Nigels real world ramblings

[britfrog 180]

hi,

under this title i will give some feedback to give you all an idea of my years in the air

Having read allans thread tonight about the scream of a 707 it made me think back a bit to my younger days, my first atlantic crossings were in an avro york, argonauts and stratocruisers and dc7c's however i well remember the arrival of the brittania the "whistling giant" for those that are used to modern day craft the 1st class area (where we sat) was in the rear of the aircraft not the front like now! and we ate our way across the atlantic, sadly quite soon these planes were replaced by the 707 with RR conways, it was like going back 10 years to the avro york, you arrived at your destination and shouted at all and sundry including the local immigration cus you couldnt hear what a bugger was saying. i well remember my first flight in a 727, you could hear someone fart 10 rows behind or so it seemed

[hurricanemk1c 195]

Interesting bits of info there Nigel - would love to hear more! From FS anyway, 707's are far louder than the CL-44 (which is similar to the Brits)

[britfrog 180]

Here is another one for you having read Jankees thread on moustique

When I was a lad we were posted to St Vincent and lived next door to the airplane ramp and hangar cus the plane my dad flew was a goose. being british, one associated with other colonials and one day my Dad came home and said colonel____ (i cant remember his name) has offered us an island to buy as he cant do anything with it, so my dad , mum and I took the goose (we also had a catalina at the base) and flew over to this island it had one house on it and i remember well its name was well chosen because of the huge quantities of mosquitoes flying around. well we had a walk around but neither of my parents were too enamoured with it , even at the low price of some 140k at the time so they turned it down, as you all mostly know this island (moustique) became famous as a hideaway for princess maragret and many others over the years and is now owned by a certain mr. branson and for sale for many millions, Oh if i could only roll back time!!!!

[mutley 4,495]

Great memories Nigel, you really have experienced the golden age of world wide passenger travel.

I know you have a few more up your sleeve, including the lobster flight, looking forward to more memoirs, we love this stuff!