Gulf Air TriStar

I was project manager for GF TriStar so responsible for purchase and introduction. I was co-ordinator of BA Tristar to make sure all activities worked to plan. The first four GF were purchased outright. The rest were leased. I decided to register UK initially as the Oman CAA was just being set up so I used UK CAA for certification. The four had A4O (Oscar not zero) painted on with the Uk painted over. The UK letters were removed on arrival BAH. Oman used UK CAA on contract. -TY was static at Farnborough Air Show 1976 after a couple of week on line. Though -TZ had been delivered I wanted to be able to say -TY had operated on line and was not a specially spruced up interior for the show.

Here’s some pics of Gulf air 737’s I’ve taken, I flew on one once, Dhahran-Bahrain, didn’t take long:)

A40-BH
http://www.egphphotos.co.uk/bigimage.php?image_id=3839

A40-BI
http://www.egphphotos.co.uk/bigimage.php?image_id=5055

A40-BI
http://www.egphphotos.co.uk/bigimage.php?image_id=577

A40-BJ
http://www.egphphotos.co.uk/bigimage.php?image_id=576

cheers for the memory jog!!

Robert

Here are the thirteen 732’s operated by Gulf Air plus A40-BK which was destroyed.

http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Gulf%20Air-history-b737.htm

Gulf Air TriStar

Many thanks one and all!

I also flew on two of their B737 -200 aircraft and would like to know what happened to them but need to dig around and find their registrations.

Many thanks once again

This is the latest picture I could find of N306GB (A40-TY) taken at Miami in 5/06. It has been variously described as damaged by Hurricane Katrina and Wilma the year before.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1048634&WxsIERv=Ybpxurrq%20Y-1011-385-1-15%20GevFgne%20200%28S%29&Wm=1&WdsYXMg=Hagvgyrq&QtODMg=Zvnzv%20-%20Vagreangvbany%20%28ZVN%20%2F%20XZVN%29&ERDLTkt=HFN%20-%20Sybevqn&ktODMp=Znl%205%2C%202006&BP=0&WNEb25u=Arfgbe%20Qhena&xsIERvdWdsY=A306TO&MgTUQtODMgKE=Gur%20Ratvar%20jnf%20qnzntrq%20nsgre%20Uheevpnar%20Xngevan%20cnffrq%20gueh%20Zvnzv%20Vagreangvbany.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=98905&NEb25uZWxs=2006-05-20%2022%3A43%3A14&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=193H-1138&static=yes&width=1024&height=695&sok=JURER%20%20%28ZNGPU%20%28nvepensg%2Cnveyvar%2Ccynpr%2Ccubgb_qngr%2Cpbhagel%2Cerznex%2Ccubgbtencure%2Crznvy%2Clrne%2Cert%2Cnvepensg_trarevp%2Cpa%2Cpbqr%29%20NTNVAFG%20%28%27%2B%22A306TO%22%27%20VA%20OBBYRNA%20ZBQR%29%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=3&prev_id=1125904&next_id=0958653

As of July 2007 N306GB was still stored in Miami.

The first four (4) Gulf L-1011’s were delivered with UK registrations and the last three (3) were delivered with US registrations. The only reason I could see for delivering them with different registrations is that they may have been leased until the final financing completed. As soon as all financing was completed the registrations were changed. Just a theory

Originally delivered to Gulf Air as G-BDCY 07/76 but changed to A40-TY only one month later. Anyone know why it would have been delivered with a UK registration? Then:

02/95 Stored in the US as N306GB
01/96 Converted to Freighter for Arrow Air
09/96 To Rich International
01/01 To Fine Air
10/02 WFU at MIA and parted out

Some interesting pictures of her on A.net if you search by registration then click on the cn.

1L.

Lovely plane. Marketed by Gulf Air as the ‘Five Star Tristar’
I flew
A40-TX – LHR-Paris-Bahrain- Abu Dhabi
A40-TW – Bahrain-Abu Dhabi
A40-TX – LHR-Paris-Doha- Abu Dhabi
All in the late seventies. I sometimes flew on the BA Tristars on the LHR-AUH route at the time as well.

Stored at Miami and probably no longer in existence!:)

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-l10-1138.htm