I see I went in OH-LYB (BMA colours but Finnish reg) in May 1978 on a midday flight Heathrow-Teesside. Several of the Finnair-registered small DC9s came back and forward over the years. According to another source LYB lasted with BMA from September 77 to December 79, then it went back to Finnair, then returned later to BMA "properly" in 1983 as G-BMAH.
The DC9-10s were an oddball choice for Finnair, they bought them secondhand to replace Convair piston aircraft on domestic services, and didn't find them well suited, hence all the ones they leased out.
Originally Posted by rog747
1972 was the year that MR Bishop popped down to SAA at JNB and bought all 7 of their viscounts and the old sim for a very tiny amount of cash !
I read at the time that Mike went to South Africa with the funds thought needed to buy ONE Viscount, and ended up with the fleet of seven for the same money !