They used Viscounts on the Shetlands Aberdeen oil rig run

I had a feeling it was LA198 and it would have been after 1976 when I saw it

I believe they were scrapped 🙁 Would also like to know if anything is left. Also, where did these come from? ex-BAF?

Yes, these were ex Belgian AF and were flown into Prestwick originally

Hi Pagen, Alas no did not get any photos of this as I was not there..wish I had been!!

The Gannets indeed were from 703X sqn…scan of the notes that I have relating to the show. Alas just like yourself can but close my eyes and imagine what it must have been like.

Chumpy.

I wish some of today’s enthusiasts would take such clear details at airfields…

There was also the Coastguard Puma PA-12 that later became ZE449

What I found interesting was the variation in prices £1000 for the coffee machine but (was it?) £24000 for the undercarriage legs

I’d be interested to know more about your nightly replenishment flights to Port Stanley, I believe F-28s were used as well as C-130s.