Caravelle jets in Ireland

Thus, I suppose, that these “Irish” Caravelles never carried any Irish registrations, painted on them. In my opinion, these registrations were rather the “paper” registrations, for ferry flights from Spain to Taiwan only (or, maybe, those registrations were the call signs only).

No, as I said above, there is a picture of EI-AVY (marked as such – basic Iberia colours, no titles or logos but with the Irish registration) in John Wegg’s Caravelle book. The caption says that it is landing in Rome on its delivery flight from Spain to Taiwan. The registrations were undoubtedly painted on the aircraft, but I suspect for only a short period.

Andy

Well, dear Skymonster, Zishelix, and others !

Thank You all for the information.

Thus, I suppose, that these “Irish” Caravelles never carried any Irish registrations, painted on them. In my opinion, these registrations were rather the “paper” registrations, for ferry flights from Spain to Taiwan only (or, maybe, those registrations were the call signs only).

Regards,
Flyer.

Those that exist are Incredibly rare pictures. There were only two Irish registered Caravelles. They were sold by Iberia to Templewood Aviation/Commander Aircraft and were onward sold to Far Eastern Air Transport in Taiwan. They never went to Ireland and only carried the EI- registrations for the delivery flights from Spain to Taiwan via Rome and Bahrain – they were only on the EI- register for two weeks! There is a picture of EI-AVY landing at Rome in basic Iberia colours without titles or logos on its delivery flight on page 493 in John Wegg’s mighty 600 page history of the Caravelle (this book, although not published too long ago, is very difficult to get hold if now). I followed Caravelles in the past and have not seen any other pictures of those two Caravelles.

Andy

Thanks for that info Andy, I feel very embarrassed as I am a lifelong Caravelle fan AND to make things worse, have a copy of John Weggs book but that particular piece of information was a little surprising for me. Time I went thru those 600 pages again I think.:D

Sorry, no EI-reg visible…
http://www.airliner-pics.com/caravelle/cn108.htm

Happy we have an answer as I spent too long (in vain) searching for the evidence!:)

Those that exist are Incredibly rare pictures. There were only two Irish registered Caravelles. They were sold by Iberia to Templewood Aviation/Commander Aircraft and were onward sold to Far Eastern Air Transport in Taiwan. They never went to Ireland and only carried the EI- registrations for the delivery flights from Spain to Taiwan via Rome and Bahrain – they were only on the EI- register for two weeks! There is a picture of EI-AVY landing at Rome in basic Iberia colours without titles or logos on its delivery flight on page 493 in John Wegg’s mighty 600 page history of the Caravelle (this book, although not published too long ago, is very difficult to get hold if now). I followed Caravelles in the past and have not seen any other pictures of those two Caravelles.

Andy