Interesting that the Grumman G-21 Goose may be the next antique plane to be resurrected!:)

http://www.antillesseaplanes.com/

It happened in Adelaide, full story follows.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040800626.html

But were all those eight ETOPS rated ? Might narrow down the search a bit if they wern’t.

ETOPS as a legal requirement can be made as a ‘Type approval for an aircraft’. This would be made by the manufacturer before introduction to service, but the DC-10 would probably predate this option.

ETOPS can also be issued as an ‘Operational certification for an airline’. So assuming that Laker had this certificate, I think it would apply to all the aircraft, as long as they were similar models.

Edit. Ignore all reference to DC-10 in this reply, thinking about the Glasgow thread at the same time!

Looks as though the carrier may have got cold feet over the project. (Warning photo!)

http://www.thelocal.de/11127/20080406/

Memorable pictures there, aren’t they twice as old as you Samuel?:D

You have a choice of eight, not much consolation, but better than the seventeen that Monarch have operated. G-MOND, MONE, MONB, MONC, DAJB, MONJ, MONK and MCKE.

A potted biography, a very accomplished man.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Neville_Shute_Norway