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Old 1st Jun 2015, 09:46
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Mike Tee
 
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I remember travelling with Hispania from Manchester to Palma in the Caravelle. We where seated front row right side next to a door which had ice forming on the inside as we cruised at 41,000 feet !!.
Another "Caravelle" moment occured some time later when monitoring another Hispania flight into Teesside late on a Friday evening. Visibility was poor with autumn fog and the Caravelle was directed to the holding pattern. I seem to recal he only made a couple of circuits before declaring a fuel emergency and immediate diversion to Manchester, where a straight in approach was completed.
I seem to recall seeing a couple parked up at Perpignan / Rivesaltes a few years back. Maybe they are still there ?.
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