Originally Posted by
Offchocks
LTNman thanks for posting that photo of the Monarch 1-11 framed by B720 tails, any idea which winter it was taken in?
G-BFMI was Monarch's 1st 707, a -123B, delivered on 5/3/78 in bare metal IIRC, sold to Cyprus as 5B-DAK 9/2/79. Therefore winter 78/79, quite possibly early Jan '79 following snowfall on New Years Eve 31/12/78 which hit Gatwick and Heathrow ahead of Luton and brought in 3 Laker DC-10's along with many other diverted flights.
Love the photo by the way.