Originally Posted by
wiggy
With my very ex-spotters hat on a question - I always got the impression that for years the reg's on the British register were always issued strictly in a sequence and that the out of sequence tailored regs only started with G-BSST. I did the bulk of my spotting in the 60's/early 70's and don't recall any funnies before Concorde came along. Did I simply lead a sheltered youth or did Concorde start the rot......
The Aviation Traders Accountant executive turboprop, of which the prototype was the sole example, was G-ATEL. This first flew in 1957 around eight years before G-ATEx series was issued. Freddie Laker had some pull in those days!