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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

7th Aug 2020, 08:08

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Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

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Posted By MentionTheWar

The person who is named as having given the bomb...

The person who is named as having given the bomb to unsuspecting courier Avraam Solomou was Dinos Michaelides, who worked at the Cypriot Embassy in Athens at the time. I had been trying to get in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Jan 2020, 18:38

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

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Posted By MentionTheWar

Contact details

If you have not already done so, please can you contact us at mtwpublications (at) gmail.com

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Oct 2019, 17:14

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Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

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Posted By MentionTheWar

Family Contacts

Since my original post I have made contact with a number of families of the victims. I am keen to hear from anyone directly interested in this tragedy.

Based on available material in The National...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Oct 2017, 19:33

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

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Posted By MentionTheWar

Fanoula, I have emailed you about this and would...

Fanoula, I have emailed you about this and would very much like to get in touch.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Oct 2017, 19:28

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

Views: 19,419

Posted By MentionTheWar

Dave, Yes I have a copy. There is no doubt...

Dave,

Yes I have a copy. There is no doubt what happened; why it happened and how the bomb was put on board is much less clear.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Oct 2017, 14:18

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

Views: 19,419

Posted By MentionTheWar

I have added a Facebook community page to assist...

I have added a Facebook community page to assist with the collation and exchange of information.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Oct 2017, 14:15

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

Views: 19,419

Posted By MentionTheWar

I hadn't heard of that incident, brakedwell. I am...

I hadn't heard of that incident, brakedwell. I am working on the assumption that airport security was, at best, rudimentary in the fifties and sixties.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Oct 2017, 08:55

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

Views: 19,419

Posted By MentionTheWar

Thank you Rog. I've dropped Stephen a line.

Thank you Rog. I've dropped Stephen a line.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Oct 2017, 16:10

Replies: 27

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

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Posted By MentionTheWar

Research into the loss of BEA Comet G-ARCO, 1967

On Thursday 12th October 1967, Captain Gordon Blackwood, a friend and neighbour of my family, was flying a British European Airways Comet 4B, G-ARCO, which was operating as BE/ Cyprus Airways flight...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

13th Oct 2017, 16:01

Replies: 46

Cyprus Airways

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Posted By MentionTheWar

The pilot was Captain Gordon Blackwood. He was,...

The pilot was Captain Gordon Blackwood. He was, indeed, a very nice chap and was a neighbour and good friend of my family. I remember him well. My father was on Tridents and tried to convince Gordon...

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