fozzy280472 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Jonny777 , not sure who the airline is but I know the aircraft was ex Britannia, i know because I have its old owners plate (G-BFVB) rivetted to my Snap On rollcab down my shed !!! I'll get a photo later !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I'm sorry, I couldn't resist it for the airbus boys..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 This was from a long time ago ....used to be riveted in the fwd pax door upper inner frame ....must have done some miles and seen some places ....All to end up in a shed in Essex !!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I'm sorry, I couldn't resist it for the airbus boys..... IMG_8954.jpg I don't mind what you boys are flying .....as long as they pay me top rate to fix them !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I don't mind what you boys are flying .....as long as they pay me top rate to fix them !!! I found a picture in the tech log recently and it said " god made engineers so pilots could have heroes too..." Rather liked that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Rob , no doubt put in there by engineering......for every one that gets pulled out by flight crew we have another from a slab in the line office .....just to get the point across..!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Another selection of the 70s/80s N872SJ Diesel 8. The 8's and Fat Albert made up a great fleet. The 74's never did quite seem to be right for Southern but did great work on AMC/MAC flights. And as for Okada, they paid me well in Lagos on 72's. Ex Lufties straight out of D Check Their 1-11's were bit dodgy though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 N872SJ Diesel 8. The 8's and Fat Albert made up a great fleet. The 74's never did quite seem to be right for Southern but did great work on AMC/MAC flights. And as for Okada, they paid me well in Lagos on 72's. Ex Lufties straight out of D Check Their 1-11's were bit dodgy though. You mean you actually got paid by Okada ???? Monarchs would get halfway through a 707 c check, stop and then bag every removed item and stow them in the holds and tow the aircraft out to the remote stands at LTN and only resume the check when the payments turned up a week later. There was another 707 they used to work ,I think they were called Naganagani or something, similar story there. I could have sworn they also worked ZAS airline of Egypt aircraft although i might be getting confused with ATEL at STN.... Anyway keep the pics coming please , some great memories.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Yes, they paid every time it was due as it was paid in London by a rep there. I took two 72-200's from Stansted to Lagos via Palma as it was the only place they would give us fuel though and a cash sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Cash for fuel ! Fantastic , I wonder if Okada had proper fuel carnet cards ....and if they were useable . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Once we got all three 72's down in Nigeria they did not leave the country whilst I was there. No cards on board. Funnily enough as well the radio icence on the back of the cockpit door was the same one on all three aircraft They were lovely aircraft as Lufthansa had done a great job of looking after them. Then Okda took them on................ They lasted well for quite a while and then things started to break. The first grounding was for the LGCIU. Shake the box and listen to all those little relays rattle. I was on the ground for a week until they got one. I think it came from the local market in Ikeja under the flyover. It did have a Form 1 though The young lads on the 1-11's were zero time and not paid. They got their food and accommodation paid for but got no salary. They did it to build hours. 10 hours a day and you soon build hours !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Cash for fuel ! Fantastic , I wonder if Okada had proper fuel carnet cards ....and if they were useable . How many Tesco points per plane load? Every little helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Out of the $12,000 dollars I had in a breif case I had 95 cents left after paying all the bills. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 OK, here's a Luton story from way back. A colleague of mine was based at Luton as a tech-rep. Just after Court Line went belly up he was stopped by a guy in a small truck. The guy had been sent by the Receiver to collect Court Line assets and wanted to know where the RB-211 test bed was as he had to pick it up and remove it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted May 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2017 Cash for fuel ! Fantastic , I wonder if Okada had proper fuel carnet cards ....and if they were useable . One of the cargo airlines I used to work in, the flight managers took cash with them. No card facilities in many parts of the off grid areas we flew into so cash was king. If the aircraft/crew was away for a month or so, acting as a tramp steamer almost, we used to count out massive sums of money, in the hundreds of thousands in fresh US dollars we had in a safe in the office. This was because the whole operation once out in the sticks would be paid in cash, fuel/hotac, navigation, landing fees and airport charges, ad hoc maintenance, contingency for 'assistance' ... USD dollars were/are very easy to pay your way round the world with, everyone accepts them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Yes, almost all our aircraft were fitted with safes. We have carried a million at one point to top up other aircraft in our fleet as we passed down route. All US Dollars One of the cargo airlines I used to work in, the flight managers took cash with them. No card facilities in many parts of the off grid areas we flew into so cash was king. If the aircraft/crew was away for a month or so, acting as a tramp steamer almost, we used to count out massive sums of money, in the hundreds of thousands in fresh US dollars we had in a safe in the office. This was because the whole operation once out in the sticks would be paid in cash, fuel/hotac, navigation, landing fees and airport charges, ad hoc maintenance, contingency for 'assistance' ... USD dollars were/are very easy to pay your way round the world with, everyone accepts them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Few military ones using Luton. Comet done a low farewell from Boscombe Downs over LTN. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Few military ones using Luton. Comet done a low farewell from Boscombe Downs over LTN. In the words of Renee Zellweger - "You had Me at hello the Hurricane" I know the Spit's are the glamour machines, but I like the good old solid Hurri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Some Boeing 707 may bring some memories back! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2017 Am I correct in thinking BMA only had one 707? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Am I correct in thinking BMA only had one 707? Not quite, according to the fleet history, between 1970 and 1985, 24 were registered to BMA but a number never flew on BMA services being leased to other airlines. Most were operated by BMA but there doesn't seem to be a definitive list of which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2017 Not quite, according to the fleet history, between 1970 and 1985, 24 were registered to BMA but a number never flew on BMA services being leased to other airlines. Most were operated by BMA but there doesn't seem to be a definitive list of which. Thanks for that, did they all carry BMA livery? Is the fourth picture actually a 720? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Thanks for that, did they all carry BMA livery? Is the fourth picture actually a 720? Hard to say which liveries they carried without a definitive list but at least one doesn't appear to have, its acquisition and disposal dates correspond exactly with its lease to Kuwait Airways so chances are it was in their colours throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Never knew BM had long range stuff before the A330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Loving all these classic shots. I generally only take plane photos while on holiday, so its mostly airliners. A couple of random interesting shots from a long layover in Lima, Peru back in late 2005 Aer Carbie An-32 OB-2098-P departs Lima by Timothy Young, on Flickr Peruvian 737-200 OB-1851-P at Lima by Timothy Young, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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