Recent threads about Trek Airways Vikings and more recently the demise of a Caravelle Night Club put me in mind of the old Autair Vikings that were based at Templehof in the 1960s primarily carrying flowers to Berlin from Amsterdam each week day and occasionally operating passenger charters at the weekend. Berlin based skippers that come to mind were Captain 'Speedy' Williams who when experiencing a spectacular engine failure in The Berlin Corridor calmly lit his pipe and told the First Officer to "Sort it out!" and Captain Alex Imrie who was also a distinguished aviation historian. Years ago I had the excitement of a ride in one of these aircraft when it was air tested after maintenance. In Autair they were known as 'The Pigs' as they were a bit of a sod to land smoothly.
The Vikings of Soesterberg