In article , Paul Terry
writes
Unless you want to go to Paris, in which case forget about Gatwick!

Some decades ago there used to be a wonderful "hedge-hopper" service
from Gatwick to Le Touquet (twin-engined prop, as I recall, which
hardly had time to rise more than a few thousand feet before beginning
the descent). It was met by a train on the tarmac at Le Touquet that
sped to Paris, with only a brief stop at Amiens. It was the bee's knees
in terms of speed and low cost in those days

The Carvairs from Southend to Le Touquet were also met by these trains
for those passengers without their cars.

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