BMI British Midland Boeing 707 G-BFLE
HEADLINES (discontinued)Some classics from a bygone age
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Operator: BMI British Midland - G-BFLE
Aircraft: Boeing - 707
Airport: UK - Scotland - Glasgow (GLA / EGPF)
Category: Old scans
Photo taken on 1983-5-0 by Alistair Bridges [Contact]
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Photographer's remark
(11.11.2006, 02:03 CET)
Not strictly correct, as BMI hadn't been invented yet. Hands up all that remember this ? ( it takes me all my time to do so! )
1 robert pittuck
(11 November 2006 - 15:42 CET)
Never ever seen a BM 707, looks nice ;-)
2 Alistair Bridges
(11 November 2006 - 18:00 CET)
It was the one and only I ever saw.It must have been a lease.
3 Rob Govier
(14 December 2006 - 22:47 CET)
They wet-leased for a number of years to third-world airlines, then operated IT flights to
the Med. and Canada in the early 'eighties. I worked for Midland at that time.
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4 Alistair Bridges
(15 December 2006 - 00:23 CET)
Thanks for that info - I think this was the only one I saw, let alone pointed a camera at.
5 Wallace Shackleton
(30 December 2006 - 11:34 CET)
I feel old when I come across spotters who have not seen a B707!
They used to be as
common as B737s are now.
Thanks for the memory.
6 graeme livingston
(10 February 2007 - 03:47 CET)
can't beat the old ones!!.
7 Scotty
(1 June 2007 - 13:46 CET)
Very nice pic and perfectly levelled.
8 Normo
(5 October 2007 - 14:24 CET)
Deafeningly loud but a lovely sight .
9 Stephen Fox
(6 October 2007 - 19:41 CET)
When I was a small boy our family home was less than 1mile from EMA and when these
aeroplanes took off, it was possible to see the glass windows vibrate with deviation of
approx 3-4mm causing a loud rattling from the window itself.
Thanks for the
memory.
10 chris
(23 April 2009 - 19:14 CET)
awesome plane
