Originally Posted by
happybiker
Field Aircraft Services (FAS) EMA from 1973 and at that time they were involved in bringing the Viscount 814 series ex Lufthansa aircraft onto the UK register. FAS held CAA design approval and their design office produced numerous modifications for the BMA Viscount fleet.
At the same time in 1971-2 as the Lufthansa disposal, where BMA took a couple, Mike Bishop, BMA's head, apparently went to South Africa, where the SAA fleet of 7 were also up for sale, expecting to buy the best one. He had a bank draft in his pocket for as much as he was prepared to pay for it. Turned out that he was the only bidder and he picked up all 7, plus the SAA spares inventory - and apparently still had a bit left over for a couple of beers afterwards. Must have been well looked after, they lasted a lot longer in the BMA fleet than the ex-Lufthansa ones; they had possibly never been de-iced before.
Article here
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightP...20-%201318.PDF