British Caledonian fleet 1996
British Caledonian fleet 1996
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Caledonian registrations 1996
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Have kept a log book over the years of my passenger flights, and on looking through it the other day found a holiday trip to BGI via TBO with G--TK and G--TI penciled in. The aircraft is also penciled in as a DC10, but could it have been a 1011? Must have been a bit jet lagged after an uncomfortable flight, or asked my wife to remember the registrations that I would fill in later!!!!!
Have kept a log book over the years of my passenger flights, and on looking through it the other day found a holiday trip to BGI via TBO with G--TK and G--TI penciled in. The aircraft is also penciled in as a DC10, but could it have been a 1011? Must have been a bit jet lagged after an uncomfortable flight, or asked my wife to remember the registrations that I would fill in later!!!!!
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British Caledonian were bought out in the late 80s by British Airways and disappeared. Caledonian Airways (a totally separate charter outfit) bought the livery and name.
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Caledonian operated five (5) L-1011's in 1996 they were:
G-BBAJ s/n 1106
G-BBAI s/n 1102
G-BBAH s/n 1101
G-BBAF s/n 1093
G-BBAE s/n 1083
Caledonian's last L-1011 flight was Oct 31, 1999.
G-BBAJ s/n 1106
G-BBAI s/n 1102
G-BBAH s/n 1101
G-BBAF s/n 1093
G-BBAE s/n 1083
Caledonian's last L-1011 flight was Oct 31, 1999.
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Caledonian Airways (a totally separate charter outfit) bought the livery and name.
BA later sold Caledonian, complete with identity, in December 1994.
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I think there might possibly be some confusion between Caledonian Airways and CalAir. BA created Caledonian Airways partly to appease those who did not want the BCAL identity to be lost after the "merger" whilst CalAir was, I think, latterly owned by the Rank Leisure group. I could be wrong, though.....
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CalAir was, I think, latterly owned by the Rank Leisure group. I could be wrong, though.....
Calair being considered too close in name to Caledonian Airways then became Novair - they acquired a couple of 737-400s to operate alongside the DC-10s , but these only lasted a year or two at most before before Rank withdrew from the holiday / airline business and Novair was wound up.
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G-BEAL was the Caledonian TriStar, G-BEAK / G-BEAM were BA by that time and ended up at Mojave as such.
G-BEAK s/n 1132 was never operated by Caledonian. However, was operated by Air Tours for a few months.
G-BEAM s/n 1146 was never operated by Caledonian.
The orginial question did Caledonian have TriStars in 1996.
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G-BEAK / L / M all flew with British Airtours.
A simple search on airliners.net might help. Caledonian DID still operate the TriStar until 1999.
A simple search on airliners.net might help. Caledonian DID still operate the TriStar until 1999.
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Caledonian's last L-1011 flight was Oct 31, 1999.
A simple search on airliners.net mightn help. Caledonian DID still operate the TriStar until 1999.
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There was a book produced, But I have never seen it.
Looked on ebay for it but not found it (yet)
The CKT Tristars were 'Workhorses' but not easy to repair, As has already been said last year by a 'Former' mechanic.
If memory serves me right, BBAF/H was the last L1011 to leave on Oct 31 1999?
Looked on ebay for it but not found it (yet)
The CKT Tristars were 'Workhorses' but not easy to repair, As has already been said last year by a 'Former' mechanic.
If memory serves me right, BBAF/H was the last L1011 to leave on Oct 31 1999?
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apropos of nowt, I worked in Milan a lot in the mid-late 80s, always got the 6:30 BCal back to Gatwick rather than the 5:00 BA to Heathrow. Much nicer, regrettable that they were swallowed up. Ah, the free drinks.... 
