Originally Posted by
NutLoose
At an airport near me many moons ago, an impounded 707 or more likely a DC8 was held until some debts were cleared, they had towed it to the wash bay and blocked it in with a de-ice truck. When cleared to leave he got the last laugh, his outboards overhung the edge of the taxiway and as he poured on the coals to climb the hill he departed in a cloud of low flying raised taxiway lighting.. he took them all out.
Sounds like the 707 fake registered 9Q-CRY(Why can I remember such trivia but can't remember my own bloody telephone number
) taking off from Lulsgate/As it was probably still called then...)
Just found a brief mention here...
OldJets spotted