To Hawker Siddeley as G-AYYH in May 1971. To Polynesian Airlines as 5W-FAN on 1 Jan 1972. To Dan-Air London as G-BIUV in Apr 1981. Large freight door added in Mar 1982. To Janus Aviation 15Jul 1992. Noted with Emerald Airways in Sep 1993. To Elysian Airlines as 3X-GEW 12 Mar 2009. To Avro Express as 5Y-BXT on 18 May 2010. With Planes of Africa by 2013. With Zone 4 international by 2018. I got a visit from Luton CID for taking this photo. It had been loaded with gold bullion. They said if it went missing they would know where to come to !

Photo by Dick London.

Photo by Dick London.

Three in a row! First Air retired its 748s and these three were found parked neatly in a row next to the apron, headed by C-GDUL.

Delivered to BKS Air Transport as G-ASPL on 14 Apr 1964. To Skyways 18 Mar 1967. Merged into Dan-Air 12 Apr 1972. Crashed after detachment of cabin door and subsequent loss of control near East Midlands Airport 26 Jun 1981. In the background in the executive park are to two HS.125's.

Delivered to BKS Air Transport as G-ASPL on 14 Apr 1964. To Skyways 18 Mar 1967. Merged into Dan-Air 12 Apr 1972. Crashed after detachment of cabin door and subsequent loss of control near East Midlands Airport 26 Jun 1981. Also in shot is a Tradewinds CL-44 freighter and British Island Airways Heralds G-APWH and G-BAZJ.

Delivered new to the CAA for runway calibration work on 04 Sep 1969. To Emerald Airways in Sep 1998 and stored. Cancelled on 17 Jan 2003 and broken up at EXT on 14 May 2004. The fuselage was put into a flooded quarry for use by divers.

Delivered to Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela as YV-46C in November 1976. Sold to Timmins, Ontario based Austin Airways in 1980 it remained in Canada until retired in 2008.

A nice visitor to RAF Wildenrath. This aircraft did some runway calibration work. Delivered new to the BFS on 22 Dec 1975. To West Air Sweden as SE-LEO in Sep 1995. DBR on 13 Dec 2001. Broken up in 2002.

To Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-PXH on 30 Sep 1963. To LV-IEE in Oct 1963. To Dan Air as G-BEKG on 12 Jul 1977. To Cayman Airways as VR-CBH in Feb 1982. To G-VAJK in Feb 1984 with Venture Airways and named Lady Godiver. From 24 Aug 1985 with Euroair. To G-BEKG on 03 Jul 1986. To G-DAAL on 11 Aug 1992 with Alexandra Aviation. To Emerald Airways on 04 Oct 1993. WFU at Blackpool in Dec 1996. Registration cancelled on 18 Mar 1997.

32 Squadron RAF Northolt

Operated by the Civil Aviation Authority Flying Unit and used to calibrate the landing aids at UK airports. Delivered new to the CAA as G-AVXI on 15 Jul 1969. Sold to Flight Precision Oct 1996. To Emerald Airways Sep 1998 and WFU at Southend presumably for spares. Broken up by Nov 2001.

In a hybrid colour scheme following a lease to British Airways. To Bahamas Airways as VP-BCM on 23 Apr 1967. Bought back by HSA as G-AZSU Nov 1970. To Dan Air 01 Apr 1972. To Air Botswana as A2-ABB on 01 Oct 1974. Returned to Dan Air on 29 Mar 1976. To British Airways 15 Mar 1982. Returned to Dan Air 13 Feb 1985. To SATA Air Acores 26 Jun 1985 to 07 Sep 1985. Bought by Hawk Aviation 04 Feb 1990. To Aberdeen Airways 02 Mar 1990. To Euroair Transport Oct 1992. WFU at Prestwick Dec 1993. To Air Provence Int' as F-GPDC on 02 May 1995. Stored at Marseille by Jan 2003. Scrapped at MRS 20 Jan 2004.

Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Built 1966 for Aeromaya. Merged into SAESA 1969, Aerocaribe 1977, Northern Wings C-GAPC 1979, renamed Regionair 1982, merged into Quebecair 1984. Withdrawn Dorval by 1985, parted out and scrapped 1987.

Seen in the static park at the first open day at the IWM Duxford facility. Purchased from Court Line in October 1972. To Dan-Air in July 1978. Scrapped 2009.