Originally Posted by
Akrotiri bad boy
The "Lion" shows a route map covering such diverse destinations as: the Seychelles, Ndola, Monrovia, Bathurst, Sao Paulo, Santiago, and Los Angeles. However it's the domestic route London-Edinburgh-Glenrothes-Dundee that piques my interest. Which aircraft served the latter two airfields in particular Glenrothes as it only has a 700m runway?
Akro
I remember that one as I was in Edinburgh at the time. They used a Bedford VAS 29-seater coach hired from the Northern Scottish bus company at Dundee. Glenrothes is along the route. Such vehicles were already several years old, and out of production, at the time. I think I recall it had B Cal decals and branding, but not complete livery. It used to sit outside the old Edinburgh terminal in the evening looking rather dilapidated, with dim lights inside and out, waiting for the evening One-Eleven to arrive. I don't know how many round trips a day it made or what the loads were.