Weather diversion day at EMA. This one from Heathrow. Delivered new to BOAC on 28 Feb 1971. Merged into British Airways 01 Apr 1974. This aircraft met a sad end. On 02 Aug 1990 she was operating BA149 to Kuala Lumpur with scheduled stops at Kuwait and Madras. Unfortunately her arrival in Kuwait coincided with the Iraqi invasion. The passengers and crew were taken prisoner and a number were later used as human shields at key locations by the Iraqi forces. The aircraft was destroyed at the airport. Dates being reported as 18 or 27 Feb 1991.

Participating in the 2016 Shuttleworth Fly Navy Air Show at Old Warden, in colours representing a machine of 820 Squadron at the time of the attack on the Bismark in 1941. The aircraft itself saw wartime service in the Mediterranean theatre.

The oldest surviving airworthy Swordfish in the world, built in 1941 by Blackburn Aircraft. She was operated by the RN's Mediterranean Fleet but returned to Fairey's Stockport factory for refurbishment during 1942/43 before being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 for use in the training role. Post war she spent time in the reserve before going into private hands and was purchased by Sir William Roberts for his Strathallan Collection, arriving in August 1977. Bought by British Aerospace in 1990, over the next three years she was restored to flying condition and gifted to the RNHF.

Delivered to BOAC as G-AWND in 1971. To British Airways in 1974. Seized by Iraqi forces when they invaded Kuwait in 1990 and later destroyed.

The airline had ceased operations in Jun 90. I took advantage of a day off to fly from Maastricht to Leeds / Bradford to photograph their fleet. Only the Short 360s were still there. The BAe-146s had already gone.

This Leeds-Bradford based airline operated a small fleet of six Shorts 360s on a UK domestic network in the late 1980s. Undercarriage up quickly in the climb off Luton 's runway 08.

At the International Air Day. Note the small version in front!