Thanks very much Rob. Great to see her receiving attention. Checked my archives and have photos in original AWA scheme, then in Air Bridge Carriers and leased to Air Anglia for a short period before joining Elan. This one never saw service with BEA as they used G-AOZZ, ‘PRM and ‘PRN before replacing them with the three Series 222s, G-ASXM,’N and ‘O.

😮 😮 😮 Oh my god!!!!!!! I don’t believe it!! 😮

I have never seen these before! Where on earth did you get those from? I can,t say how greatful I am for these, espacially the flying shot of her over Hatfield 😀 These are the first real 100% definate shots of 685!

Brilliant. Thanks very much…………got any more 😀 😀

..where did I get them from…I TOOK THEM!!! The shot in 766 Squadron colours is at Yeovilton Air Day on 6th Sept.1969 and the air-to-air shot was taken on 9th June 1970 out of an HS-125 with rescue hatch window removed over Hatfield! I did warn you I have shots of several MAM aircraft when in service, as I started taking slides in 1966. Regret don’t have XN685 in 890 Sqn. markings and assume it joined 890 at Yeovilton around ’71-’72 after the Martel trials.

So guys what Types of aircraft do you recon they’ll go for

Long Haul 70 seater Options: Airbus A300, A310, A319LR, A330 or Boeing 737BBJ, B757BBJ, B777 or even a nice MD11 or the new Embrear.

Short Haul 16 seater options: Embrear Legecy, Dassult Falcon, Learjet, or something else in simller size.

Miles-Chichester Leopard of course – the Sinclair C5 exec jet! :p

The Argosy is being worked on at the minute and we started re-painting her this year.

We did look at other colours, but it has been decided to keep her in the Elan makings she carries now. It’s a big airframe and it will take a while to bring her up to scratch. The props have already been referbished and the engine cowls are next on the agender. I will take some photo’s tomorrow if I remember and start a thread on the project. 😉

Great stuff!! I had heard that it was hoped to put her back into her original AWA livery, but I guess it’s easier to repaint markings that are already there?

Thanks for the news about the Meteor. If you do as good job as the Canberra and Hunter, you will make many people very pleased! Can’t wait to see it finished and come up and take some piccies! I have to admire how MAM constantly give attention to each aircraft outside when it needs a repaint. Now when is someone going to start on the Argosy? Would be lovely in BEA livery or the original Sir W.G.Armstrong-Whitworth scheme?

Yes, a new cowling is in the process of being fitted.

Where did the spare cowling come from? :confused:

In any case its a Remote Controlled Beaver isnt it?

Now there’s a thought!! :diablo: