Re-registered from G-AWTK

Operated the short-lived 'Airlink' service between LHR and LGW.

Arriving just before the rain !

Pushing Back

Taxying to runway 24 during a training detail.

Circuit training on runway 24.

Visiting for crew training on a wet St. Patrick's Day.

Getting ready to depart on a crew-training sortie, late in the afternoon.

Caledonian weren't common at Heathrow, this freighter leased from American Airlines on the southern taxiway from the Cargo Terminal for a 28L departure.

Taxying out for a Rwy 05 departure down to LGW.

First delivered to Laker Airways February 27, 1979, this DC-10 was repossessed when Laker ceased flying in February 1982. Leased to British Caledonian the same month, there would be airline charter name changes to Cal Air International and Novair International Airways when Caledonian merged with British Airways in 1988. Repossessed again when Novair ceased flying in 1990. Sold to IFLC in 1992, the it was converted to a freighter and leased to FedEx in 1994. Registered N10060, FedEx bought the aircraft in 1996 and upgraded it to a MD-10-10F in 2008. It's still current at the time of uploading.

This was the third production 1-11 and was delivered to British United in November 1965. It continued to serve after the merger with Caledonian until sale as N101EX in December 1981.

Ex G-AVBX, acquired after the Laker collapse in 3.82 and sold to Okada of Nigeria only 18 months later