Airspeed Ambassador
I, and my wife to be, went on a day trip from Southampton to Rotterdam and on to Keukonhof (forgive the spelling) Gardens for the Tulip Festival on 6th May 1966, all inclusive with meals for the princely sum of £8. This was aboard an Airspeed Ambassador of Dan-Air. Fantastic day with only cheap snacks but did include all transfers and entrance to the gardens. I was working at BAC Hurn at the time on the 1-11 production line having left the RAF in November 1965. Little did I know that just over 4 years later I would be joining Dan-Air at Lasham on heavy maintenance. In 1971 the last Ambassador did its last flight for Dan-Air and flew into Lasham. That night a 1-11 "lost" an engine on take-off from Zagreb, it burnt off fuel and landed back at Zagreb. Next day I flew on the Ambassador with a gang of guys with a spey engine attached to the floor of the aircraft. That then became another story of what was 45 years in the industry and I loved every minute of it.
Last edited by lakerman; 7th Jul 2012 at 20:27.
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