L-Band and Hawker 750
The engineer was Brian Sharp, great guy, totally trustworthy, kept us all flying safely and sadly missed. Boss man Ernie Crabtree passed away some years ago.
EASA means more white coated 'quality assurance' inspectors many who do not have and will never acquire the indepth practical experience he and others had.
The 404s and 421s were and still are great flying aircraft but we must all remember that like us they are all getting older and higher time there are just not the current experienced pilots around to convert younger pilots on to type. Lots of words of wisdom from many experienced pilots.
I preferred to fly the 421B with the flexible wing and tip tanks in turbulence. Wet wing 421C has better systems (less pumps and fuel cells), 1980+ trailing link 421C smoother to land.
Critical parts will become even harder to come by over next few years as pool dries up.
Happy landings