Comings and goings at Leeds Bradford airport yesterday

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 02 Aug, 2013 8:38 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: There are professional aerial photogs covering most of the U.K Leo. It must pay pretty well.http://www.aerial-leeds.co.uk/http://ww ... pg.htmlYou can commission your own photos doing too. Funnily enough, both those companies are based on the wrong side of the hill, with Manchester phone numbers...I'm sure that there used to be a showroom in the Shaftesbury Building on Harehills Lane for a company that specialised in aerial photos. A look at Google Streetview shows it's no longer there... http://goo.gl/maps/Tn75N

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue 06 Aug, 2013 9:57 am

You are right Ravey, I think they were based on Meanwood road and it was called something like "Skyviews & General". I don't think I have got that right but it's somewhere near.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 06 Aug, 2013 1:54 pm

Keg wrote: You are right Ravey, I think they were based on Meanwood road and it was called something like "Skyviews & General". I don't think I have got that right but it's somewhere near. Skyviews may be correct here's a street view of skyviews http://goo.gl/maps/hfDP0 at Rothwell Haigh

kango · Post by **kango** » Tue 06 Aug, 2013 3:21 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Keg wrote: You are right Ravey, I think they were based on Meanwood road and it was called something like "Skyviews & General". I don't think I have got that right but it's somewhere near. Skyviews may be correct here's a street view of skyviews http://goo.gl/maps/hfDP0 at Rothwell Haigh I used to work for Skyview and General who were based at Barkston house on Domestic street, they then moved to Meanwood road in the late 70's into this building..http://goo.gl/maps/wkztuAs far as I can recall they ceased operations sometime near the year 2000 , the site below seems to confirm it.http://www.companieslist.co.uk/00634793 ... limitedThe firm at Rothwell is not related(to the best of My knowledge) to the original family owned one on Meanwood rd.Kango.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 06 Aug, 2013 8:27 pm

Keg wrote: You are right Ravey, I think they were based on Meanwood road and it was called something like "Skyviews & General". I don't think I have got that right but it's somewhere near. I'm glad someone else remembers them!

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Sun 11 Aug, 2013 12:28 am

It also confirms I'm not going completely mad Ravey, half my family seem to think I invent these things!

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sun 11 Aug, 2013 9:13 am

morleyhall wrote: This thread triggered a memory of seeing another grey unmarked aircraft landing at the airport a few years ago. It’s taken me a while to find my photos out. The photo was taken at the cemetery end of the runway on 22nd May 2007. After landing it parked over near the hangers. That's very much like it!How this thread has wandered - love SL! :-DThanks.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 11 Aug, 2013 10:10 am

tiddler wrote: That sounds familiar; a guy came to my house in Churwell around a month ago claiming to have taken photographs of the house from his helicopter. I declined as I suspected it to be a scam. I think he was a little bit miffed when I asked him if he had checked to see if the guttering was clear.... Top reply A friend of mine in Huddersfield despaired of ever getting rid of a persistent pest on the doorstep, and eventually came out with this effective classic :-"LISTEN, WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT "NO" - IS IT THE N OR THE O ??"

simonash · Post by **simonash** » Tue 15 Apr, 2014 3:35 pm

kango wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: Keg wrote: You are right Ravey, I think they were based on Meanwood road and it was called something like "Skyviews & General". I don't think I have got that right but it's somewhere near. Skyviews may be correct here's a street view of skyviews http://goo.gl/maps/hfDP0 at Rothwell Haigh I used to work for Skyview and General who were based at Barkston house on Domestic street, they then moved to Meanwood road in the late 70's into this building..http://goo.gl/maps/wkztuAs far as I can recall they ceased operations sometime near the year 2000 , the site below seems to confirm it.http://www.companieslist.co.uk/00634793 ... limitedThe firm at Rothwell is not related(to the best of My knowledge) to the original family owned one on Meanwood rd.Kango. Yes Kango you are correct! It was my family that ran Skyviews and General on Meanwood Road. A chap who used to work there called Andy Wright (you may remember the name) took on the Skyviews name and is still doing the business himself.

TABBYCAT · Post by **TABBYCAT** » Tue 15 Apr, 2014 9:18 pm

simonash wrote: kango wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: Keg wrote: You are right Ravey, I think they were based on Meanwood road and it was called something like "Skyviews & General". I don't think I have got that right but it's somewhere near. Skyviews may be correct here's a street view of skyviews http://goo.gl/maps/hfDP0 at Rothwell Haigh I used to work for Skyview and General who were based at Barkston house on Domestic street, they then moved to Meanwood road in the late 70's into this building..http://goo.gl/maps/wkztuAs far as I can recall they ceased operations sometime near the year 2000 , the site below seems to confirm it.http://www.companieslist.co.uk/00634793 ... limitedThe firm at Rothwell is not related(to the best of My knowledge) to the original family owned one on Meanwood rd.Kango. Yes Kango you are correct! It was my family that ran Skyviews and General on Meanwood Road. A chap who used to work there called Andy Wright (you may remember the name) took on the Skyviews name and is still doing the business himself. Hi simonash and welcome to the forum.I don't remember Andy Wright (my time was late 70's early 80's)I do remember Ralph Sally and Paul who are obviously related to Yourself with much fondness, as they ran the business with a "family feel" towards it's employees. I certainly enjoyed my time there.Could You perhaps shed light on the rumour amongst the workforce at that time that Ralph landed one of the aircraft on what is now the M621 in Hunslet prior to it being opened in the early 70's? It's something that always intrigued me but never thought to ask!RegardsTabbycat (was Kango)