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Post by andyh on Oct 8, 2020 22:46:11 GMT 1
Absolutely wonderful. Thanks John and Frank! Some of the photos of Manchester diverts parked on 08/26 prompted a real flashback to being a kid driving past on the bus to visit relatives in Western Avenue. I didn’t get chance to visit the airport to take in the scene properly, much to my regret.
Please do post more if you have them.
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Post by Beemer on Oct 9, 2020 23:05:30 GMT 1
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Post by John Jones on Oct 10, 2020 11:30:26 GMT 1
Lovely fourth photo of a full apron.The DC 10, was that parked near the end of runway 26.
I was there that day I don’t remember seeing you.
John
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Post by vanguard on Oct 10, 2020 11:59:18 GMT 1
Thanks Brian for the shots during the strike period,don't think I took many pictures during that period as I,like all the other staff,we're a tad busy,a very interesting time for all people who were connected and interested in aviation, cheers Brian 😎
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Post by John Jones on Oct 10, 2020 13:13:31 GMT 1
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Post by vanguard on Oct 10, 2020 16:15:02 GMT 1
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Post by viscount on Oct 10, 2020 16:59:54 GMT 1
For those wondering why there was ever a non-diversion visit of a Sudan Airways Boeing 707 in Liverpool, an explanation.
The Boeing 707 ST-AFA was actually at Liverpool twice, on Saturday 10th January operating from Khartoum and out to Heathrow and again Sunday 25th January 1976 with the reverse routing Heathrow to Khartoum. Memory doesn't have specific names, or titles, but in brought in, and took out the wife of the ruler of Sudan at the time. She was a patient under treatment at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine while she was here, an institution that had a global reputation at the time, indeed still does.
There was a further visit several years later, that time using a Sudan Airways Boeing 737.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2020 23:21:19 GMT 1
Mention of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) reminds me of a personal story and one of the great things about Liverpool that the rest of the country ignores. In 1964, I went to Brazil for two weeks and when I came back, I was suffering from what I thought was a severe cold and went to the doctors. He looked at the suntan and asked where I'd been. I told him, and he immediately did a full examination and took a blood test. It turned out that I had contracted malaria. The road to recovery was not easy, but had it not been for the doctor (who had been trained at the LSTM) and the medicines they were able to supply, I would probably not be here today. Long may it continue its excellent work.
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