More pages from my school rough books - Shannon 1978 :)

Aviation Memories
Starting 2021 with another dip into the written archives :)

Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)

I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(

Some comments on the sightings
In August 1978 I had just turned 16, and I made what was to be my only grand tour of Ireland, visiting as many airports and airfields as I could :) This sheet shows my written up log of visits to Shannon, Dublin and Galway. Plenty of variety in Ireland in the 1970s!

Shannon highlights
N1034F ONA & N102TV TIA DC-10s
C-GNDA Nordair DC-8
EI-BBH Aer Turas Bristol Britannia

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'
See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

Taken in: UK / England / Ealing / Lady Margaret (show map)

Taken on: August 1, 1978

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