_GLASGOW PHOTOS 1_

All photos taken at Glasgow Airport by Hugh Brown

B727 CF-FUN WARDAIR, TAXYING ONTO STAND 2. SUMMER VISITOR WITH AMERICAN FLYERS ELECTRAS TO N AMERICA, UNTIL BAN MOVED TRAFFIC ELSEWHERE. JUL67

B707 D-ABUJ LUFTHANSA. CHIEF PILOT WAS FOOTBALL FAN! 16/4/69

L188 SE-FGB FALCONAIR, FOOTBALL CHARTER 16/4/69

TU134 SP-LGD LOT DATE UNKNOWN

MU2 SE-EDM CE310 G-AVUV IN BACKGROUND 28/6/71

NIMROD MR.1 XV237 VISIT FROM KINLOSS 21/1/72

GNAT T.1 XR981/1, XR987/2, XR991/4, XS111/5, XP514/6, XP531/7, XS107/8, XS101/9. CFS ‘RED ARROWS’ FOR UGSAS ‘SCONE TROPHY’ (THEIR DISPLAY CANCELLED DUE COURT INJUCTION BY MR J. PINKERTON) 6/5/72

J PROVOST T.4 XP672/25,XR704/28,XR667/16,XP558/20,XS219/29. CAW ‘MACAWS’FOR UGSAS ‘SCONE TROPHY’ (THEIR DISPLAY CANCELLED DUE COURT INJUCTION BY MR J. PINKERTON) 6/5/72
NOTE: THE UNIVERSITY AIR SQN ‘SCONE TROPHY’ IS AN ANNUAL AEROBATIC COMPETITION BETWEEN STUDENTS OF THE UASs OF GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, ABERDEEN AND QUEENS BELFAST. IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE UGSAS AT GLASGOW, THE TROPHY COMPETITION FLYING WAS AT GLASGOW, BUT NOWADAYS PLACES LIKE KINLOSS OR LEUCHARS ARE THE VENUE.
IN 1972 THE TWO RAF JET AEROBATIC TEAMS WERE INVITED TO CARRY OUT FLYING DISPLAYS FOR THE STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND A SMALL ENCLOSURE FOR THE PUBLIC. JET DISPLAY FLYING WAS CANCELLED ON THE MORNING OF THE EVENT BY ORDER OF THE COURTS. THE LOCAL TURKEY FARMER, JOHN PINKERTON (SON OF A FAMOUS WARTIME FIGHTER PILOT, GEORGE PINKERTON) WHO APPLIED FOR THE INJUNCTION, SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED HIS FARM AT THAT SITE NEAR THE END OF RWY 23 AFTER HIS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE RUNWAY EXTENSION FAILED

CANBERRA B(I).8 XM264 16SQN, VISIT FROM GERMANY. CREW LOCALS. THEY ABANDONED THE A/C AS ‘UNSERVICEABLE’ AND WENT HOME FOR A QUICK VISIT. WT337 IN THE FOLLOWING DAY 1/6/72

TU134 LZ-TUK BALKAN. 23/7/72