Originally Posted by
Flightwatch
Yes, I was in BKS. Northeast and the yellow livery was after I left in mid 1970. BKS stopped serving MME in 66 or 67 and it was a 748 route to LHR so the Viscount ride in 68 must have been BMA.
I thought as much. I have clear memories of Northeast at LBA although I was minus 2 months at their inception and barely 5 years when the name disappeared. For a spell in 1976 we had ex-BEA V802s operating, complete with newly-added BA titles and the red and white tailfin logo. I guess the Northeast V806s were largely away at the paint shop at the time.
Is it true that the 802 and 806 aircraft were fitted with the same variant of Dart engine ? I may have read on this site that the Argosy swapped engines with the 806 some time in the 1960s.