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Old 15th Aug 2016, 19:59
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Originally Posted by lotus1
he said an older engineer had stated he remembered when they had Vikings?
One for me I guess but this was a completely different, independent Orion Airways, which ran from 1957-60, mainly based out of Blackbushe, but this closed in 1960 so they used at Gatwick at the end. Holiday charters and odd other stuff, initially one hand-me-down Vickers Viking for their first two seasons, then three, but business fell away and they closed. Livery two shades of green.

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...act=mrc&uact=8

Well remembered, senior engineer.
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