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Waiting to depart in PA23 at Heathrow Airport 1981
This was taken by me at London Heathrow airport at the hold (block 81) for runway 10R in 1981. We were in a Pa23 Aztec aeroplane in very poor weather awaiting takeoff clearance. A British Airways BAC 111 jet and Hawker Siddeley 125 executive jet also await departure from block 81. A Boeing 727 of Icelandair is seen just before Vr on its departure run. The weather was heavy rain and 200 foot cloud base.
We were in a PA-23 Aztec trying to get out of Heathrow to Fairoaks where the parking was 1000 times cheaper! On this occasion the low cloud base stopped us on the runway. We fast taxyed (60kts) down 10 right back to the (then) light-park (now terminal 4).
Waiting to depart in PA23 at Heathrow Airport 1981
This was taken by me at London Heathrow airport at the hold (block 81) for runway 10R in 1981. We were in a Pa23 Aztec aeroplane in very poor weather awaiting takeoff clearance. A British Airways BAC 111 jet and Hawker Siddeley 125 executive jet also await departure from block 81. A Boeing 727 of Icelandair is seen just before Vr on its departure run. The weather was heavy rain and 200 foot cloud base.
We were in a PA-23 Aztec trying to get out of Heathrow to Fairoaks where the parking was 1000 times cheaper! On this occasion the low cloud base stopped us on the runway. We fast taxyed (60kts) down 10 right back to the (then) light-park (now terminal 4).