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Commuted regularly mid 70's to late 90's, Manchester to Aldergrove sometimes 3 times a week (BA Super 1-11, 5:40am red-eye outbound and 8pm snoozer return, rarely stayed over and only visited the city when absolutely necessary 'cos it was too damned dangerous - actually managed a couple of overnights at the Europa Hotel, big glass frontage was popular as most of the time it was getting bombed out). Later years I used the City Airport occassionally and also drove to Carrickfergus from Aldergrove quite a lot so passed the cranes by road rather than flying around them in the distance - always thought they were a pair never realised they were singletons 4 years apart, thanks for the memory.
At one point often shared the flight with the Administrator for DeLorean who did the commute daily, he used to turn up at Manchester in a Ferrari, wonder why!