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I hope they haven't binned it yet , I'm the engineering support for it !!!! Seriously though your right the other dedicated A318 has just been leased to Titan. How long they keep operating the other aircraft is anyone's guess , we've heard nothing except the BA1/2 is operating for the foreseeable future. As for the cost , it's usually around the £3500-£4000 return fare , sometimes more others less . It's a lovely little service though with a really cosy exclusive feel to it and many passengers are regulars known by name. Be a shame to see it go . Never know IAG may order new C series for revamp ........

I used southern pride replacement mk2 gangways when I replaced mine , they are a good fit but the lower retaining lug on the underframe has to be cut down for them to fit. Sorry I can't show you a picture as I sold my Mk2ds a few years back but believe me they transform the look at the end.

Keep those great pictures coming by the way !!!!

Sorry jonny777 but I think the Spantax aircraft is a Convair 990 , they were one of the last operators of the type in the world and there are still some stored at Palma in a terrible state. They are identifiable from a distance by the carrot shaped fairings on top of the wings , I believe they were called "Whitcomb fairings" and were to assist the wing aerodynamically at higher speed.

Couple of weeks back the new Bombardier C series was testing into LCY , on the Saturday me and my colleague were given a guided tour of the test aircraft by the test crew , very interesting it was too and a very impressive aircraft it is . It then flew non stop to JFK with a simulated load of 40 passengers, it really looks like a game changer for airports like LCY with most of the east coast of the USA reachable as well as middle east .

If that Air Europe 757 is G-BKRM , I flew on that to Dalaman in 87ish with my mum and dad !

Some great pictures posted , I particularly like Phil Sutter's pictures , I remember all of those 146\rj aircraft from my time at BA Cityflyer at LCY, we used to call G-BXAS," always sick "as it was horrifically unreliable and was reportedly haunted too ! G-LCYB was one of two RJ85 aircraft we had whilst the rest of the fleet were RJ100 . They came from another carrier ( blue one I think ) and were always a bit flaky . Funnily enough though I never had any major tech issues with Swiss aircraft except for some pretty major pilot mess ups , I have some pictures somewhere showing some of these incidents, I'll see if I can find them and post them.

This place is a forum of total good manners and courtesy compared to Pistonheads news/politics and economics section. It's positively toxic.....but you can't seem to ignore it . I stick to posting in the TVR forums only and leave the saddos to argue amongst themselves. I like it here , very informative with some interesting topics and a small sprinkling of humour , long may it stay that way.

Ooooh 727 ......lovely aircraft ....proper shape , proper amount of proper engines..... A proper aircraft really ....last one I worked on was in Liege for TNT......miss these old skool aircraft (so does my bank balance ...plenty of overtime on them )!!!! Cheers Paul

Thanks for this topic chaps, been after some 37 horns for a while, now ordered ! Cheers Paul

I used and bought via Buy and sell and although the transactions were all easily carried out it was the searching and filtering difficulties that finally switched it off for me . I can totally see Andy's points about the old classifieds though , he personally had to get involved in a sale gone wrong on my behalf and to be fair to him , it's really not what he's here for . I'll be interested in seeing what comes next and no doubt will give it a try ....but please please if you can ,get the search facility to be more user friendly. Cheers Paul

I'm trying to recreate part of my younger years when I was out travelling and spotting in a sea of BR blue and grey . For example, I remember seeing a couple of 25s on a long train of vanfits in the Bristol Area ......guess what I'm running on my layout ...... a 45 on seven MK1s at Newcastle....same again. I have several other hobbies , particularly cars but nothing gives me as much pleasure as tinkering with my models or layout in the loft with the radio on and being left alone for a few hours. Maybe I'm becoming a miserable git as I get older !

Another one from my time at LHR fleet support unit, this was an a320 engine drop , the IAE V2500 is a particularly awkward engine to drop in my opinion especially when the accessories have to be transferred to the new engine , the IDG is a real pain , I much prefer the cfm56 engined aircraft. Not particularly exciting but may be of interest.

Another picture from work , when i worked in LHR fleet support unit , we had just finished dropping this RB211 off this 767 , it took 6 of us approx 4 hours ,without doubt the easiest large engine drop I have ever carried out. #2 on the Tristar or DC10 was a vile job !

