Originally Posted by
G-ARZG
Twas a Friday evening, I think, when N305EA paid its first visit to LHR.
It emptied out the Pionair Club at any rate - a rare event !
Some rapid brushwork meant it was sporting BEA colours (of sorts) by the
time the -72 Farnborough show opened on the following Monday. 'ZG
And not to be confused with sister ship N323EA that BA leased from Eastern a few years later:
I recall at the time that whoever designed the maintenance control database hadn't foreseen the need for it to accommodate US-registered aircraft, so we had to pretend it was registered "NEA" in order to get it in.