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I think that the Court line livery would still stand on its own today, but wether or not it would look just as good on an A320 or 737…..I’m not so sure.

BTW, if you don’t already know, here is a very good book all about the history of Court, the people, and the planes. Its called ‘Colours in the Sky’ It used to crop up occasionally on ebay, and fetch silly money. Its a fascinating story, and even has a good history of Autair, before they ‘morphed’ into Court Line. If you’ve an interest in the airline, grab a copy, its cracking read, and the pics aren’t bad either:)

Thanks for the tip. As a youngish lad I used to visit Luton Airport a lot and remember well Autair becoming Court Line. I was lucky to see the last of the Autair fleet flying (Ambassadors, BAC 1-11 200/300??) before the change to the larger 1-11’s and ultimately 2 x TriStars.

Somewhere have the flight guide from a flight with them in 1972 and it makes a big thing of their ‘holiday colours’ – which featured on their express coaches too.

Although it wouldn’t be authentic, I’ve often wondered about the British Airways 1-11 at Duxford being repainted in Court colours!

[QUOTE=VeeOne;1894263]Court Line Pink One Eleven jet is pretty on the outside…

Ah, Halcyon Bay, the first jet powered airliner I ever flew on, happy (if noisy) days 🙂

It was PM631 from bbmf 🙂

I saw PV202 at Sywell today looked fab part from the wonky wheel.

Excellent! I only saw them from a distance but the Spitfire did sound, should we say, distinctive!

Hi all

Yes the BMA 707 is at East midlands. The photo was taken from a grass bank which was to the right (looking from the car park) of the Terminal building. I must have spent hundreds of hours sat in that same spot when I was a kid.

I would date it as mid 1970’s at a guess, I stopped sitting there in 1976, when I moved the other side of the fence and trained as an aircraft fitter at Field’s. I then spent as many hours the other side on Argosy’s, Herald’s and Viscount’s.

I loved that old BMA livery, and still think it was one of the best on the 707 and One- Eleven.

Great days.

Ah, thanks for that. The image was taken off of a slide and was one of my Dad’s, taken, no doubt, on some dodgy Russian camera (probably his trusty Zenit-E). I’m not sure what he was doing at EMA but as he was a bit of a master of getting the cheapest package holiday possible (irrespective of airport) no doubt he was off somewhere sunny!

[QUOTE=longshot;1870703]This is probably 1969,could even be the delivery year 1968 for ‘VRL as it has the original build short length engine nacelles Boeing had to lengthen at their cost

Thats interesting. Am I right in saying that Britannia were the first airline in Europe to be equipped with 737’s?

A couple more from Luton and a mystery British Midland 707

Monarch Britannia

Court Line BAC 1-11

British Midland Boeing 707, but where is it? I haven’t got a clue!

I donated some books to a local Museum last year and got a guided tour thrown in! Excellent, interesting little place it is too with helpful, friendly Volunteers!