C-FTJT Air Canada Douglas DC-8-61 seen on 23 approach to London Heathrow

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C-FTJT Air Canada Douglas DC-8-61 seen on 23 approach to London Heathrow
C-FTJT Air Canada Douglas DC-8-61 seen on 23 approach to London Heathrow

Memories of Heathrow's original third runway - Runway 23 One of Air Canada's fleet of stretched Douglas DC-8s seen over the outer marker on runway 23 approach at London Heathrow, on flight AC860.

I was brought up in Southall in West London, just a few miles from Heathrow. Not only that, the house where I lived was right under the flight path of the cross-wind runway 23. Whenever we had a nice stormy south-westerly wind, you would start to hear the familiar sound of approaching aircraft. As we were around 4 miles out, aircraft would call out over the outer-marker just as they flew over the house - I have some interesting recordings which combine the aircraft going over with the pilot calling on the radio.

C-FTJT c/n 45890 was delivered new to Air Canada in Sep 1967. Re-registered along with other Canadian aircraft as C-FTJT. Taken out of service in Oct 1981 and flown to the Marana Air Park in Mojave for storage. Sold to United Aviation Services as N20UA and converted to a freighter operated by Scanair. Also operated with Icelandair and Connie Kalitta Services between 1986 and 1991. Ended life with American International Airways Inc. as N812CK and broken up at Oscoda - Wurtsmith in Michigan.

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens.

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

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Taken on: March 21, 1981
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