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That is a rare picture of Kestral's Dak, they didn't last long, although I think they did fly a Viscount for a short while.
Yes, they started ops in Nov 1970 and ceased in Nov 1972. The Dak was ex Gibair (and briefly C47 Aviation and Fairflight during summer 1970) and was in a more attractive scheme (IMHO, of course) than their sole Viscount G-AVJB which was red and white with the "Kestrel" a smaller logo in black on a white tail. After Kestrel folded, the Dak briefly flew for the Belfield Trading Co., still with the Kestrel colours and logo (
Photos: Douglas C-47A Skytrain (DC-3) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net), before getting scrapped at Lympne (Ashford) in August 1973.