Airlines you wish still existed
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Cheers Sled Dog, they were still an "Ace" airline"! Almost Ruskin...
The Heralds were slow but faster than the WGAF Do-28Ds that occasionally rattled up (or down) Green One. A good half hour of augmented Lycoming accompanied their passage... Happy days...
The Heralds were slow but faster than the WGAF Do-28Ds that occasionally rattled up (or down) Green One. A good half hour of augmented Lycoming accompanied their passage... Happy days...
I was wondering how Wardair could have been missed out on this thread and then I clicked on Pigboat's link:
I only flew on Wardair once, back in their 707 days, but my parents often talked about the wonderful service on their Wardair flights from Gatwick to Calgary. It was rumoured that other Canadian airlines used to send their cabin crew as fare paying pax, in order to see how in-flight service should be done.
And talking of other Canadian airlines, I wish Canadian Pacific were still around with that wonderful callsign "Empress" and their cheerful, friendly crews.
I only flew on Wardair once, back in their 707 days, but my parents often talked about the wonderful service on their Wardair flights from Gatwick to Calgary. It was rumoured that other Canadian airlines used to send their cabin crew as fare paying pax, in order to see how in-flight service should be done.
And talking of other Canadian airlines, I wish Canadian Pacific were still around with that wonderful callsign "Empress" and their cheerful, friendly crews.
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Sled dog
I think it was Aviation Charter Enterprise, Dropping oil ! 
I think they were marking their territory
Be lucky
David
ACE was Air Charter Enterprises, and i remember them dropping oil all over the ramp at Changi ( a REAL a/c, those Connies )
I think they were marking their territory Be lucky
David
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You may miss things like Heralds but they took an absolute age to get you anywhere
Do Slick, Flying Tiger and Seaboard still exist? Recall their CL44s at Heathrow.
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The'd all gone by the late 1980s, sadly, HD. They'd moved on from CL-44s by my day (think Transmerridian and Tradewinds acquired some of the fleet) but SW and FT DC-8s and 747s made a colourful addition to an airport ramp. Slick were no more by the late 1960s I think.
Saturn Airways! DC-8s and L-100s!
Saturn Airways! DC-8s and L-100s!
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Originally Posted by HEATHROW DIRECTOR
Do Slick, Flying Tiger and Seaboard still exist? Recall their CL44s at Heathrow.
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Seaboard were a great bunch. 3am one night in Heathrow Tower the R/T on 121.9 went something like this:
Seaboard (testing his mic): "One two"
Me (with nothing better to do): "Three four"
Seaboard: "We'll be pickin' up sticks in a minute".
For 3am that was real sharp!
Seaboard (testing his mic): "One two"
Me (with nothing better to do): "Three four"
Seaboard: "We'll be pickin' up sticks in a minute".
For 3am that was real sharp!
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Wardair were a great airline to fly with, even in economy they were excellent, Canada 3000 were an excellent airline to deal with.
Air Europe looked the biz and could easily have changed the face of British flying today if the factors working against them had not happened.
Flying Colours were good and had a great name in the charter business and anglo cargo bit off more than they could chew when they had that fantastic liveried 757 delivered.
Air Europe looked the biz and could easily have changed the face of British flying today if the factors working against them had not happened.
Flying Colours were good and had a great name in the charter business and anglo cargo bit off more than they could chew when they had that fantastic liveried 757 delivered.
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Air Charter,
For the day I stood at Stansted with b***er all happening until late in the afternoon, out of the murk, appeared one of their Avro Super Traders which then performed a touch and go before landing and taxying on to one of the dispersal points. Only Tudor/Super Trader I ever saw flying. Also for their Super Freighters at Southend in the Fifties.
Channel Airways,
For their "Royal" Viking which took me to Ostend, Easter '63 for a football tournament and for their "Golden Viscount"s., one of which flew myself and Mrs S on honeymoon to Jersey.
Skyways,
For their beautiful pale blue Hermes and Yorks
Spantax,
For their DC-7C's which took me on my first international flight from Gatwick to Palma and return.
The list could be endless and, as mentioned in an earlier reply, includes most of the entries in Tony Merton Jones' magnificent epic "British Independent Airlines since 1946"
Cheers in nostalgia
Southender
For the day I stood at Stansted with b***er all happening until late in the afternoon, out of the murk, appeared one of their Avro Super Traders which then performed a touch and go before landing and taxying on to one of the dispersal points. Only Tudor/Super Trader I ever saw flying. Also for their Super Freighters at Southend in the Fifties.
Channel Airways,
For their "Royal" Viking which took me to Ostend, Easter '63 for a football tournament and for their "Golden Viscount"s., one of which flew myself and Mrs S on honeymoon to Jersey.
Skyways,
For their beautiful pale blue Hermes and Yorks
Spantax,
For their DC-7C's which took me on my first international flight from Gatwick to Palma and return.
The list could be endless and, as mentioned in an earlier reply, includes most of the entries in Tony Merton Jones' magnificent epic "British Independent Airlines since 1946"
Cheers in nostalgia
Southender
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Originally Posted by Scoggy
Channel Airways. Just so I could stand at the end of the runway at Southend & watch the Golden Jet Trident take off one more time...
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Invicta Airways and their Vikings. I liked those.
I enjoyed taking leave from Germany to LGW in a Viscount - 800 trooping flight but I can't remember the operator. It was about the only time I didn't mind going back to camp either - just for for another ride in the Viscount.
The 1-11's of Dan Air on LGW - ABZ route were a joy albeit at 0700 and commonly known as the red-eye special.
BIA to Jersey.
So nice all of them
I enjoyed taking leave from Germany to LGW in a Viscount - 800 trooping flight but I can't remember the operator. It was about the only time I didn't mind going back to camp either - just for for another ride in the Viscount.
The 1-11's of Dan Air on LGW - ABZ route were a joy albeit at 0700 and commonly known as the red-eye special.
BIA to Jersey.
So nice all of them
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Late 70's Golden West Airlines DHC Twotter Summer trip LAX-Palmdale-Mohave- IYK No more than 2,000' over the high desert. Half the pax and the copilot lost their lunches. Anybody have a picture?