A weekend at Gatwick Airport / 1998 - 2000 / Classic Aviation Action!

What can I say about this video? It is definitive coverage of London's second airport in it's full heyday. Looking at this footage now (in 2018) , the scene from the old Gatwick viewing terrace looks more like the airliner graveyard at Victorville as it does now.

Aircraft piled up and stacked in so tight there is hardly anywhere to move! Only these planes aren't rusting or sitting waiting to be broken up, they are the real deal! Alive and active.
A perfect fusion of 1970's/80's and 90's jetliners all crammed into aviation heaven!
Of course there are early signs of the future with many of the older tri-jet's gone from the scene, replaced with newer Boeing 767's and 777's, but the classics are there.
Another thing to look out for is the increasingly restricted view offered from the viewing area, due to the South Terminal expansion.
My grateful thanks to my aviation friend Ian for filming these wonderful times, when Gatwick really was London's second major airport and not just a 'bigger brother' to London City! - Which is how Gatwick of 2018 feels with the loss of many of the larger US carriers which moved to Heathrow in 2008.
This video also contains some very nice footage from Luton Airport from 1998 and shows some Easyjet and Ryanair action, including some very rare footage of one of the leased Britannia Airbus A320's from Irish carrier TransAer!
Here are the stars of the show -
Easyjet 737-300, Britannia A320, Teuto Airways Shorts 330, Ryanair 737-200, AB Airlines BAC 1-11, British Airways Cityflyer Express Avro RJ100, Royal Jordanian A310, British Airways 757,
American Airlines 767-300, British Airways 737-400, AB Airlines 737-300, Alitalia MD80, Caledonian Airways DC-10, British Airways Boeing 747-400, Kuwait Airways Airbus A300, TWA 767-200, Britannia 767-200, Britannia 757, Continental 777-200, Monarch Airways 757, Air Atlanta L1011 Tristar, Virgin Atlantic 747-400, Air UK Leisure A320, Airtours 757, Delta MD-11, Delta 777-200, US Airways 767-200, British Airways 737-200, Continental DC-10, Air Malta 737-200, LOT Polish Airlines 737-500, British Airways 777-200, Airtours 767-300, Emirates 777-200, Virgin Express 737-300, Maersk Air 737- 500, British Airways Express ATR42, Air Zimbabwe 767-200, Ukraine International 737-200, Canada 3000, A330, Air UK Leisure 767-300, JMC DC-10, Northwest Airlines DC-10, Virgin Atlantic 747-200, Jersey European Bae 146, Transavia 737-300, Deutsche BA 737-300, Garuda Indonesia 747-400, Monarch A320, Ryanair 737-200, Caledonian Tristar L1011, Air 2000 767-300, Air 2000 757-200.

Видео A weekend at Gatwick Airport / 1998 - 2000 / Classic Aviation Action! канала MrFlashjet - The Heathrow Airport Archive