Ex VP-LAK, G-AXMK, TG-ARA, G-AXMK. Re-registered G-BCWA on 22-1-75, and broken up for spares at Southend in March 1993.

Luton was fog bound and several Court Line flights used Heathrow this day

At the misty air display at Bembridge, with Court Line Aviation until they collapsed in 1974. It later became G-ROGR, G-RODY, G-OBHH, G-WLLY and was cancelled as destroyed in June 2006

East Midlands Airport was opened in 1965 and well into the 1970s it was the domain of the turboprop with very few pure jet visitors. It was a very quiet airport and the scene here would have been considered busy with two Court Line 1-11s present, the second being G-AXMI. Also evident are Navajo G-AZUH, HS125 G-AYER and an FAA Convair 240, a regular visitor, N95

Wears the pink version of Court Line's palette of colours. Taken at its Luton base.

Bringing a little colour to a grey summer's day at Luton only five months from new, this 1-11 went on to Dan-Air as G-BDAT and BAF as G-OBWA, eventually being ferried SEN-MLA as 9L-LDL in 7.02. Broken up at Malta in 1.06

The donkey seems little bothered by the pink monster rushing past, but four months later Court Line was gone. The aircraft followed her orange sister-ship back to Lockheed and eventually on to Cathay Pacific in 10.77 as VR-HHW. After operation by Caribbean Winds as V2-LEM in 1996, she was purchased by Air Transat and flew as C-GTSI till scrapped in 2000 by Arizona Aircraft Support

Seen here crew training soon after becoming the first TriStar to be based in Europe. Unfortunately the 'Halcyon Days' didn't last too long and on 15.8.74 Court Line collapsed. Bought back by Lockheed and eventually became Cathay Pacific's VR-HHV in 1977, staying with them for the next 20 years. After that she had an itinerant career as EI-CNN with Aer Turas, TBG, Kampuchea A/l and Air Scandic, being placed into storage at Abu Dhabi in 7.00 and ultimately scrapped in 11.06

Part of this Lockheed demonstrator's world tour was a promotional flight for Court Line at Manchester prior to delivery to Eastern (23.11.72). She became N782DL with Delta in 1.92, was retired to Mojave in 11.96 and scrapped in 9.02. This is probably my most valuable TriStar slide and I was lucky to be there at the time

The short-lived Court Line leased this Austral 1-11 (LV-JNR) for the summer of 1971. Dbr after an aborted take-off due to loss of power from no.1 engine after lift-off at Bahía Blanca, Argentina on 4.th December 1973. The 1-11 was slowed down by Argentine Navy arresting cables (for A-4 aircraft), but these broke, damaging the aircraft and puncturing a fuel tank, the fuel being ignited by friction sparks. Scrapped on site

This aircraft, named Halcyon Days, is seen at the airline maintenace area at Luton. It was the first Tristar on the British Register. Delivered to Court Line 28.02.73 Bought back by Lockheed 16.08.74.