Originally Posted by
compton3bravo
Was there not some Air Atlanta B747s in the 1990s? I think I can remember one on a Manchester United charter t/f Barcelona and one or two whale watching charters to Iceland. Apologies if this has been mentioned before.
Air Atlanta TF-ABG did a Monarch sub on 4/6/99 which was parked on the south apron. I think the Man Utd flights which operated on 17/5/00 were operated by Corsair. Air Atlanta had around 10 whale watching flights planned May/June/July 2001. These were the only 747's ever scheduled to operate a series through LTN, with other visits all ad-hoc or diversions. 4 flights operated in May, 1 in June then 2 in July, with the remainder getting cancelled. They were parked at a 45 degree angle on stands 47/48:-
Here's TF-ATF on 15/7/01 being pushed back - very carefully - from stands 47/48 on to the Delta taxiway:-
