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Prestwick airport - Saturday
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
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Is anyone going to see the planes at Prestwick Airport on Saturday? There are lots of old planes spending the weekend at Prestwick before they go to France for the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings.
Should be a good day out.
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
Paisley |
"I regularly attended the Scottish Air Show at Prestwick Airport in the 70s, it was a brilliant day out"
My uncle used to take me to the airshows then as well. I’ve been to Ayr for the airshows when they started up again. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My uncle was a pilot and we'd go all over to the uk to the airshows. Don't have a memory of Prestwick ones but we'd even spend evenings just watching commercial jets take-off/land! He was my action man hero lol
Took me until my 40s to realise I was looking for a man like him hahah |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm old enough to remember family trips to Prestwick to see the planes from the viewing gallery.  "
I remember that too. Kept us kids quite for a wee while when waiting for the flight. In the good old days before the Internet and checking everything online you could end up seeing a lot planes if your flight was delayed! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Only place in the UK that Elvis landed on his way back from Germany for his plane to refuel , and if I mind correctly first Scottish airport to have Concorde land
Have great memories off that airport .
Think I could easily pop a long on Saturday  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Back in the 70s our school trips involved a day at Prestwick Airport and beach,you were lucky if you saw 2 planes take off or land while you were there.
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Back in the 70s our school trips involved a day at Prestwick Airport and beach,you were lucky if you saw 2 planes take off or land while you were there.
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We had a school trip to Glasgow airport then a park fir our lunch. Nowadays kids expect Alton Towers. |
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
Paisley |
"Only place in the UK that Elvis landed on his way back from Germany for his plane to refuel , and if I mind correctly first Scottish airport to have Concorde land
Have great memories off that airport .
Think I could easily pop a long on Saturday "
The prototype for Concorde landed in 1972 and it became a training centre for Concorde pilots. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My Uncle, used to work at Glasgow Airport,he got us passes to be on the tarmac when Concorde landed in Glasgow around 1980. I’ve been on Concorde at the Scottish Museum of flight in North Berwick. |
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
Paisley |
"My Uncle, used to work at Glasgow Airport,he got us passes to be on the tarmac when Concorde landed in Glasgow around 1980. I’ve been on Concorde at the Scottish Museum of flight in North Berwick."
I remember being at high school when it landed at Glasgow. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I may be there too avid plane spotter here and have a trip to lossie in a few weeks  been very lucky over the years to get access to many events and meet some great pilots, keep in touch with a spitfire pilot I met through work and had the opportunity of getting inside the cockpit at Glasgow airport a few years ago with the kids, hoping to get a few shows in this year around the uk |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Confirmed my place. Now do i wear my leather pilots jacket or not ? American style without all the patches...answers please"
Only if you want to look like an extra in top gun  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As the weather us looking wet in the afternoon heading down for 10:00Hrs by train and bus. Might as well get the sun for pictures. Say hi if you see me i'm the guy wearing an FBI baseball cap |
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
Paisley |
I was later in going down due to issues with the trains. Fortunately a fab friend came to my rescue and gave me lift.
Hope you enjoyed. There were some gorgeous American crewmen and some great vintage uniforms. Glad I made the effort to go. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Was there with the organisers.. A fantastic rare gathering. Amazing that these aircraft are outlasting those that built them and those that currently own them after surviving the war. Cant beat living history. |
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By *alcon43 OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Was there with the organisers.. A fantastic rare gathering. Amazing that these aircraft are outlasting those that built them and those that currently own them after surviving the war. Cant beat living history. "
It was great to see them up close. These planes are outlasting the modern planes as well. Just a shame I won’t see them leave on Monday. Would be great to hear them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I know.. Its quite amazing they were built at the rate of one every 8 minutes or something and only designed to last a couple of years of wartime activity yet they are still going strong. Some of the first big airbus A380s are already in the scrapyards in Mojave... |
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