PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Bristol Britannia details
View Single Post
Old 17th March 2009 | 07:41
  #86 (permalink)  
brakedwell
25 Anniversary
 
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 2,579
Likes: 142
From: Under the clouds now
This might jog your memory Bus429

XM496 was one of a batch ordered by the Royal Air Force Transport Command. Delivered in 1960, she was given the name Regulus, and saw service with 99 and 511 Squadrons. In 1975 she was withdrawn from use, and sold on the civil market. Registered as G-BDUP in March 1976 she served with Afrek Cargo, based at Athens airport. In 1984 she went to Cuban airline Aerocaribbean as CU-T120. After that she saw service in Southern Africa with Transair Cargo firstly as 9Q-CJH then as EL-WXA, becoming the last airworthy Britannia in the world.
brakedwell is offline  
Reply