(I don't necessarily approve of reminisence posts, but Suckling/Scot deserve one....)
It was a Suckling D-228 that carried me on my first commercial flight back in the early nineties from Cambridge to Amsterdam (I always remember seeing the 0700 departure to AMS climbing over the rooftops from my bedroom window).
We were called the night before to find out what we wanted for breakfast. It was still prepared in the kitchen of one of the team that morning. Cambridge (Marshalls) airport was delightful: simple terminal (albeit with plastic fixed seating rows) and very informal security. I think someone even parked our car for us.
A month or so ago on a whim I posted on PPrune for info about the plane:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...light=suckling
Links to recent pics of G-BUXT (subsequently with Air Wales, then static for a long time in Denmark and now reported to be in Iceland - perhaps with Islandsflug?) and G-BMMR (now CC-CNW in much warmer climes) are there. Thanks to Speechless & Cringe for their help.
*j*