LUTON History and Nostalgia
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Glad I am not going mad. Now why would it have been there I wonder? I am sure when I saw it it was parked away from the air show crowds
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Afri...ia-314/2405382
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Afri...ia-314/2405382
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Two Britannias at Biggin that I recall were Air Spain's EC-BFJ which was scrapped '75 or so - the replacement was one of the IAS aircraft, G-AOVP which was there for several years before being scrapped? They were both parked on the hard standing across the taxiway from Express Aviation's hangar. For what purpose I know not, engine test I heard but seems unlikely.
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Ah, doubtless that was the air fair, airliners were a staple part of the show!
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Seems it got scrapped there
https://www.google.com/search?q=afri...dayB185HMVNLM:
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Looks like they were used for spares and scrapped by IAS?
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I assume the photo you are trying to post is of G-BEPX which was meant to go to A.M.A.Z. as 9Q-CAJ but the deal fell through and the aircraft was used by Airline Engineering as a test bed.
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Air Faisal had a somewhat interesting history involving smuggling cannabis resin.
Air Faisal
Geminair had a much longer history with long connections to Luton
Gemini Air Cargo
Air Faisal
Geminair had a much longer history with long connections to Luton
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I think the concrete runway was laid in 1959. The second picture is dated 1960 and shows the Britannia hangar built So I am thinking the above post is dated 1959 as it looks like ground work has started on the hangar
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Time for some more unlikely colour schemes worn by aircraft in for maintenance:-
HP-1205-CMP 17/4/92, ex Britannia G-BGYL. Sadly lost near Tucuti, Panama 6/6/92.
EI-BPV 19/4/85, ex Orion G-BGTY, about to depart on lease from Guinness Peat (GPA).
G-DHSW 7/11/89, about to depart on winter lease from Monarch in Guatemala.
7Q-YKP 25/5/91 on delivery to Malawi.
G-BIMC 8/6/84. Stored at Stansted for 2 years after Laker folded in 1982 then went on lease to P.I.A.
N323AA 8/2/89. One of 2 American 767's brought in for minor work by Britannia in 1989.
Monarch G-DFUB about to depart on winter lease 26/11/84.
G-MONR 28/11/90. Planned lease to Compass for G-MONR and G-MONS fell through.
EI-BFC 28/4/86. Another GPA aircraft returning from lease and about to go to Spantax as EC-DZH.
5Y-BGI 21/6/93. Returning after lease from Ansett Worldwide.
G-BMOR 28/4/85. Ex Air Europe and about to depart on lease, again from GPA.
N52AF under the black tape, 6/5/84. Heading for lease to Monarch as G-GPAA summer 1984.
SX-BCC 16/6/81. For maintenance with Britannia.
HP-1205-CMP 17/4/92, ex Britannia G-BGYL. Sadly lost near Tucuti, Panama 6/6/92.
EI-BPV 19/4/85, ex Orion G-BGTY, about to depart on lease from Guinness Peat (GPA).
G-DHSW 7/11/89, about to depart on winter lease from Monarch in Guatemala.
7Q-YKP 25/5/91 on delivery to Malawi.
G-BIMC 8/6/84. Stored at Stansted for 2 years after Laker folded in 1982 then went on lease to P.I.A.
N323AA 8/2/89. One of 2 American 767's brought in for minor work by Britannia in 1989.
Monarch G-DFUB about to depart on winter lease 26/11/84.
G-MONR 28/11/90. Planned lease to Compass for G-MONR and G-MONS fell through.
EI-BFC 28/4/86. Another GPA aircraft returning from lease and about to go to Spantax as EC-DZH.
5Y-BGI 21/6/93. Returning after lease from Ansett Worldwide.
G-BMOR 28/4/85. Ex Air Europe and about to depart on lease, again from GPA.
N52AF under the black tape, 6/5/84. Heading for lease to Monarch as G-GPAA summer 1984.
SX-BCC 16/6/81. For maintenance with Britannia.
Some good memories there CJ.......
The Olympic 737-200's visited BAL due to a strike in Athens!
The lease of G-MONR/S to Compass did go ahead for around a year (the airline failed in late 1991)
The Olympic 737-200's visited BAL due to a strike in Athens!
The lease of G-MONR/S to Compass did go ahead for around a year (the airline failed in late 1991)
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The Air Florida 737, was it previously leased to Iraq Airlines, as the colour scheme seems familiar ? Why were the engines removed ? Love all the old 737 photos!
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Which Harvard was that?
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Here's something else Australian:-
VH-WPA 29/6/83. No idea what it came here for, it was sold in the USA as N724RA Sep 1984.