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Old 19th Aug 2011, 17:17
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the CAA demanded that these were kept by the operator for we believe 5 years after the aircraft is withdrawn from service it is now 15 years since it landed and Huntings have now stopped flying their own aircraft so where they are now ?
Perhaps someone should contact Air Contractors as Hunting was later renamed and check if they're still available either in East Midlands or Dublin?

I worked for Hunting Cargo Airlines at the time and had the privilege of looking around G-APEP while it was on the ramp in Dublin airport one day in 1996. I had it all to myself for half an hour. So took the opportunity to inhale the old aeroplane smell while sitting in the Captain's seat and having a good look through the manuals. What tales it could tell if it could talk.

I had hoped to organise a flight in it but it retired before that could happen. A visit to Brooklands to see has long been on my list of to dos.
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