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Originally I intended to post a survey of what I photographed in a year as is done by other Fightercontrol members in the Current Photo Section at year-end, but in my case for 1973. Going through the remainder of my slide-scans from that year I noticed I had a considerable amount of slides taken at Luxembourg airport. In 1973 I lived for 6 months in Luxembourg for study. In those days there was a NATO depot in the country, resulting in regular visits of various NATO transport aircraft. The cargo ramp at Luxembourg airport was very spotter-friendly in those days. I hope you enjoy the transporters.

Luxembourg 9 Januari 1973. C-119 MM52-6040/46-25 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 1 February 1973. C-130H 955 R.Norw.AF fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 7 March 1973. C-54 N-242 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 15 March 1973. C-118 6701 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 21 March 1973. C-47 K-683 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 4 April 1973. C-54 N-618 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 10 April 1974. CV-440 MM61901/SM-22 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 25 June 1973. Da.20 154 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 29 August 1973. C-47 K-684 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 30 August 1973. C-45 N61907 ex Aeronavale 66454 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 30 August 1973. C-45 N61912 ex Aeronavale 134706 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 30 August 1973. C-47 92625 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 2 September 1973. Magister FM-12 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 2 September 1973. Magister FM-62 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

Luxembourg 17 September 1973. C-130H MM61998/46-12 fc by arnold booy, on Flickr

I hope you found these pictures of interest.
Regards,
Arnold

Stunning as usual. The Finnish Magisters are my favourite, purely because of the ac in the background with the split tail ..... CL-44?????

Thanks Arnold, I can honestly say that they are of interest and a great selection of shots, I think anyone who views these will agree with me. I did see a couple of Italian C-119s long ago, acting as support aircraft for display items at Biggin Hill. Those Finnish Magisters were very rare outside that country and I do have a book about the type in Ilmavoimat service. It details the very occasional overseas visits the type made. I know it's a civil type, but nice to see the Cargolux CL-44, with the swing tail lurking in the background. All great stuff and thanks once again for sharing these with us.

Thanks Arnold - excellent photos and a delight to see. Some of these I recognise as visitors to Northolt in that era.

The Finnish Magisters were a surprise to see among your visitors - maybe to/from maintenance in France ?

Nice eclectic mix there Arnold esp liking the Danish prop liners.

A wonderful selection of transports from the good old days, Arnold. Nice to see the Danish C-47s and C-54s, which were regular visitors to Lossie.

Regards, Terry.

OH! Arnold you have done it again. Wonderful images, superbly shot and I am "sick as a parrot" to never have seen the likes of some of these air frames.
Very best regards as ever, Gordon.

Arnold... what can I say except "thanks for the memories"... they are great with the ramp access you presumably had. I would have seen a lot of the transport types as they arrived at Northolt during Farnborough Show week back in the days of British aviation manufacturers bringing the NATO bosses.

Regarding the Finnish Magisters, I've been into the archives and have found the Finnish Magister book.
For information, Ilmavoimat operated 80 Magisters, FM-1 to FM-18 were French built and were delivered by air via various routes, I know that some went through Gutersloh. There was never an FM-19 or FM-20. Valmet built under license 62 aircraft, these being FM-21 to FM-82. The two aircraft shown at Luxembourg were either en route to or returning from a visit to San Javier in Spain. Before selecting the Magister, Ilmavoimat evaluated the Jet Provost (G-AOHD) which was flown by at least ten Finnish pilots. After selecting the Magister, the Miles Student G-APLK (XS941) also did a demonstration tour of the Nordic countries. As far as I can see, there were only four visits by the type out of Finland.

Ah, the Miles Student!!. What a pretty aircraft!. Only one built. Destroyed in a take-off accident at Duxford, I believe. Lovely pictures.

First of all I would like to thank you for your very nice comments.
I don’t know where the Finnish Magisters were going to or coming from. But I saw 3 years earlier 2 of them at Colmar-Meyenheim on the 31st of August, the same time of the year. They were in Colmar to participate in a military sports competition where also Danish T-33’s en Swedish Lansens participated. So I presumed they were for the same reason on the way.
Mije@heathrow, I did not have ramp acces. The cargo ramp was open and I could photograph (almost) all aircraft by standing at the edge of the ramp. I would have loved to have ramp access so I would have a better picture of the Italian C-119.

raptor9, you'll be pleased to know that the Miles Student still exists. After it's accident in 1985 it moved to a couple of locations. It can now be found at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation at Woodley, near Reading.

Hi Arnold

Fabulous stuff as always

Great to see some old transport planes for a change

Thanks for yet another awesome set

Paddyboy

Wow! Lovely images Arnold of a bygone age. Seems odd that as I was starting out on the hobby these were considered the front line aircraft. Now virtually all are museum pieces! But great memory jerkers.

TRULY EXCELLENT!
You have given me a personal treat with all those wonderful pistons; ah, such memories for which I cannot thank you enough.
Best regards and seasonal cheer, Terry

Very nice, Arnold

Cracking set. Some real classics there.

Superb stuff

great set especially #1 and 12

Wonderful pics Arnold, as always. Many thanks for sharing (more please.... )