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Old 23rd Mar 2010, 16:26
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Duns-Scotus - there is a lovely photograph of RW in Hunting Clan livery landing at Bovingdon (Hunting's London base) in the early fifties on Page 27 of Halford-MacLEOD's Britain's Airlines 1951-64.
I knew RW in its final flying days with Autair. Based in Berlin it carried flowers to that city each weekday from Amsterdam. I once got a ride on a Viking airtest but I can't remember whether it was RW or G-AHPB - exciting stuff stooging around East Anglia on one engine.
RW's final flight was from Luton to Soesterburg (Holland) where together with PB it went into the catering business. RW still survives today, nicely restored and displayed outside a MacDonalds Restaraunt at Schwechat Austria. How the mighty are fallen, but better than being reduced to scrap.
Google in Viking G-AGRW for several interesting websites including EBay!
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