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GBYAJ
In 1988 flew on both of these while they were back with BIA. On the inside at least MU was top notch in a smart beige/pink look which seemed to be the way BIA were going with uniforms etc. OX on the other hand was still in Psychedelic orange and brown from the 60’s which was a bit hard going on the eye and the big black nose tip didn’t make it any more attractive outside!
Both AXMU and AXOX were originally new to Bahamas Airways, albeit back in 1969, and may have carried elements of a "Caribbean" colour scheme forward with them. They were orange and turquoise on the outside. They were not bought, they were BAC lease aircraft pending building of ordered series 500 aircraft to the airline, and subsequently worked through various operators, particularly AXMU, for whom Cymru was its 9th operator in about 15 years. I wonder who the owner actually was by this time, whether it was still leased from BAC.