Just noticed I've about 2k hrs on the 802; mostly Highlands & Islands.
Seemed to work OK but remember having to watch it for bank on touchdown due outboard prop ground clearance.
Lovely big pax cabin windows to look at Fingal's Cave en-route Benbecula.
Longest flight:- Glasgow>Orly 2:20
Recollect arriving home from Paris with a bottle of Beaujolais in one pocket and some smelly cheese in the other, or from Kirkwall with live lobsters at £3 each.
Originally Posted by surely not
I think the Tinnitus I have now is probably down to being too close to too many RR Darts on Viscounts, F27, HS748 and Gulfstream 1 over the years.
Ah, that's the reason, is it? Bas, also ex Argosy.
My first trip in a Viscount was following paying off my ship in Bremen in 1963. We'd plunged across the North Sea for a day after crossing the Atlantic and I remember thinking: "This is a much more civilized way to get around!"