Originally Posted by
tom booze
David,
G-BEJD,
This aircraft was retired several times,but the last and final time was 13th March 2005,flown from Liverpool to Blackpool.Departed Liverpool 08.25 and landed Blackpool 08.55,flypasts performed at both airfields........real flying.
Callsign. Gemstone 65E
Captain. Roly Bevan
First Officer. Chesley Noble-Ditchfield.
Hope this helps.
it was a pleasure to be there on that day and watch Roly give it one final thrashing out of LPL... at what looked like about 1m above the runway!!!
The old girl deserves her place in aviation history... as many of those who flew her said.... she was the "queen of the skies"