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Old 9th Mar 2016, 09:32
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Planemike
 
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Originally Posted by suninmyeyes
BOAC got another aircraft to replace FE registration G-AWHU known to pilots as "The Saturn". It was very different to the other 707s and the other 707 pilots were not allowed to fly it, one of the differences was the switches went up for on and down for off unlike the other 707s or vice versa. So they just trained 9 crews to fly it and they flew nothing else for a while until it was converted.

Jackson's BCA Vol 1 states G-AWHU 707-379C was purchased as a replacement for G-ARWE, this was burned out at Heathrow 08 Apr 68. This model appears to have been a "one off" on the UK Register.


The 707-336C fleet comprising nine aircraft that was acquired between 1966 (G-ASZF) and 1971 (G-AYLT)....

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