Gatwick Airport 1980's | Stock Footage and Reports | Thames News

[@easydrive3662]

Such great variation of airlines back in the 1980s and 90s with all the classic beauties such as the dc10, tristar, A300s and 747s

[@AndreiTupolev]

Some most interesting shots around 4:20. Numerous Skytrain DC-10s, Delta L1011s, even a Pan Am L1011, which had gone to Delta by about 1986. Some very rare footage.

[@GeorgeMCMLIX]

I fondly remember my aircraft spotting days at Gatwick. Those classic aircraft types were wonderful. Out of all those many airlines of the day I believe only a handful now remain 😢

[@Mikeyp1054]

Me too, I went loads as a child in the late 70s early 80s, great times watching from the balcony. Great Airlines in Dan air, British Caledonian, Britannia, Braniff International, Air Europe to name but a few

[@silenthunteruk]

Have to say I really like this channel. I'm running an espionage RPG game set in the 1980s and these videos really help me with visual inspiration for the 'look' of the game.

[@richardschindler8822]

Very interesting video. Especially all the BAC 1-111’s. I may be a little partial as I flew a corporate 1-11 back then. Flew into Gatwick several times.

[@houstonbrysen7755]

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[@levidemetrius6785]

@Houston Brysen Instablaster =)

[@houstonbrysen7755]

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[@houstonbrysen7755]

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[@levidemetrius6785]

@Houston Brysen glad I could help =)

[@Springbok295]

This all takes me back especially the Thames material of Heathrow. I remember it so well from my youth.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Some excellent footage of Dan-Air and British Caledonian. And nice to see a TriStar in the British Airtours version of Landor livery (before it became Caledonian).

[@anthonyglee1710]

Air Europe, Britannia, Dan Air will always be golden days. Whoever destroyed Britannia should live in shame.

[@mrkipling2201]

My favourite decade

[@MM0SDK]

Me too. On a different note, you do make exceedingly good cakes. ;)

[@mrkipling2201]

MM0SDK many thanks!! Hours baking to receive nice comments like that!!😂😂 and that decade things just seemed simpler.

[@raymondttompson2638]

Great to see my first airline Dan Air especially the airbus A300B4 that I did my first ever flight on, I was one of 5 stewards they hired after always refusing to have any

[@wisnuadiputra4843]

6:22 " Queen of The Skies " Garuda Indonesia 😍😍😍

[@purplebrit]

I worked at Gatwick from '83 to '90.

[@petersomerville5970]

Shame to see Air New Zealand no longer flies to the UK!

[@koksy]

"Gatwick Airport in association with Canadian Club Whiskey, welcome you aboard Gatwick Transit" "While you're in the North Terminal, don't forget to visit The Avenue shopping mall..."😅

[@amc3]

Amazing insight to Gatwick during this interesting period in time, its all very posh public school accents, gosh, how things have changed.

[@leesimmons9091]

DAN AIR WERE THE BEST

[@1960dave1960]

Good old ‘Dan-Air’ we called it Dan-Dare….😊

[@feeltheforce10]

Glory days for plane spotters - such a variety of airlines.Its a waste of time now.

[@clonSanG]

I use to work as ground crew and how things have changed for pilots how they used to be treated like kings now there like dime to a dozen and a lot more airlines going down the drain with the covid for a long long time

[@CharlieWolfe-x4m]

Stop 10 not around anyone inappropriate