Good idea for a post/poll Andy, and well caught as always. Have grown up with BA schemes but can recall seeing BOAC and BEA schemes when they were still operating as such, plus of course the odd one or two preserved. So my choice was the BOAC - it had to be a 747 so sorry BEA scheme!

Thanks Wallie - a nice colourful set to brighten up a dull day.

Lovely pair of classics!

Sorry, should have said hope you don't mind my posting it.

Equally jealous of your rail trip

Very nice Andy - haven't been to Switzerland since 2008 but recall that sightings can be few and far between - airfields excepted of course. Consolation view of the Matterhorn from 2005. We took a trip up the Klein Matterhorn Glacier Paradise from Zermatt. It was over 30 degrees C in Zermatt and wel...

No need to ask for kindness! These nostalgic shots are always "judged" on their content, not their quality.

"Let me out I want to fly again!"

Lovely bit of monochrome nostaliga.

As always with this section it is the content that counts far more than the image quality.

Very colourful set Jon with some tasty schemes!

Brilliant Mark - thanks for posting these. Makes you realise just how much things have changed and what has gone.

"Overdone"? No way! Brilliant set and in good conditions too. Such a lovely range of colours on these venerable old aircraft.

Friday should be a lot cooler in much of England - low to mid 20s whereas tomorrow is due to be mid 30s

Sorry Mike but I had to re-read your last a couple of times, as the word hot and Highlands don't normally go together from my experience HAving said that I love Scotland anytime,although I've only been in non-snowy times!

All the best Mike and thanks from me too. Have a good one

As someone who didn't go, it's good to see the civil aspect after all the heavy metal over on FC

That's a really nice mix of all sorts.

A colourful beast indeed and looks good on grass too.

I think I've seen more "artistic" designs on PC-6s than any other type - often French ones!

Nice Tu-114 too!

Here's EC.145 F-ZBPK of Securite Civile seen at Grenoble-Le Versoud in August 2014:

F-ZBPK_2 by Ian Crane, on Flickr

What a great opportunity and superb results -bravo lucky man. Not jealous in the slightest