I once checked in and then boarded a lady, burkha and all, for a GF BAC 1-11 flight from Dubai to Abu Dhabi;
. . . . was that ' boarded' or 'bearded' . .. . . (thinks . . . Terry Jones i Life of Brian as Brian's mum . . .. maybe he did not have anything more than a midnight tan . .. . regardless "he's not the saviour .. he's just a naughty boy" is one of those immortal line's like 'Get your hand off it Darrell . ." (The Castle)
Off topic I know . . but what the heck Archie?
ON TOPIC . . . vaguely . . Recently waiting to catch a flight having just been to a country airport to have a look at a DH89a Dragon Rapide got into conversation about that to a total stranger having a durrie outside the terminal. When I happened to mention what I'd been doing he replied to my surprise that he knew of the type. how so ? . .it was on the 8th of August 1948 I know that for a fact because that was when my mum had me in a flying doctor Rapide over Menindee Lakes.