Turning off runway 26 on a murky day at Gatwick. This aircraft is operating for Air Europe in a basic Midway Express livery without logo or titles. Delivered new to Air Europe as G-BMEC on 31 May 1979. Leased to British Airtours 01 May 1983 to 30 Apr 1984. Presumably leased to Midway Express sometime after Apr 1984 but no details. Sold to GPA and lsd to Western Airlines as EI-BPW 26 Apr 1985. Merged into Delta Air Lines 01 Apr 1987. To N368DL 29 Sep 1987. To N369DL Aug 1988. To RUTACA of Venezuela 22 Dec 2003 as YV-1155C and reregistered to YV169T on 16 Mar 2006. WFU.

Operated by Air Europe.

Delivered to Air Europe in 1979, this frame spent the longest part of its active life with Delta, between 1987 and 2001. Posing in the afternoon sun at r/w 08 holding point.

Awaiting boarding for Gatwick - among our fellow passengers was Freddie Laker. G-BMEC went to Western Airlines in 1985 and was sold by Delta to Rutaca in Venezuela in 12.03