One of the last times i went round it she was in a shocking state,the cockpit was trashed and if i remember rightly one of the quarter glass’s were missing to let all that nice wet stuff in !

Those shots of Manchester brought back good memories when you could walk along the terraces within feet of the aircraft,shame those days have gone.I think the only time we were shifted was when either the Aer Lingus or El Al flights came in.

Quality,brave people to do such a flight and what a shame about the pilot after an epic adventure.
I often wondered why she was never flown on the airshow scene,was it just a get her here and then museum piece or were there plans to fly in the UK ?

Absolute quality even though i am biased towards anything Czech ! Was the highest scoring allied ace not a Czech pilot ? I’m sure i was told he was.

Heres an interesting Dc8-73(cf) visiting Warsaw recently.A British Airways 777 (YMMA) also dropped in,not sure of the reason.

Nice ! Pity those new fangled engines don’t have the smokey “look at me i’m leaving” effect 😀

Adding on to the “is she going to be a regular visitor” whatever happened to the Emery Dc-8’s that were regulars at Manchester ? Were they swallowed up by other operators or were they scrapped 😡

Brilliant film ! Did not think it would be up my street but i never left the chair throughout.