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Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 18:25
by Speedbird217
Hi Chaps,
Came across this set of pics from a Chris Grove featuring a variety of beauties from the CB AND CNB past....enjoy.
http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-photo ... nt-Groves/
ATB,
Robin
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 20:10
by Garry Russell
Cheers for the link Robin
The EP pic is there
Larnaca Cyprus.....close enough Leif
3rd April 1962 so three and a half months in use roughly......13-Dec 1961 delivery
Garry
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 20:50
by DaveB
And it was my 5th birthday!!
Nice link Robin ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 20:58
by Garry Russell
DaveB wrote:And it was my 5th birthday!!
Nice link Robin ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Was that the band for your party????
:roll:
Garry
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 22:46
by DaveB
Quite possible Garry :think: The only problem was.. I wasn't invited
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 05:50
by DispatchDragon
Dave
Sorry I didnt understand you - they look like standard bent beack and feathers probably VT/VC/CF/KA if the photos were prior to 66
At that time Eagle was trooping out of Heathrow and also staging through Lyneham to Woomera for MOD - there is a plain tailed
Brit parked around the side of the hangar - RKA/RKB were painted at LHR by BOAC and remained there most of their days at Eagle.
BTW I spy a York in the shot of EM
Some beautiful shots there Pete - thank you for sharing
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 06:42
by mayagrafix
I like the orange wing scheme. Is it standard for all BEA aircraft or just that model? BTW is that a SAS Caravelle in the background?
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 07:27
by PeteP
DispatchDragon wrote:they look like standard bent beack and feathers probably VT/VC/CF/KA if the photos were prior to 66
This is the best I can do with them, Leif
DispatchDragon wrote:there is a plain tailed Brit parked around the side of the hangar
You're absolutely right - as usual, Leif. Very fuzzy but there's what looks to me to be an ex-BOAC 102 and then the white one - a 300series of some sort?
DispatchDragon wrote:BTW I spy a York in the shot of EM
Me too. I enlarged that as well but it's too indistinct to make it worth posting but you can see it's white and pale blue - Skyways, maybe?
Best
Pete
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 07:28
by PeteP
mayagrafix wrote: BTW is that a SAS Caravelle in the background?
It certainly is.
Pete
Re: Echo Papa as she was meant to be
Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 11:20
by DispatchDragon
Pete if your seeing pale blue its almost certainly Skyways - Both they and Dan hauled Proteus around for BOAC
And you blew the Brits up nicely the two around the corner are interesting I was going to agree with you about the white tail being a 300
but it might be a 100 - Im assuming the colour values tend to go to the red scale which makes the BOAC blue look purple when blown up.
I do love scouring around old piccies - especially ones with the clarity that you always provide
Leif
