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Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- JayCee, 10/04/05 7:41:51
Hunter wrote:
'There were tales of them being flown with the pax door off, was this true?'
Maybe this was the forerunner to air conditioning! .....or just in case of quick evacuation!!
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Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- John Holloway, 25/06/05 22:07:40
The Pakistani Health Authorities at Mauripur insisted that every aircraft arriving from the west had to have the interior sprayed with an evil DDT mixture before anybody was allowed to disembark;this meant every Hastings coming in from Habbaniya had to be done.I used to avoid going aboard to welcome the passengers arriving because of this and leave it to the duty officer.Air Traffic Control would advise us of any aircraft arriving with high ranking officers aboard and on one occasion we had a UAH(Australia bound) coming in with a host of Winco's and Colonels upwards on board so I couldn't resist going out to meet it along with the duty officer and the health officer with his trolley load of DDT and pump.Once aboard with the doors shut behind us the dreaded evil mixture was duly sprayed all over the them.I cried they cried but what a laugh.
Happy Days!!!
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Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- John Cooper, 25/06/05 22:16:08
Yes John, happened to us in Feb 1958, passing through Karachi, before we were allowed off some guy came onboard our Hermes G-ALDC and used the Flit Spray Can on us all BEFORE we got off. 18 years of age was I and couldn't believe the effrontery!
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Re: Handley Page Hermes G-ALDL -- Offord, 22/11/05 9:23:36
Hi John, I note that you flew (to U.K.) in '58 on one of the Lancashire Aircraft and Skyways Hermes, delightful old girls, I flew back from Singapore (tour ex) from Changi to Stanstead on Hermes G-ALDL via Bangkok, Negombo, Karachi, Bahrain, then to Brindisi, however, it was the time when President Kassim had been deposed by that mongrel of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. Our innocent Hermes was turned back three time if I recall, on reaching Iraqi's borders and we had to return to Bahrein which was about as friendly as El Adam was, I recall it was the third time, we made it, and the Iraqi bully boys ceased to buzz our unarmed airliner and we flew on toward Ankara, which was also undergoing some 'political changes'. Landing there at some ungodly hour for refuel, and aircraft re provisioning. We flew from there to Brindisi (or maybe it was the other way around but what did impress me was the skipper of G-DL didn't mess about, it was straight down the taxiway, clearence onto the 'active, open up the taps to the firewall and we were off, no mag checks and I was fair .....ng my self as we hurtled down the tarmac, we reached Stanstead some 8 hours or so later, and so it was in those somewhat primitive days of flying. G-DL ended her days in 1962 non operational at Stanstead where she was scrapped. Her sister ship was operated by BOAC and did the spectacular 'desert crash which cost the life of the navigator (who'd got them lost anyway) however, everyone else survived the that prang..
(At least this screen is open to me John!)
Cheers for now, Terry 'O'
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Re: Handley Page Hermes G-ALDL -- John Cooper, 22/11/05 16:36:17
At least Terry the Hermes was quiet in comparison to the Haystack! Actually I was flying out to the Far but via Airwork your route almost but in reverse, did you know that it was the Army that insisted on the Hastings having a tail wheel for easier loading than with a nosewheel, try telling that one to the Air Movement bods in those days. Shall have to get you back on Activeboard somehow Terry........
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Re: Handley Page Hermes G-ALDL -- leslie, 26/10/06 10:24:02
Hi
I have been reseaching flights by Skyways out of stansted, & inparticular their Hermes G-ALDV which crashed just outside the airport on 1/4/1958 whilst on a test flight killing the crew of three, Do you know of any pics, of this A/C. or maybe have one of Skyways other A/C Please?
Dusty
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Re: Handley Page Hermes G-ALDL -- John Cooper, 27/10/06 6:59:50
Leslie
I guess you have seen this
http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580401-1%E2%8C%A9=en
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Re: Handley Page Hastings Aircraft -- gordon heasman, 2/03/06 21:48:45
Yes, it happened on our Canal Zone-based Valettas, too. 'Welcome!' Ever since then I've been a supporter of England when they play cricket out there, and hope to get our own back. They also (1950's) made you declare all the jewelry you were bringing into the country - even your wedding rings! But you could make a profit on Gin!!!!!
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