Originally Posted by
LTNman
Guess this must be around 1967 as there is a Autair HS748 in the photo. When did British Midland change its livery? I guess this is a Canadair Argonaut. Looks like a DC4 to me but were they different?
Published by Andrew Sharp
This photo was taken by my late father on 15/7/67. The Argonaut is G-ALHY in which I flew back from Jersey on 13/8/67. It was basically a DC-4 licence built by Canadair with several mods; primarily it was pressurised and the P&W engines were replaced by Rolls Royce Merlins. In other words it sounded like a Lancaster bomber! Officially designated a Canadair DC-4M, the name Argonaut was the BOAC fleet name; in Air Canada service it was known as the North Star. Midland withdrew it (and G-ALHS) at the end of summer 1967.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_North_Star
The Midland "BM" tail was replaced in 1969.
The DC-3 in the background is G-AMSN, still in the colours of the defunct Mercury Airlines. The HS125 is the ill-fated G-AVGW that crashed on to Vauxhall during a training flight on 23/12/67.