Falkland Islands flying
To All,
About 1990/91 I worked for a US carrier, Buffalo Airways. We went to Norton and flew a jet engine plus a few other things to the Falklands. I was curious at the time that we and not a British carrier were doing the flight.
I have also flown into Dover AFB in the USA with L1011 and was amazed to see 6 C-5's sitting there. I knew that our company charged the US government 3 times the normal charter rate. I was told it was still much less than what a C-5 would cost.
I live in Denver. A russian carrier flies the Atlas-5 rocket engines into Denver. It maybe because the engines are bought from Russia.
I lean to agreeing with 411A that it may be because of cost that some of these things happen.