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Old 29th Feb 2016, 19:52
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Britannia's 1st 707

Bit of a long shot but I don't suppose anyone has a photo of G-AYSI in the part-World Airways livery in which it was delivered on 28/2/71 ? i.e. 45 years ago yesterday. I can remember myself and a school friend a few days later hanging around outside the small door at the side of hangar 89 hoping for a glimpse of it. Someone duly opened the door - we were half expecting to get told to clear off - only to get invited in for a tour by a friendly engineer who seemed just as excited about the new arrival as we were. (707's were practically unheard of at LTN prior to Britannia getting theirs - G-AYEX was their other one which arrived in British Caledonian colours on or before 1/10/71).
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