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by garryrussell
Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:18 pm
Forum: Themed photo topics
Topic: Aurigny Air Services - Airline of the Channel Islands
Replies: 29
Views: 21321

Re: Aurigny Air Services - Airline of the Channel Islands

True...can't beat a shed If I could have then I would have been straight up there with my hammer :whistle: Did a lot to lower the status of travel to the CI...they were hated by the public who saw these things replace Viscounts etc. Hardly a step forward :lol: Still...I digress :) Nice pic. :cool:
by garryrussell
Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:49 am
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Weston
Replies: 3
Views: 3510

Re: Weston

Thanks

I remember that as Dan Air.

Not many 748's being saved complete :(
by garryrussell
Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:07 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Weston
Replies: 3
Views: 3510

Re: Weston

Interesting

Is that a Ryanair 748?

The Aussie 208 has the flag back to front :blush:
by garryrussell
Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:26 pm
Forum: Themed photo topics
Topic: Aurigny Air Services - Airline of the Channel Islands
Replies: 29
Views: 21321

Re: Aurigny Air Services - Airline of the Channel Islands

G-AZLJ in the first livery and G-BBYO in the second :D
by garryrussell
Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:56 am
Forum: Themed photo topics
Topic: Aurigny Air Services - Airline of the Channel Islands
Replies: 29
Views: 21321

Re: Aurigny Air Services - Airline of the Channel Islands

Nice time line there

Often gets mispronounced. I'm a Guernsey man and the older of us and many Alderney locals I knew pronounce it Or-in-nee.
by garryrussell
Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:15 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Exeter airport from the airside, autumn 1972 scanned slides
Replies: 14
Views: 9219

Re: Exeter airport from the airside, autumn 1972 scanned sli

My first flight ever was on G-APWG in July 1968 just before British United went on strike from which they never fully recovered from.
by garryrussell
Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:08 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Exeter airport from the airside, autumn 1972 scanned slides
Replies: 14
Views: 9219

Re: Exeter airport from the airside, autumn 1972 scanned sli

Thanks for that :)

I thought the green of the Wessex made it an Admirals Barge. I used to see the green stripe Heron quite often, ex Royal Flight.
by garryrussell
Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:45 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Exeter airport from the airside, autumn 1972 scanned slides
Replies: 14
Views: 9219

Re: Exeter airport from the airside, autumn 1972 scanned sli

Thanks for these Andy.

Is the Wessex an Admirals Barge?
by garryrussell
Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:22 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: A couple from far Cathay
Replies: 4
Views: 3862

Re: A couple from far Cathay

The thinner tails is the aircraft turned slightly more away. Both have the 707 type fin tip LE aeriel.

Doesn't look like Convair engines

I'd put money on them both being 707's
by garryrussell
Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Gatwick in the '70s slide scans
Replies: 10
Views: 7215

Re: Gatwick in the '70s slide scans

Thanks Andy :)
by garryrussell
Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:16 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: a gaggle of CL44s
Replies: 3
Views: 3002

Re: a gaggle of CL44s

Thank you very much

Such an elegant beast and never given the recognition it deserved.

Transatlantic with a 707 or DC 8 freighter load at 40% of the cost
by garryrussell
Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:12 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: CL-44 at Cambridge 1986
Replies: 9
Views: 6567

Re: CL-44 at Cambridge 1986

Yes please...go for it :D
by garryrussell
Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:09 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: A couple from far Cathay
Replies: 4
Views: 3862

Re: A couple from far Cathay

They are both Boeing 707's by the look of it :???:
by garryrussell
Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:08 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: London Gatwick 747 Classics
Replies: 8
Views: 6567

Re: London Gatwick 747 Classics

G-BMGS was from 1986-1990 long before BCAL was taken over, it was gone, on sale to Virgin as G-VOYG. It was the only 747 bought used by BA.
by garryrussell
Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:59 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: a couple of scanned slides from the Channel Islands May 1977
Replies: 4
Views: 3760

Re: a couple of scanned slides from the Channel Islands May

Only a very small number of VFW.614 went into airline service and served for only a couple of years. VFW cancelled the project and bought them all back so they could cancel the support certificate. This left the 3 Luftwaffe and a later calibration machine in service, presumably operating under diffe...
by garryrussell
Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:54 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: Gatwick in the '70s slide scans
Replies: 10
Views: 7215

Re: Gatwick in the '70s slide scans

Thanks for those

Were Delta regular then??

Also the Aviaco seems an odd livery?
by garryrussell
Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: CL-44 at Cambridge 1986
Replies: 9
Views: 6567

Re: CL-44 at Cambridge 1986

The owners of the Guppy at Bournemouth reckons it will fly out this year. :huh:

No one can see this happening, but the man says it will. :pop:

AFAIK there are no other CL-44's in existence although they may be some chunks. :unsure:

This one above was one of the lengthened CL-44J's :D
by garryrussell
Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:03 am
Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
Topic: C-FDOX Hs748 at Cardiff 2000
Replies: 3
Views: 3392

Re: C-FDOX Hs748 at Cardiff 2000

It was with Emerald in 2000 and the year before it was leased to West Air Sweden
by garryrussell
Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:54 pm
Forum: Old registration tie-up area.
Topic: IAT Fairford 19 Jul 1987
Replies: 2
Views: 1758

Re: IAT Fairford 19 Jul 1987

I see your getting a lot of response on Fight Control...where this should be I just wasted a while looking this up only to work through a list of hits that led me to this same request on Fighter control. Why do you not report back here that your are being sorted... Or just put it there alone where i...
by garryrussell
Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:37 pm
Forum: Old registration tie-up area.
Topic: CDG 12 Apr 2004
Replies: 4
Views: 2300

Re: CDG 12 Apr 2004

Suggest the misread G-FFFH was possibly British Airways Boeing 737-5H6 G-GFFH

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