Hello Stamrish,
Good possibility that you flew British Eagle. We did a lot of military flights using Britannia aircraft and flew often into Singapore. If you would like to contact me then I am willing to help with what we have in the Eagle archive. [email]britisheagleint@aol.com[/email]
Regards
Eric

The last two pictures of Vikings are at Blackbushe. As already said the white post and the background give the game away. Whilst we did operate a number of flights out of Northolt and LAP the main ones were from Blackbushe.

Hello HP 81
As far as our records show the two Eagle Britannia’s CF and CG had ex military 252 freight doors and VF and VM had the larger doors fitted. I think its correct to say that the smaller doors were 72”X88” and the larger ones were 76”X 122.75.
The first door mod took six months to complete and total hours were 67,000 man hours. In addition to the door the floor beams were reinforced. The basic weight of the aircraft was increased by approx. 300lbs. Both CF and CG had very low flying hours when purchased from Transcontinental SA. The first aircraft cost £150,000 that also included a maintenance check 4.The aircraft could carry as follows
5 pallets plus 37 passengers
4 pallets plus 61 passengers
3 pallets plus 7 passengers
2 pallets plus 103 passengers
1 pallet plus 121 passengers

All freight 8 pallets Pallet size 108”X 88”

Many thanks Tony for posting the picture of Britannia G-AOVF its a gem. Although I was never based at Liverpool the picture brings back many memories of when we converted the first Britannia into a freighter at Heathrow,now the subject of a long term restoration at Liverpool. One only hopes that the future of VF is secure at Cosford. Viscount is right we at Heathrow converted G-ANCF and G-ANCG. Liverpool converted G-AOVM and G-AOVF. although both were supervised by Eagle staff from London and from Bristol Fliton.
Eric Eagle Group Archivist

With reference to the comments by Anon about the Britannia being open on the day of the airfair at Speke. The answer is yes it will be open and any one wishing to visit the aircraft are most welcome. The management of the hotel, Crown Plaza will be delighted if we open it. The aircraft is insured for visits and we have a H&S policy in place as always. The trustees and volunteers along with students from the Macclesfield College (aviation section) who are involved in the project will be present.
We wish the airfair every success.
As you will know this is the 45th year since Eagle’s operation closed. More about this later