Just came across some more info about the last two MAC aircraft

When MAC folded they were wfu… G-APAU was at Lasham and ‘AV was withdrawn at Coventry.

When no buyers were found after some considerable time idle G-APAV made one last flight…..to Lasham for scrapping.

Garry

They had a taxyiable Vicker Viking replica as well (the biplane not post war airliner)

I eventually got to go to Thorpe park but sadly that had moved on just before.

Garry

The tax people pay on smoking more than covers the NHS treatment.

The Government was reluctant in the fifties to discourage smoking as the made so much money that way they did not want to upset the books.

You can’t start charging for so called self inflicted as the taxes have been paid and they have a right to the treatment.

Problem with demands that so called self inflicted illnesses always apply to everyone else. The mooters of such ideas would scream out loud that they were some sort of exception if it was applied to them.

Also the fact a smoker has cancer does not mean the cancer was caused by smoking . If it was then all smokers would have cancer and none smokers would never get it.

Most health conditions are either self inflicted or self induced if you think about it……..lack of exercise, poor diet, taking risks.

One of the biggest drains on the health service are time wasters using resources where there is nothing wrong with them

Perhaps that is an area where persistent offenders could be charged like when ambulances turn up to find the patient has just popped out and will be back in a mo.

As to smokers and drinkers etc, let them be. If they do kill themselves early then that’s their choice and the pension fund will be saved.

As it stands the government want everyone to live longer by taking the pleasure away then moan they can’t afford to look after the increasing amount old elderly.

One other thing

If the NHS was saved millions you would be no better off.

They would cut the budget down and you would still have a basic service and would not get a reduction in tax.

Garry

Confirmation

Air Atlantique KK116 (G-AMPY) was in Ediburgh and made at least eight flights on Sunday and eight on Monday.

Garry

The C-46 was rare aeroplane in Europe

Fred Olsen used them for a while but probably for England the best known were the Capitol machines used by Lufthansa one in their livery and I think there was another US outfit with some based in Germany.

These were small numbers…..single figures….perhaps just two or three at any one time.

BOAC did have an early model very briefly.

Alaska has become quite a haven for older rarer types and must be quite an exciting job flying theses type in that environment.

Garry

Thanks for that

I sort of missed it

I think perhaps with G-APAV at least it may well have been withdrawn from use in Coventry then flown down to Lasham for disposal causing some confusion.

The reports at the time of MAC’s demise were quite clear on one being at each airport that that could be either wrong source info or an event that changed.

G-ANVR for example was wfu and stored at Lydd but quite sometime later made one last flight to Coventry to be used for spares.

Both G-APAU and G-APAV were bought by Shackleton Aviation so it is possible if one was wfu at Coventry it was flown down to Lasham for servicing if sold.

Garry

The fin shape is a very basic shape so it would be easy to be a co-incidence

The Concorde stemmed from designs by Sud Aviation and Bristol which were quite similar in overall concept.

Garry