Flew the 1-11 for Channel, Courtline, Danair and Monarch. Had
a nasty experience with a 500 series that Courtline had down in the Caribbean one winter in 1974. When we stopped in Gander on the way back to Luton during the winter, the windscreen on the F/o side went bang and cracked all over. The F/o disappeared under the instrument panel. We went back into Gander where we spent 3 dreary days while we waited for another windscreen. Had it fixed and took off again and then the other windscreen went bang. The Captain was 'Hazel' Hazedene who used to be chief test pilot for Handley Page. Later that summer Courtline went bust. There is a 30 year reunion this October in Harpenden.