Who's up for listing the celebs we've seen passing through airports on our travels?

I've had the good fortune to see these C-listers:

Carlos Valderama (and rest of Columbian football team) waiting in terminal at Chicago O'Hare in early 1990's. Big hair, Carlos!

Brian May (of Queen) walking from terminal to short-stay car park at Heathrow about 4 years ago. More big hair, Brian!

Pat Jennings (ex Arsenal 1970's goalie) going through Security at Stansted about 5 years ago, Big hands, Pat!

Jill Douglas (BBC Sport presenter) at baggage reclaim, Luton last summer. Big belly, Jill! (I think she was pregnant!)

So there we are then: I bet none of you can hope to match that list of superstars!

 

I dont think i can beat it but iv just come back from Cyprus and Howard Kendall ex Everton boss was in the same bar as me.....Oh and Dj Vibes from the Uprising!!

 

Was in a helicopter with Avril Lavigne flying from Nice to Monaco.

Steve

 

Last month I spent half hour in Newark Airport in New York drinking with Steve Nicol (Ex Liverpool player).

 

on a plane to the dominican republic just over 2 years ago, I was on the same plane as jack osborne from hollyoaks. I walked past him as I made my way to first class. He was in normal, although he is a short **** anyway so probably still had more leg room than me

 

I've met Ant McPartlin (Ant & Dec) & Johnny Wilkinson, twice, in Newcastle Airport.

Ant was a nice bloke, took the time to talk to me. The previous day I'd been lucky enough to meet Fred Dibnah in Falkirk while he was filming his last tv series before he passed away. He was staying in the same hotel & his traction engine was parked in the car park. We had a few drinks with hi in the bar, top bloke, could swear like a trooper!

 

Saw that reporter bloke off "Airport" at Heathrow on the way back from New York in February. Not really a celeb, is he?

 

Sly Stallone in Ibiza.
Sat next to Steve Parish from Frankfurt

 

Desmond tutu, on the connecting escalators in LHR. the underground ones,

i dont tend to notice them to be honest, they dont come and cut my grass, so sod them thats what i say.

 

Oh, I forgot, Jack Charlton in the BA Exec Lounge in LHR, looked old.. but then I guess he is. One of my colleagues got all star struck & went over to get an autograph

 

Alex Ferguson and Mike Atherton (was England Cricket Captain at the time) on the same day at Manchester.

 

I used to work on the bar in T1 at Manchester (1990 ish), was on one day and chatted to an American guy for a while and I asked him what he did for a living, he said he was a Musician, I didnt quiz him further as I had customers, didnt think any more of it until a few months later, well in the middle of my "Doors" phase I watched a documentary that had various people talking about the 60's "West Coast Scene", one of which I recognised but couldnt place him, then I realised that it was the Airport Musician bloke, so clueless here had been chatting with Lou Reed.

 

Steve McManaman at the luggage carousel in Antigua

Johnny Vaughan in Virgin Upper Class on a flight from New York

Meryl Streep at the luggage carousel in New York

Karen Brady and Paul Peschisolido at Heathrow check-in

Stirling Moss on a chartered flight when I was reporting on the Mille Miglia

A very drunk Tiff Needell slumped against a urinal at the Seat christmas party, held at the Riverside Studios. (Not an airport, but still stained in my memory)

 

Returning from Monaco GP was on a flight with Montoya , Brundle , Blundell all of whom were in sitting in first class. In cattle class where we were we had Ken Clarke sat in frot of us.

Sat by author Leslie Thomas on flight from Frankfurt to Heathrow.

Chip

 

THE James Brown on a flight from Heathrow to Aberdeen, travelling by himself. Pretty much everyone was stunned.

Natalie Imbruglia, Morrisey, and Keanu Reeves on flights to LA.

 

I met Ant & Dec in a lounge at Singapore airport many years ago.

And had a couple of beers with ZZ Top in Milton Keynes (OK, so not an airport but it's my biggest claim to fame).

 

i sat next to louie walsh on a flight to ireland , didnt know who the **** he was but he was getting mobbed by all the old birds.



on another note i did a car boot sale last sat and sold marc lemar (nevermind the buzzcocks etc) a cd lol , which was random

 

i saw terry waite at schipol airport years ago,also saw ewan mcgreggor at gatwick this easter.

 

When i worked at the airpost about 10 years ago i checked in Toadie from Neighbours, and some blonde bird who was in at at the same time, but can't remember her name.

And saw Colin Jackson (the runner) accidently knock over an old lady with his baggage trolley

 

Not to mention various titty models throughout your time at Fast Car

 

i sat next to john prestcott earlier this year on a trip to paris.......!

 

Forgot about the Stereophonics in Bangkok airport toilets. Had to show Kelly Jones how to work the sinks...

 

Not flying, but Michael Schumacher in a ski lift start of season Verbier. Nice chap.


Nik

 

Ummm.... the WHOLE of Man U (including Beckham) at Manchester Airport when sat waiting for my Mum at 4am (the flight was seriously delayed). The arrivals area was almost completely deserted and I was sat right by the exit and the whole lot came trooping past.

What the hell they were doing going through the main terminal I'll never know. I think they'd flown back in after winning (or possibly losing) a cup in Europe or something (no footy fan me!)

Miserable bunch of sods.. mind you at 4 in the morning I wasn't the life and soul myself.

 

Met him at the Ministry of Sound many years ago and partied hard till the wee hours....

Sat next to Dave Lee (Joey Negro) on a flight back from Glasgow to LHR a couple of years back.

Thats all, sadly !!

Dave

 

We did a car boot a year or so ago and we sold him a freeview box

 

Chris Eubank at Gatwick Airport in 1992 (when he was at the height of his powers and I was working at Gatwick for a year)

 

Sorry for unearthing this old thread, but stone me if I haven't just seen Pat Jennings at the airport AGAIN! What are the chances of that??? Why couldn't I have bumped into Angelina Jolie this time instead?