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Old 12th Jan 2017, 11:16
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Marchettiman
 
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There was a small airline called Euroair, which was started in the late 70's by Don Daines, a fellow member then of the Tiger Club. I flew their Islanders and Cessna 404 Titans on single pilot newspaper flights for several years, the routes were Luton-Dublin and Luton-Prestwick. I doubt whether many photos exist, we waited for the vans to arrive from Fleet Street around midnight, helped load the aircraft and then departed into the night. The Dublin route was the worst as fuel wasn't available until 4am at Dublin, I used to get a couple of hours kip in the Aer Lingus crew-room before setting off empty back to Luton. We carried the Daily Telegraph and the Sporting Life, rather more of the latter than the former to Dublin which also provided the luxury of a GCA in those days.
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