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[chevvron]

Originally Posted by India Four Two

In the 60s, I remember seeing lists of new registrations when the ARB was well into the second half of the G-Axxx series. Occasionally, a registration was listed as not to be issued. My favourite was G-ASEX!

Likewise nothing ending in G-xxWC.
In the '70s there was a BAC 1-11 registered I-FUKC operating in/out of Gatwick.

[SWBKCB]

G-xxWC was used, e.g. G-APWC was a Herald.

[CAEBr]

Originally Posted by chevvron

In the '70s there was a BAC 1-11 registered I-FUKC operating in/out of Gatwick.

There is a PC 12 recently delivered to an operator in Finland registered as OH-FUK

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

G-xxWC was used, e.g. G-APWC was a Herald.

Used to be used eg G-ALWC Dakota but when I looked at the the list of regs, my own initials ending 'TWC' was shown as 'Not to be issued'.

[wub]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

G-xxWC was used, e.g. G-APWC was a Herald.

The first aircraft I ever flew in!

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

wub was that with BEA Highlands and Islands ?

[treadigraph]

Reminder this morning that VW also had a Titan G-VWGB from 1978. Registered keeper VW at their then UK HQ just a few yards from where I type this! (My employers looked at moving into the building 25 years ago, would have made for a very short cycle commute for me. Freddy Laker also had a company based there for a bit when he tried to get going again...) Their various HS-125s D-C*VW were regular visitors to UK shores I think.

[WHBM]

Originally Posted by India Four Two

In the 60s, I remember seeing lists of new registrations when the ARB was well into the second half of the G-Axxx series. Occasionally, a registration was listed as not to be issued. My favourite was G-ASEX!

The one between G-ARSD and G-ARSF likewise. Probably around the same time.

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by chevvron

Likewise nothing ending in G-xxWC.
In the '70s there was a BAC 1-11 registered I-FUKC operating in/out of Gatwick.

Never been an Italian 1-11 so far as I know. If I recall, I-F**K was a glider. Preferred I-BANG which was a Tiger Moth, delightfully it returned to Blighty for a Tiger Club show at Redhill in '87.

[wub]

Originally Posted by OUAQUKGF Ops

wub was that with BEA Highlands and Islands ?

There used to be a daily run from Aberdeen, via Edinburgh to Glasgow Renfrew. We lived in Glasgow but my Dad took me through to Edinburgh and we flew back from there, just to give me the experience. Later BEA flew the same route with Viscounts and I did that too.

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Good Old Dads what would we have done without them.........?!

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by OUAQUKGF Ops

Good Old Dads what would we have done without them.........?!

Gliding at Halton and my father arrived to take me home.
I said 'I flew the single seater today'.
'What, on your own?' he asked.

[wub]

Originally Posted by chevvron

Gliding at Halton and my father arrived to take me home.
I said 'I flew the single seater today'.
'What, on your own?' he asked.

My Dad drove the winch on my first solo.

[bentley01]

Interesting thread and one I have been involved in throughout my career. Started flying G-BWWW J31 also flew the Ford RJ until the demise of the service and the aircraft ended up parked for two years still being paid for. The HS125 is still one of my favourite aircraft and at one time British Aerospace had 4.

[chevvron]

Interesting one about GAWWW not GBWWW.
Several Farnborough inbounds from the north all requiring PARs (it was prior to 2001 and before the full ILS was installed; we only had a LLZ/DME) so vectored for the talkdown one at a time.
One of them was GAWWW and after landing, the pilot phoned us from ops saying that he'd actually been aiming to go to Dunsfold, about 10 miles south rather than landing at Farnborough but as the weather wasn't too good at Dunsfold and as he had come to Farnborough later anyway, it was no problem! His passengers accepted the onward car journey to Dunsfold without realising there had been a cock up!