying wide bodied aircraft to have that honour.
Full video on Vimeo here: vimeo.com/3673...
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As I watched the film, at one point as the camera panned out across the bog, I thought I saw a gent out there swinging an old Coinmaster and immediately thought, "Deano"??? and then thought, NO, Deano would've had an old Cintel!!! hahahaha Cheers Mate, 🍺🍺 🤣😁👍
Haha!! I’d take any old detector Ken but I’d only find the odd land mine back then. 😲 Luckily, they’ve just finished removing them all though!! 💥😂 Take care buddy. 😃👍🏻
Nice glimpse of my name sake a wasp helicopter. Interesting old film. Thanks for the memories. Hope you safe and well wasp & helen 🐝😷
Cheers guys. 👍🏻 Yeah, it’s good to look back! The full vid is packed with 80s style!! 🤣 Take care. 😃👍🏻
Cool upload deano mate loads of history there brother 😀👍👌
Cheers Del mate. 😃👍🏻
I was a tad younger then!
Weren’t we all Bill. 🤣👍🏻
Very interesting! I was only...umm...25 back then!😂💖
I was...erm...17 ish!! 🤣 Take care Cynthia. 💖😃👍🏻
And I was 22 and yes I do feel old.....ish😁
You’re only as young as you want to be Cynthia. 💖😉👍🏻
Nice one Deano
Cheers John mate. 😃👍🏻
The year i left the ATC🐝😷
Makes you feel a little old doesn’t it!! 🤣👍🏻
An old friend of mine used to say... "A man is as old as he feels it's when he stops feeling...… he's old". and "A man is only as old as the woman" he's feeling 😁👍
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