A Look at London Airport - 1950s leaflet + now on SOUNDCLOUD - aviation archives - sounds of the 70s - live Air Traffic Control broadcasts 😎

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Aviation Nostalgia - more from my archives :)
‘London Airport is planned for visitors and welcomes you.’ - summing up the heyday of London Airport when it was the place to go for a welcoming day out for families and enthusiasts - days long gone now sadly.

London Airport Found this very nostalgic publicity leaflet in my archives :) I believe it dates from 1956/57 as it mentions the newly built Queen's Building and Roof Gardens, Control Building (The Tower) and Passenger Building (later to be Terminal 2) all opened in 1955.

The cover art on the front panel of the leaflet shows the newly opened Roof Gardens (which were still a delight to visit when I started my aviation hobby in 1976) - it shows clearly a Lockheed Constellation on a 10R departure. The back panel is really interesting as it shows a map of Heathrow at the time, with just the three new buildings making up the Central Area. The biggest surprise for me was SIX RUNWAYS! Not just 28L/10R, 28R/10l and 23L/05R which was ‘MY’ runway (with the approach going right over my house in Southall), but 23R/05L as well (which was disused by the 1970s). And I never knew about parallel runways 15L/33R and 15R/33L?

Found some gen on these on Wiki:
'Early 1950s: Three more runways completed the hexagram; two runways would always be within 30° of the wind direction.’

'By 1961: Runway lengths: 28R/10L 9313 ft, 28L/10R had been extended west to 11000 ft, 23R/05L 6255 ft, 23L/05R 7734 ft, 33L/15R 7560 ft, 33R/15L not in use.'

'By 1970: Heathrow's two main east-west runways, 10L/28R and 10R/28L (later re-designated 09L/27R and 09R/27L) were extended to their current lengths to accommodate new large jets such as the Boeing 747. The other runways (i.e. 23R/05L 6255 ft, 33L/15R 7560 ft, 33R/15L) were closed to facilitate terminal expansion, except for Runway 23, which remained available for crosswind landings until 2002. For more info see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Heathrow_Airport#1960s

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

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

Taken in: UK / England / Hillingdon / Heathrow (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1956

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