Polar Aviation offered the free use of their hangar so that the engineering crew could work on the plane in the dry. A tug was despatched to push her round to the hangar, they decided not to put her right inside unless the weather got really bad. This allowed the public to get a view of her all day…
I was videoing most of the day, and Steve was busily snapping away with his and my DSLR’s. Video footage to follow…
There were loads of people clambering for a view, including lot’s of local retired aircraft engineers from the Scottish Aviation factory recalling the good old days at Prestwick when Connie’s were a common sight…
I’ll be posting some more pics on the commercial forum, but here’s a couple for now at Prestwick today (3/5/04).
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Lucky bugger!
Indeed I was… 😮
The Connie looked great of course, more pics to follow…
Can you still fly Northwest DC-10’s from Gatwick ? You certainly could in December when I snapped a pair.
She made it to Prestwick today (almost exactly on time). ATC kindly equested a flyby, but those pics along with my other good ones are on my SLR which is still in the dark ages – notdigital. Not sure how long it’ll take me to finish the film and get it developed!
Here are a couple of pics from my digital, although it has a limited zoom, so not great pics.
Darn and blast, the news of the PIK destination being confirmed didn’t come through in time to persuade me to throw a sickie at work and head to PIK.
Not to worry though, I’m off down today with my DSLR and camcorder with the promise of airside access and a tour of the plane Yipee !!!!
I don’t disagree with you Allen. However, if you tilt your head 45 degrees, it is in fact the Greek flag that is used once in a while, with just the white cross on the blue background sans the 9 horizontal stripes.
Agreed, what I mean is I don’t know why they’re enhancing the Greek aspects of the livery. Up until now it’s been a purely Scottish brand regardless of which ACMI provider they’ve used.
I wonder if the new Greece Airlines is attempting to market itself as a regular prospective airline ?
Is the tail supposed to be a Scottish flag and the Greek flag w/out the 9 stripes, depending on which angle you look at it?
It’s supposed to be a Scottish Saltire, not quite sure why they’ve upped the ante in terms of the Greece Airlines logo’s ?
Needless to say this is the latest in a long line of Air Scotland liveries over the past year since they began op’s . They’ve had three ACMI providers now and they still don’t look like steadying their ship. Fly Globespan seem to be winning the hearts and minds battle of the two new Scottish loco’s. :confused:
So they fly from Glasgow to ATH/Greek Isles?
Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle to the main European/Mediterranean holiday spots. And yes they are supposedly doing Athens too.
What is the deal with this? It has a Greek registration. :confused:
Air Scotland flights are operated by a set up called Greece Airlines, a new business set up from the ashes of Electra. The planes are on the Greek register. This one is a former First Choice 757.
it cant be that goood then it might have something to do with if they didnt let it dry enough or didnt put enough paint on….usually 5 coats i think (or so i read)
Not sure if it’s paint or a decal ? It was done at Bournemouth.
Summer season sees lot’s of new traffic at GLA, including this newly leased 757 of Greece Airways, operating for Air Scotland. The new paint job is flaking away dramatically from the tail already. It’s only been in Air Scotland service less than a week ! 😮
The Thomson.co.uk colour scheme is out of control and cluttered. It has those huge letters plastered across the fuselage, ‘Boeing 757-200’ at the back of it, a registration and a Union Jack, a world of TUI logo towards the nose and an aircraft name as well!
As for the Fly Jet Green colour scheme, there is an advantage. When they go under, it’s nice and easy to remove, ready for it’s next operator. 😛
Couldn’t agree more… it’s an absolute dog’s dinner. The original Tui blue concept was quite acceptable in my opinion, the Thomson addition looks like the work of a barely experienced graffiti ned. Most likely sanctioned on the approval of a marketing director with a Burton’s menswear account ?