Could well have been me bashing the circuit getting checked out there in June 73, Danny. Alternatively, I was doing the same thing there briefly in February 1975 when we were checked out on the ex Court Line 1-11 500s.
Interestingly, in September 1975, I did my command course training at Newcastle. I can only think that the landing fee goalposts had been moved in the meantime!
Dan-Air always counted the pennies until Mr Newman (who founded the company with Mr Davies, hence Davies and Newman, hence Dan-Air) was ousted as Chairman by the remainder of the board. Pennies were beneath their radar, the debts mounted, and then the inevitable happened...