Maybe someone can help?
I flew from Gatwick to Acapulco and back in 1990 with a Novair International DC10, G-BIXD. My notes from the time suggest c/n 45601, but this c/n is shown in the current Airliner World as the former B-GCAL which is now the eye hospital. Is there any way to check the correct c/n for the one on which I flew?
BTW, the appearance of this aircraft was doubly welcome as it was subsituting on an Air Europe charter and saving me from 15 hours on a charter 757 (I’m 6’5″ tall) with stops at Bangor (ME) and Orlando. The 757 would truely have been the flight from hell!!
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
Mike
By: mikeconnell - 19th May 2003 at 21:34
Sadly it was shortly after taking off from Orlando. They sang and drunk themselves to sleep though b4 we landed at Bangor for fuel.
Mike
By: EGNM - 19th May 2003 at 21:20
i hope that wasn’t shortly after t/o – god a load of drunks singing allllllll that way home!
By: mikeconnell - 19th May 2003 at 19:20
Love the pic.
The return flight from Acapulco was actually on Novair’s last day flying, and the flight crew reckoned probably its last flight to touch down.
The big thing I remember was the demoralised crew not caring what the pax did as long as it was not dangerous (they thought they were too old to find similar employment elsewhere, though ime the more mature flight crews tend to offer better service). This resulted in some rather drunk pax taking over the announcement system for a sing along).
Mike
By: A330Crazy - 19th May 2003 at 12:00
Quite a nice c/s too! G-BJZD Is pictured below. 🙂
By: EGNM - 19th May 2003 at 10:10
yea they were great early morning – but not quite as gud as been sat under a B763 or A330 on that threshold – nearly take ya head off!
By: my dog misha - 18th May 2003 at 19:09
EGNM, yes it is an excellent place for photos, not such a great variety as Majorca, but more relaxing.
The highlight for me was the Cygnuas Air DC-8.
By: EGNM - 18th May 2003 at 17:14
Originally posted by my dog misha
mikeconnell, i have not bought the latest edition as i have just come back from a week in Lanzarote, a grand place for spotting and photography.
I shall rush out and buy a copy, i am always interested in the older jets.
one of the best shots ,places outside St Maartin – got bak from there myself in April – as did Dan330
By: my dog misha - 17th May 2003 at 14:52
mikeconnell, i have not bought the latest edition as i have just come back from a week in Lanzarote, a grand place for spotting and photography.
I shall rush out and buy a copy, i am always interested in the older jets.
By: mikeconnell - 17th May 2003 at 14:41
Originally posted by my dog misha
Perhaps it was G-BJZD which was c/n 46970.
Incidentally Novair had a very early D/C 10, one of the first five built i think.
Seems so. According to the current Airliner World, this was G-GCAL (c/n 45601), the subject of the article and the second one built.
Mike
By: MINIDOH - 17th May 2003 at 14:27
I know there are two air hospitals. One uses a L1011, the other a DC10.
By: my dog misha - 17th May 2003 at 14:24
Perhaps it was G-BJZD which was c/n 46970.
Incidentally Novair had a very early D/C 10, one of the first five built i think.
By: greekdude1 - 17th May 2003 at 01:02
I thought the eye hospital was an L1011? I could be wrong.
By: Bhoy - 17th May 2003 at 00:32
:confused: according to the CAA, G-BIXD is a Britten Norman Islander…
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