By: Charley - 10th November 2005 at 12:27
It couldn’t be in the hands of a better company. Good to see.
By: Martin Edwards - 10th November 2005 at 08:45
I came a long way from Australia to RAIT 1999 and was delighted to see 3 Canberras flying. (WK128, XH168 and WJ874.)
I am glad at least one has been saved!
Congratulations Air Atlantique
By: bostin01 - 10th November 2005 at 08:26
Ace pics there 558! 🙂
Love the haze on the first one.
Cheers
Kev
By: vulcan558 - 10th November 2005 at 06:36
A few ive sorted out .
By: richb - 9th November 2005 at 22:48
………as Ollie says a sad day for some but a good day for others!
To the guys at atlantic – well done! 😀
is there a lot to do to her before she starts her new life in civy street, or is it just a paper exercise?
it would be great to have a two ship canberra display next year! 🙂
By: alanl - 9th November 2005 at 22:39
Want to commend Damien on his usual hi-qual pix and, of course, all the other pic takers in this thread. Makes my efforts look feeble.
Eyes closed?
At rest at its new home.
“OK, we’ve got it. Now what?
Quite a day, historic in a way. WJ874 was crewed by Wng Cmdr Clive Mitchell (Sqn Boss) and Flt Lt Mike Leckey (pilot). By the way, I do believe Mike is one of the BoBMF Lancaster pilots.
My heartfelt thanks to the Air Atlantique crowd – top blokes all round.
🙂 🙂 😎
Another caption for picture no. 5
‘They have some great cameras on board these aircraft, I wonder if we could pinch some and swop them for ours without them noticing we could have one each!’.
‘Why is it blue, I thought they were brown?’
‘Thats so they can’t be seen from below when they fly over you’
‘Ahhh, right!’ 😉
Only jealous that I couldn’t get there today. 😮 😡
Alan.
By: DGH - 9th November 2005 at 22:34
Congratulations Air Atlantique and a big thumbs up for saving another piece of our aviation history. 🙂
Thanks for the info on Marham Les, unfortunatly fate got in the way and I had to miss todays departure but ta.
By: ollieholmes - 9th November 2005 at 22:24
Lovely photos. In one day a sad day and in others a good day.
By: Atlantic1 - 9th November 2005 at 22:16
Ref SDEV, no, not yet. She’s still at Kemble. I suspect we’ll move her over the winter some time.
More T4:
Tom
By: stringbag - 9th November 2005 at 22:09
Sorry to hijack the thread slightly guys, but have AA taken delivery of their other new addition, the Sea Devon yet?
Cracking pix Les 😀
By: steve_p - 9th November 2005 at 21:59
Superb shots guys. Couldn’t think of a better home for her. 🙂
Best wishes
Steve P
By: Atlantic1 - 9th November 2005 at 21:20
ooo, I recognise that chap on the left 😉
It was a pleasure to meet you today Les, and you’ve got some excellent photos there!
All that remains now is to find her an appropriate civil registration!
Tom.
By: vulcan558 - 9th November 2005 at 20:35
Nice images Gents the 2 chaps on the right Don delta jets and mr frampton , thanks for this afternoon and the coffe Don.
By: lightning nut - 9th November 2005 at 20:11
Brill pics Les ! Malcom said you would be there today ! Nice to see she gone to a good home !!! Cheers Scott
By: LesB - 9th November 2005 at 20:05
Want to commend Damien on his usual hi-qual pix and, of course, all the other pic takers in this thread. Makes my efforts look feeble.
Eyes closed?
At rest at its new home.
“OK, we’ve got it. Now what?
Quite a day, historic in a way. WJ874 was crewed by Wng Cmdr Clive Mitchell (Sqn Boss) and Flt Lt Mike Leckey (pilot). By the way, I do believe Mike is one of the BoBMF Lancaster pilots.
My heartfelt thanks to the Air Atlantique crowd – top blokes all round.
🙂 🙂 😎
By: vulcan558 - 9th November 2005 at 18:51
Well thats the last flight of a T4 in RAF hands .was a longish wait today at coventry but worth it in the end .
By: bostin01 - 9th November 2005 at 18:48
PMSL Damien 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Kev
By: Will J - 9th November 2005 at 18:37
More to follow tomorrow, it has been a very long day here!
In typical Air Atlantique fashion, within less than a couple of hours of landing at Baginton, the T4 was put to work, as a backdrop for UK TV Style’s ‘Style Secrets’ filming….. 🙂
By: bostin01 - 9th November 2005 at 18:24
Now he tells me! 😉
Still, I got some reasonable ground shots my end tho’.
Was a lovely site wasn’t it?
Cheers
Kev 🙂
By: bostin01 - 9th November 2005 at 17:11
Your watch is slow Kev – mine said 15.10 🙂
I see from your pics you were at the wrong end of the runway – I was waiting on Rowley Road. Met a couple of other guys waiting, one the co-owner of WT333 at Bruntingthorpe the other who lights up the engines.
Made my day (make that “my week”).
Roger Smith.
I knew I shouldn’t have bought that watch from that bloke down the pub. 😀
I was on call with work so I couldn’t be more than a couple of feet away from my vehicle, hence the ‘wrong’ end.I needed somewhere to park properly. 🙁
PC world is a better place……ah well, that’s the beauty of hinsight!! :rolleyes:
Kev
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