Originally Posted by
WHBM
I went with Wardair on the 727 in 1967, Gatwick-Sondrestrom-Vancouver, and subsequently nonstop on their 707 in 1969 and 1971
The Wardair 727 sometimes laid over at Gatwick for a day or so between charters, and I read one account of it being subchartered to cover an IT flight from Gatwick to Corfu and back due to some problem at the original carrier !
indeed the wardair 727 operated subbing for BCAL when they lost a 1-11 at Corfu G-AWYS
i flew out LGW to DBV on a Northeast Trident and back 2 weeks later on the wardair 727
summer 1972 -
imagine our surprise sitting out on a sunny evening at Dubrovnik airport waiting to go home on a BCAL 1-11 and the WD 727 screams in and lands to take us home to LGW