G-SOEI 748 has now been cancelled from UK register and was doing engine tests today as N748D. Departure appears fairly imminent.
I remember the first appearance of the 748 at Blackpool when
Autair used G-ATMI and G-ATMJ to replace their Ambassadors on the Luton run in the late 1960s.
State of the art aircraft then. Sad to think we are unlikely to see them here again.