MAS by Dan Air to the Biggin Hill airshow 1982, 1983, 1984.

[John Jones]

Who recalls the MAS flight in G-BEKE home from the Biggin Hill Air Fair on May 15th 1983?

Some photo's taken by me of the flight back to Liverpool.

P1004138 by john jones, on Flickr
G-BEKE  Hawker Siddeley HS.748 Series 1 C/N 1545 ready for our flight home.

387A3917 by john jones, on Flickr

387A3940 by john jones, on Flickr

387A3922 (2) by john jones, on Flickr

387A3942 by john jones, on Flickr

387A3941 by john jones, on Flickr

John J

[airboejet]

I remember that trip thunderstorm on the way down a bit damp to start the air show but all in all a good trip and to think a few years later I was working at Biggin Hill for Fairflight
Richard

[ametyst]

Nice photo of London docklands pre-London City and Millenium Dome.

[viscount]

Found some slides while looking for something else, recalling a thread on the subject had a search around the Index pages and as I hoped, found this 'sleeper' thread.

There were 3 MAS Biggin Hill Air Fair flights on Dan Air HS.748s from Liverpool:

May 16th 1982 G-BHCJ DA6860/6861 1:07 mins outbound at 15,000', 1:03 return at 14,000' Overshoot of 21 on departure from Biggin Hill & 27 at Liverpool on arrival home. Flown by Capt Falkner (outbound) & Capt Callow (inbound)

May 15th 1983 G-BEKE DA6523/6524 1:01 mins outbound at 11,000', 1:00 return at 12,000' Overshoot of 21 on dep from Biggin Hill

May 19th 1984 G-BEJD DA6428/6429 0:58 mins outbound at 11,000', 0:57 return at 12,000' Flown by Capt de Witt

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G-BHCJ awaiting on the apron prior to departure from Liverpool.



Arrival at Biggin Hill



G-BHCJ shortly before loading at Biggin Hill Air Fair 16th May 1982 - the other partial Dan Air tail is a Centreline Bandeirante



Fly-by down runway on departure from Biggin Hill in G-BHCJ.



On the return to Liverpool, we were given another treat, with an approach and go-around at Liverpool. In May 1982 the Control Tower and RFFS station were in the final stages of construction, the first signs of development on the south airfield. The apron, Royal Mail bag sorting office and new terminal (1986) were still future projects.



following the go-around and fly-through, the pilot turned the aircraft into a left hand circuit until heading east down the Mersey. Hale Lighthouse, Runcorn-Widnes bridge and Fiddler's Ferry Power Station can be seen.

The unmistakable mounting the Dart engine on the HS.748, with the section of Mersey coastline that is now Pickering's Pasture Country Park.



Turning inside the Runcorn-Widnes Bridge back towards runway 27 for a visual landing.





MAS group off G-BHCJ having returned from Biggin Hill. Can pick out John Waddington, myself, William Leece, Mike Bishop, Brian Thomson, Clive Campbell, Keith Sharp, Ken Ledward, Paul Ellison, Clive Harden, Carl Hope, Gareth Symington amongst others that I should still know. Suspect these last two photos may have been used before on the MGAE/MSAE/MAS long-running thread.

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Four shots on an overshoot of Biggin Hill's 21, following departure for the flight home. From the size of the aeroplane's shadow, a somewhat higher fly-though pass before climb-out, than the previous year.





From Biggin northwards, passing to the east of London. Looking west into the sun does not aid photography.



However atmospheric conditions have changed by the time we approach 27 on return to Liverpool, with Western Point, Runcorn very clear.

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As G-ATMI was not one of the aircraft use on flights to Biggin Hill, this has to be a 'miss-file'. Likely this was on the return from a 6-7th December 1980 weekend in Rotterdam, on a C.T.A. offer.