Aviation News - June 2016

Aviation News incorporating Classic Aircraft June 2016

H

eathrow Airport was a wondrous

place to a young spotter with its

sheer number and variety of aircraft

and airlines that could be seen in

a single day. The  rst time I spent a full day

there was on Wednesday April 11, 1984. The

chosen location to watch the action was the

viewing terrace on the ‘Queens Building’,

which had a good view of the western part

of the airport and approaches. At that time,

it overlooked part of the aprons and piers of

Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 (later this would

be restricted to just the latter). Across the

southerly runway Terminal 4 was under

Editor Dino Carrara

looks back at a day on the

viewing terrace atop the

‘Queens Building’ in 1984.

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TALES FROM THE LOGBOOK

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TALES FROM THE LOGBOOK

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SPOTTING FROM THE

‘QUEENS BUILDING’

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