Here is another link showing the RR Dart Carvair 7 and another version too

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http://aviationtraderscarvair.com/

British Midland, plagued by the high cost and unreliability of running the Canadair C-4s examined the possibility of replacing the troublesome Merlins with RR Darts.

It was shelved and Viscount bought instead.

There were only a few C-4’s about so an increase in fleet would have been difficult and overall life expectancy low. About that time Viscounts were becoming available in numbers on the second hand market at affordable prices and that is a route BMA chose, operating the type from 1967 to 1988

The BOAC Viscount were not anything to do with the runway at Manchester as the pic in the Flicker links says

Prestwick was a gateway for Transatlantic flight. The two Viscounts were Cambrian operated for BOAC in their livery as feeders to Prestwick from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

In those days Transatlantics could only be operated from gateway airports so flight originating in Glasgow or Edinburgh had to stop at Prestwick an expensive sector so the Viscounts were used.

Still a part of the active Cambrian fleet, they did ocassionally appear on other routes as back ups.

They may well have done work from Manchester, but that was not the reason for their being.

I hope he loses his licence…risks more than himself doing such a stupid stunt.

The Viscount was a sad story

It never flew for Janus

Stored in Guernsey after the sale of the original Alidair Guernsey Airlines to BAF it was flown to Exeter with about an hour on the clock

During an extensive overhaul and repaint for Janus, severe corrosion was found and the aircraft was sold for Fire Training and delivered to Manston by road.

Incidentally Janus were the last operators in Europe of passenger Viscount 700’s

From the AP…
Before buying AirTran, Southwest only flew 737s. It has since inherited AirTran’s fleet of 717s.

Southwest twice operated leased Boeing 727’s

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-Airlines-(Braniff/Boeing-727-291/0237865/

Yes Channel had some rows of seven abreast

139 I think it was, it was why they were called Trident 1E-140

It was only the two Channel received out of their order for five… the two sold to BKS and one to Air Ceylon were fitted out as normal

Channel were renowned for high density seating, 78 in a DC 4 and 71 in a Viscount 700

The One-Elevens that Channel operated were the only short bodied One-Elevens with two over wing exits each side like the long bodied due to high seating capacity.

He should be easy to spot

A 123 year old man with a small ‘tache should stand out

If he’s walking in the park with Bigfoot and Elvis it’s a dead cert