How reliable was the Avro York
I've just been re-reading David Hedges' book "The Eagle Years". Reference is made to a series of long distance charters with the Yorks in the early 1950s and I just wondered how well the Yorks performed on these routes. Presumably Eagle didn't have servicing facilities at all the stops such as Bahrain, Karachi, Rangoon and so on. Did they rely on an RAF presence at these places or were the Merlins bombproof after so many hours use in the Lancaster? A pal of mine's father used to work on the LAC Yorks at Squires Gate (Blackpool) and didn't much enjoy it if I remember correctly.