"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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On Tuesday 22 Feb 2011 20:57, Roger Smith scribbled:

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.

Smaller, but some things weren't too different. One aircraft in particular
that I remember seeing there was the Boeing Stratocruiser. This was a
double-decker with seating for up to a hundred with the lower deck
consisting of a bar and lounge, connected to the upper deck via a spiral
staircase.
http://www.aviation-history.com/boeing/377.html

--
Graham Davis, Bracknell

Thanks Graham. Fascinating.

Roger