Sounds of the Seventies

Skipping back four decades to the 1970's and a view across from the long-gone Terminal 2 Roof Gardens at London's Heathrow Airport.

 

With a multitude of service vehicles in attendance, on the stands were - from right to left, a pair of SAS

(Scandinavian Airlines System) Douglas DC-9-41's in the

form of a Norwegian registered example - LN-RLK,

then one of their Danish registered one's - OY-KGH

and finally a Russian-built Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134,

LZ-TUA.

 

Parked on the other side of the stands is a Douglas DC-8 - possibly with Alitalia.

 

Beyond is Runway 28 Left/10 Right with the old Hunting Hangars easily visible with earthworks heralding the building of Terminal 4.

 

Scanned Kodachrome 35mm Transparency taken with my old Carl Zeiss Jena 'Werra' camera.

 

Despite the fact that I've spent around 3 hours cleaning this 'vintage' image up, the quality of the Zeiss lens shines through giving superb detail - far superior to the Zenith camera lens quality I elected for when I replaced that camera when the film transport failed!

 

42 years on - I wonder what the couple (bottom right) are doing now!

 

Done