Civilian Aviation

Have seen these things buzzing round the country for so long and being such a big part of my local (Manchester), it was disturbing to see this sight at Maastricht.

Untitled by Rob Burns, on Flickr

Untitled by Rob Burns, on Flickr

Great memories.

A really sad sight to see, I've had loads of flights on these with so many happy memories, hopefully they can all find a new airline instead of slowly rotting away.

I last flew on G-JECK (the one nearest) on 12/10/18 from Inverness to Birmingham to see Jeff Lynne's ELO at Birmingham Arena that night and flew back on G-ECOM a couple of days later.

Departing Birmingham on 14/10/18 :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krsy4BkUaDQ&t=3s

Landing at Inverness on the same flight :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxRS47Y ... e=youtu.be

I hope these find a new home. There is probably still a market for these in Africa or Asia, less so in Europe.