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Old 23rd Jun 2017, 15:19
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chevvron
 
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During my 4 week stint at Sumburgh in Sep/Oct 1972, the competitors for the Southern TV Sea Angling Competiton were delivered in a yellow and white Viscount; I cannot remember which airline it was but it only did charters so I was told.
A few days later when the anglers were due to depart, it all hit the fan. The airline with the yellow and white Viscount was no more; a rescue mission using a BMA Viscount was launched. We described the approach to runway 33 to him on the way in (a Spitfire type curved approach following a line of sodiums in order to avoid Sumburgh Head).
He only landed a little bit sideways after kicking off considerable drift on short final.
Would this Viscount have been Southern International?
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