Looking on the web last night, it does seem that photos of the Vikings in Aer Lingus service are fairly rare. Was their initial scheme similar to the early post-war all silver scheme use on the DC-3s – with just thin green stripes and a small shamrock logo on the nose?

Has anyone tried asking questions on an Irish aviation forum?

They were in service for a very short time (less than a year in many cases), which explains why photos are rare. They were sold on when they proved to be very unpopular with Aer Lingus. There’s a black and white shot in A C Merton Jones’ British Indepedent Airlines Volume 1 which shows EI-ADF in the first livery carried, which was a winged shamrock logo on the nose, name on the fuselage (no fuselage stripes), and 2 green bands on the tail without a lighter outline.

I’ve tried a couple of sources in Ireland, including Aer Lingus themselves, without any success so far. If anyone can point me in the direction of a helpful forum over theer, I’d appreciate it greatly.

Simon