My records show that a Lufwaffe VFW 614 visited on the 10th Feb 1995, 17+01.

"Unusual" is probably fairly subjective. In terms of rarity value (only 9 were built, this was the only one I ever saw), my vote is for this:-

https://i.imgur.com/2Xv7YXo.jpg?1
F-BKRH 11/10/83.
Predecessor of the Nord 262, F-BKRH was a Nord 260. Owned by Turbomeca of Pau, France for most of its life, it was a fairly regular visitor throughout the 70's and 80's.

Not something I remembered but it's written in my (non-computerised back then) log. Parked on stand 16. I am in the process of computerising EVERYTHING seen from June 1967 to June 1995, (when I started a log on the PC). Only reached Sep 1977 so far....

3rd party maintenance
 

Following the demise of Monarch Engineering, 3rd party maintenance is now practically non-existent. Here's some reminders of some unlikely airline colour schemes that have brightened the Luton ramp over the last 40+ years. Many of these aircraft were returning from, or going out, on lease, either from the resident airlines or from one of the leasing companies.

https://i.imgur.com/0HbbSDU.jpg
F-GFUC 1/10/90. Just returned from lease from Aeromaritime and about to go on lease to Monarch/EuroBerlin as G-MONT.

https://i.imgur.com/xvpDoYv.jpg
N70721 and N70722 18/4/83. Just returned from Nigeria lease and about to go on lease to Western:-

https://i.imgur.com/oItwvsd.jpg
N70721 12/5/83

https://i.imgur.com/xYqd8h3.jpg
OH-LYN 26/1/76. On delivery to Finnair, stopped off for, I believe, seat fitting (??!!)

https://i.imgur.com/jctbMxm.jpg
4R-ALC 18/6/85, returning from Air Lanka lease and about to go to Bahamasair:-

https://i.imgur.com/Pfg2uJu.jpg
C6-BFC 24/7/85

https://i.imgur.com/NxRejiX.jpg
CF-EPL 10/6/85. Appeared again in 1986 in EPA's later colours:-

https://i.imgur.com/ULu69jP.jpg
C-FEPL 22/5/86

https://i.imgur.com/jsk7beR.jpg
TZ-ADL 7/2/86 (Air Mali). About to become G-BMMZ with Britannia

https://i.imgur.com/6QB0k77.jpg
3B-NAL 19/5/89. Maintenance check with Britannia

https://i.imgur.com/raG34yt.jpg
5X-UBC 1/9/85. Maintenance check with Monarch

https://i.imgur.com/ep3rfjo.jpg
S7-AAS 8/11/89. Long term contract for maintenance with Britannia

Not on maintenance but operating a regular J.A.T. Dubrovnik/Pula charter was this:-

https://i.imgur.com/3FcRzrC.jpg
YU-AJI 16/6/91

There's more if anyone's interested.

[QUOTE=cj241101;10501224]Following the demise of Monarch Engineering, 3rd party maintenance is now practically non-existent. Here's some reminders of some unlikely airline colour schemes that have brightened the Luton ramp over the last 40+ years. Many of these aircraft were returning from, or going out, on lease, either from the resident airlines or from one of the leasing companies.

https://i.imgur.com/0HbbSDU.jpg
F-GFUC 1/10/90. Just returned from lease from Aeromaritime and about to go on lease to Monarch/EuroBerlin as G-MONT.

https://i.imgur.com/xvpDoYv.jpg
N70721 and N70722 18/4/83. Just returned from Nigeria lease and about to go on lease to Western:-

https://i.imgur.com/oItwvsd.jpg
N70721 12/5/83

https://i.imgur.com/xYqd8h3.jpg
OH-LYN 26/1/76. On delivery to Finnair, stopped off for, I believe, seat fitting (??!!)

https://i.imgur.com/jctbMxm.jpg
4R-ALC 18/6/85, returning from Air Lanka lease and about to go to Bahamasair:-

https://i.imgur.com/Pfg2uJu.jpg
C6-BFC 24/7/85

https://i.imgur.com/NxRejiX.jpg
CF-EPL 10/6/85. Appeared again in 1986 in EPA's later colours:-

https://i.imgur.com/ULu69jP.jpg
C-FEPL 22/5/86

https://i.imgur.com/jsk7beR.jpg
TZ-ADL 7/2/86 (Air Mali). About to become G-BMMZ with Britannia

https://i.imgur.com/6QB0k77.jpg
3B-NAL 19/5/89. Maintenance check with Britannia

https://i.imgur.com/raG34yt.jpg
5X-UBC 1/9/85. Maintenance check with Monarch

https://i.imgur.com/ep3rfjo.jpg
S7-AAS 8/11/89. Long term contract for maintenance with Britannia

Not on maintenance but operating a regular J.A.T. Dubrovnik/Pula charter was this:-

https://i.imgur.com/3FcRzrC.jpg
YU-AJI 16/6/91

There's more if anyone's interested.

You have to ask ?!

Seconded... I did like the Western scheme, simple and striking. Never saw it in the flesh.

I'm LOVING these photos! Especially the 737 in the snow, somehow very evocative. Do any of you LTN experts perhaps remember either Kuwait Govt or Kuwait Airlines 737's in for MX at Brittania in the mid to late 70's ? I seem to remember being there a couple of times weeks apart and could see the nose or tail, but nothing else.

9K-ACV passed through sometime probably 1976, possibly on delivery which is quoted as 17/2/76 or 5/3/76. Photo link here:-

https://www.airteamimages.com/boeing...ys_184339.html

9K-ACV became VR-BOX in 1980 (which was looked after by BAL and retained the basic Kuwait AL paint job)

A picture of it at LTN in 1981:

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/VR-BOX

Great historical pics there CJ........Sadly the variety of aircraft parked on the hangar line or Pond is never going to be repeated!

Thanks for the replies. Whilst that most probably is the aircraft I saw, I seem to recall someone telling me that Brittania had the mx contract with Kuwait Airlines and the fleet was being rotated through every few weeks for their C/D-checks. Is there any truth to that, or was someone spinning me a yarn back then ?

There are a lot of LTN pics on the various Aviation photo sites (Google is your friend!)......A Cubana Brit in 1975 as requested:

https://www.airteamimages.com/bristol-britannia_CU-T671_cubana_52036_large.html

Is there any update on if we'll see the late Dave Gearing's pics in some form in the future? (I recall a book was mentioned a while back)

Curious about the green tail 737-200 in the background.

It would be nice when someone quotes a post that they remove all the the photo links so the photos are not repeated multiple times.

The green-tailed 737 looks like a Britannia aircraft, back off lease to Transavia perhaps?

Yes, its likely to be one of the 3 737-200's that BAL leased to Transavia in the early 70's due to the oil crisis downturn (all were back with BAL by 1975) You can just about make out the painted out T on the tail....

The Niarchos 737-200 VR-BEH is on the Pond........Another LTN regular at the time looked after by BAL