I'm new here but have been lurking around for quite a while.
C.B.F.S. is a great site and I've been using quite a few classic Britsh aircraft for some time.
I thought I'd better introduce my self.
My first encounter with an aircraft happened when I was about four years old, my father was a Flight Engineer with Britavia flying the Handley Page Hermes out of Blackbushe. I remember him driving our car out to the apron and parking at the bottom of the steps, security wasn't quite the same then.
This was the biggest man made object in the world! I was quite afraid that when we got inside it might take off, it was undergoing an engine change at the time but what did I know? :redface: He went on to fly the DC-6, DC-7 and Britannia with Hunting Clan, BUA, Caledonnian and TransMeridian.
I joined the RAF and worked on the Britannia, Belfast and VC10,
At Laker Airways I worked on the 1-11,(many thanks to Dave Maltby for his Laker 1-11) 707 and DC-10 and started as a Flight Engineer with TMAC on the CL-44.
I'd just like to thank all the developers for bringing back some very fond memories.
Blackbushe Aerodrome on a sunny summer afternoon in the late fifties, Airwork, Pegasus, BKS and Skyways Vikings, Silver City and BEA , Hunting DC-3s and Airwork and Britavia Hermes and some Constellations..
Thanks for reading this drivel and thanks again
Steve
