Never did catch up with Wardair's 727, my spotting days at Gatwick started in summer '74 but were rather infrequent.
When I go past on the train now and see myriad EasyJet, Ryan Air and NEX fins blandly obliterating the scenery, I do look back five decades with great fondness to Dan-Air, BIA, BCAL, Airtours, Laker, Monarch, Britannia, Tradewinds, IAS, et al, with great fondness