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Old 26th Sep 2018, 09:36
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Some great pictures there boeing_eng, thanks for posting them. Cyprus leased the Aer Turas Brit EI-BBH from Sep 1976 until April 1978. It operated each Wednesday from Larnaca as the CY1048, carrying mostly fruit and veg, departing back to Larnaca via Basle on Thursday morning as the CY1049. It was replaced by CL-44 G-AWGT (later 5B-DAN) leased from Tradewinds which operated the same flight but from Gatwick.
Ambassador G-ALZZ was leased to Skyways Coach Air during 1968, operating from Manston as the runway at Lympne/Ashford was too short. During and after the lease it lost the white line below the window cheatline - something I had forgotten until seeing the above picture. Not sure how much flying it did when it returned from lease, but it was scrapped around June 1969. Autair's other Ambassadors had already gone by 1969 - G-ALZS was written off after a landing accident at Luton on 14/9/67 while G-ALZV, reported as withdrawn from use on 28/1/68, was scrapped around June 1968.
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