i worked at LHR with BMA when we acquired ZL
she was one of the last viscounts built and was very low hours when we got her, much of her life was with air forces...
no fuselage stretch but she did have no baggage door at floor level at the rear,
i forget how we loaded bags into the rear hold, through the service door?
someone help me LOL
G-BFZL | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN REAR DOORS HERE
G-BAPF | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
our 7 ex SAA 813 viscounts ZNA/B/C ZLP/R/S/T
ZNA/B/C were first but incorrectly reg'd ZLU/V/W
plus G-BAPF/PG these a/c were often tech...
(PD & PE were also used by BMA but I did not see those 2 much as we did not get them much at LHR)
& G-AYOX was a stalwart
we pranged one of the SAA one's ZLT landing at LBA and re-worked it with bits and pieces and re re-regd her as G-BMAT
yes there were 2 landing incidents at LBA in a short period...
was on jump seat more than once...yikes what a scary place to land
i have partial deafness now after 9 years on the ramp with Dartinitis LOL
nice archive thread here about BMA
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...-aircraft.html
it is a nice read with helpful info on BMA viscounts