Apologies for slight thread drift but my logbook tells me that on March 27th 1975 the Fleet Capt of the Gulfair VC10 fleet was one of the folk on the end of the rope as we cranked #1 into life on Beech Queenair G-AVDS after the port starter motor packed up. They had just climbed off a GF VC10 that had operated BAH-CAI-DXB and I was sent down to fly them back to BAH.
The funny thing was he was a bit of a wheel in BOAC/BA and as he was huffing and puffing, with others, a BA VC10 crew walked by with their eyes out on organ stops observing old Harry sweating in the morning heat!
I thereafter had a cabin full of snoring crew on the way back that were pitch perfect with the Lycomings!
Happy Daze
FW
PS Love this thread
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