Newforest – I’m afraid your wrong on both accounts there! Al-Tameer Co. Ltd. was a former operator of HZ-SKI. Now it’s operated by Twinjet Ltd. and available for charter, and when flying carries African Presidents etc. They also operate an A319CJ G-NMAK, which unfortunately never visits Southend for maintenance.

Thanks a lot for the rest of your comments, It’s such a shame that variety is being lost from the skies. However nice the E-Jets are for example, they’re a lot more boring than the good old 146. At least there is variety in the few and far between movements at Southend!

Thanks again for your comments. As far as I’m aware the 2 pilot 727 cockpit never came about. I believe that some cargo 727s have a cockpit mod with a hybrid glass cockpit such as on the 737 classics.
It’s very difficult to know who the 727s actually fly for. Most of them seem to spend a lot of time around the Middle East.