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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Sep 2023, 10:05
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

Curiously, I'm in Majorca at the moment. 52 years...

Curiously, I'm in Majorca at the moment. 52 years on, the only holiday flight widebody visible at Palma on arrival was, notably, a Condor A330-900.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jun 2021, 22:03
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

These two aircraft were both built in 1984 but...

These two aircraft were both built in 1984 but sat for more than two years before Finnair/Kar-Air took them up. Finnair owned Kar-Air, and it was never quite apparent where the dividing line lay...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jun 2021, 16:12
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

German operators, even more than UK ones, had...

German operators, even more than UK ones, had their fleets split across the country from where they all ran to the same destination on the same changeover day, so the LTU widebodies would be one each...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jun 2021, 05:24
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

Quick flick through the brain cells gives me very...

Quick flick through the brain cells gives me very few widebodies within Europe. I can only recall a B Cal Charter DC-10 in 1983 Gatwick-Faro (plus seeing up close the intact Lockheed Constellation...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2021, 20:41
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

It was a Continental flight, Gatwick to Miami,...

It was a Continental flight, Gatwick to Miami, but the aircraft N605PE was still in People Express livery following the merger, which causes some confusion. At this period there were a series of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jun 2021, 13:45
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

The 747 disaster at Tenerife in 1977 was between...

The 747 disaster at Tenerife in 1977 was between two non-scheduled holiday flights. The KLM aircraft was with a mainstream longhaul aircraft which was operating a tour operator series from Amsterdam...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2021, 21:29
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

Another story. I can date it exactly, it was...

Another story. I can date it exactly, it was Sunday 31 October 1999. End of the schools half-term holiday, and thus end of the summer season. Among other things it was the very last day of operation...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2021, 15:40
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

This was an operation which changed almost every...

This was an operation which changed almost every year. The principal two DC-10-10s BZJD/E were more recent deliveries 1979 to Laker than their others, I think they were from a cancelled order. After...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2021, 13:42
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

Things change. Quite some years ago one of the...

Things change. Quite some years ago one of the staff in my London office got a task to do some work at the office of a UK bank in Nassau, Bahamas. He got as can be imagined quite some stick before...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jun 2021, 21:41
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

:) How were they associated with Air Atlanta...

:)

How were they associated with Air Atlanta ? Same ownership, different AOC ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jun 2021, 21:39
Replies: 98
Views: 18,534
Posted By WHBM

I would guess one of the first was the second...

I would guess one of the first was the second BOAC 747 route, which was from JFK to Bermuda. The same aircraft would manage LHR-JFK-BDA and return within 24 hours, so it was operated from day 1....
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