Originally Posted by
LibertyBell
I was wondering if you know of any retired pilots who might have flown the BEA Elizabethan? We are looking to speak to former Pilots who can tell us what it felt like to fly the Elizabethan Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador.
Hello Nia
Given that the Ambassador was withdrawn from BEA service by summer 1958 (as commented in my post above), and that most BEA crew in those days were ex-RAF WW2 aircrew (including Jim Thain, the Munich captain), I am afraid that the time for discussing the aircraft's handling characteristics personally may have passed.
There have been a number of TV programmes made about the Munich accident over time; the BBC one about 10 years ago was, like most others, received with faint ridicule by those knowledgeable about the situation for its gross factual blunders (I believe also on the footballing front as the more commonplace ones on the aviation side). I hope you are able to avoid this.