"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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On Tuesday 22 Feb 2011 19:22, Roger Smith scribbled:


"John Hall" wrote in message
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Dave Cornwell writes:
Sorry. How did Heathrow cope in the smog era Jon?

I wouldn't have thought that smog would often have been a serious
problem at Heathrow. It must be something like 15 miles from central
London.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Smog is one thing, John, but what about common or garden fogs? They seem
quite rare nowadays, at least compared with when I used to cycle to
school
in North Kent about 50 years ago.

But with about one aircraft movement per hour (or whatever) at Heathrow
in
those days, there would not have been much disruption - just whip the
passengers off to the Savoy overnight and keep them happy.


From my memories of a school trip to Heathrow at least fifty years ago,
the
aircraft movements were nearer to one-a-minute than hourly.


Not much different from today then! But of course the planes were generally
rather smaller in those days.

Roger