Here is an early morning snap at LCY of NA whilst I was doing the daily and etops transit check prior to release to SNN and onward to JFK.

Some good advice above , I always list every item at 99p start , you pay less fees and the items pretty much always go for what they are generally worth , I have never ended up selling items at 99p ! ALWAYS get proof of postage when despatching and make sure you have in your listing the time limit you want for payment and a despatch period for example despatch within 5 days of payment. If you are worried about payments specify PayPal only but beware of PayPal fees. Good luck , it's really not that bad or hard , Paul.

I think the others like Sabine and Chris Harris should be given some of the car testing , they are both bloody handy drivers. I saw Chris Harris driving a Lola T70 at the Silverstone historic festival and he was first / second for pretty much all the laps in his driving stint , he really was quick . I'll be honest , I thought Top Gear was getting pretty tired three years ago regardless of who was presenting.

I must take up the point "clearly biased against Dapol " , I think that's a little unfair on most of the posters here . People have parted with a fair amount of cash for a loco that has got some pretty substantial failings and therefore have a right to comment on poor customer service etc. I don't see it being a Dapol bashing thread just some pretty disappointed modellers. I have a BR blue one and it suffers from most of the stated maladies of the model and has yet to be rectified by me , it's barely moved in the last couple of months ! I will deal with it as and when . It seems to me that all manufacturers have had some problems with models they have released , it's just how they follow up these problems that set them apart from Dapol at the moment. Hornby 31 chassis problems for example. I own models from Hornby , Bachmann , vitrains and Heljan and will no doubt buy more when they release what I want but I will be cautious about buying Dapol again until I see an upturn in their quality control and customer service. I'm not sure that's being biased , maybe just a cautious approach to previously poor service. Just my thoughts , Cheers Paul.

That's actually a fascinating test ..I scored 19.....without cheating or lying !!! To be honest it's actually made me have a read up about AS and try to understand it a little better , I was always in the " another made up issue" camp , I have recently had a lot of views on mental issues I held for a long time changed , particularly autism , ( a friend of the family has an autistic child ) . To the OP , good luck and best wishes , your post has opened my eyes a little, just talking about AS has been worth it to me to learn a little more. Cheers Paul.

Just got my 73 135 through from Hattons , I'm not sure what to make of this model , On one hand it's probably one of the best detailed models I have come across straight from the box with superbly applied paint and numbers etc , no bits falling off and an excellent runner. On the other hand .....those colours ..... It's weird , on its own the blue seems worse , I positioned it on my layout surrounded by Hornby Bachmann vitrains and Heljan locos and while it's definitely different it doesn't stand out as much ....I also think the lemony yellow is almost identical to vitrains yellow.....This is under cold white flo tube lighting..... I think I will keep it but I'm not sure it will have any class mates joining it . Worth £110 .....yes and no . I think Dapol need to do better colourwise as it's a shame such a nice model could be doomed to failure

I think it's almost impossible to have just one favourite piece of classical music ,there's too much to choice, some of my favourites are , Khachaturian "Phrygia" and "gayane" ,Mussorgsky "Pictures at an exhibition", Barber " adagio for strings ", Brittan " YPGtTO" ........ I could go on and on , I suppose its all down to what mood your in at the time, Cheers Paul

I very rarely get involved with wish/frothing lists but I have wanted one of these for ages , BR blue one for me ! I know you haven't really even started with the 71 yet Dave but do you have any timescales for starting the 74 , as my wallet will need to recover from the 73,71 assault that's coming . Excellent choice , cheers Paul.

Hi Darren , no worries mate just keep them coming from any region !!!!! cheers mate Paul.

Darren , absolutely top notch photos , especially ooc , I hope your dads collection includes some GE line pictures and if so please upload them when you get a chance , my favourite one so far is the one of you and your brother at ooc next to the 50 , you couldn't make that trouser jumper combo up !!! That's exactly the kind of stuff I was wearing when my dad used to take me round Ripple Lane !! Once again , great stuff and thanks to your dad for letting us see these pics, Cheers Paul.

UK steam ..............................9F raw power brutal lines. UK diesel...............................class 47 quality thoughtfull styling with the sound of a big Sulzer. Euro.......................................FS E656 "caimano", power with that certain continental style. USA.........................................SD40-2 as stated previously , great sound with a "thuggish" good look. As with all the other posts , its all personal taste ! cheers paul