Something not yet covered on this thread, but worth a reference, and well covered elsewhere on PPRUNE threads, is the story of the 727 arriving on the British register for Dan Air and in particular the hoops, that a certain Mr DP Davies made The Boeing Company jump through to get the -100 Certified......
Indeed, the downside to this story is the politics that allowed that Dan Air -200's to be registered without the physical stick shaker mods of the -100's.....the ghost of Mr Davies I'm sure winced when the MAX had its issues....
I'm not a great thread starter myself, but surely the Widebody [Euro] Holiday Jets thread is close to hand.....