EI-APC_1972-09-05_MUC_1200_NK
Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Kindly provided from the NK slide collection by Stephan Barth.
München-Riem
1972-09-05 (5 September 1972)
EI-APC
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk31E
13072
Aer Turas - Irish Independent Airlines
Aer Turas Bristol Freighter in front of the Lufthansa maintenance hangar. A very rare type at Riem, I know of only one other visit (by Instone’s G-BISU in June 1985) but probably there were more in the 1950s and 1960s. Note the feet sticking out of its big mouth.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
Originally registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AMLJ, it later used the Bristol temporary registration G-18-116 before being delivered to Aer Lingus in Jul-52 as EI-AFR. It was sold to Skyways Ltd in Jun-55 but wasn't returned to the UK Register as G-AMLJ until 3 months later. In Dec-55 Skyways sold it to Middle East Airlines as OD-ACM. It was acquired by BOAC Associated Companies in May-58 but remained operating in the middle east until it returned to the UK, again as G-AMLJ, in Oct-58 and was leased to BKS Air Transport. They bought it in Jul-59. It was sold to Aer Turas Ireland in Mar-66 as EI-APC. Aer Turas flew it for more than 6 years - in three different colour schemes - until it was sold in France in Dec-72 to Transportes Aeriens Reunis as F-BTYO. It was retired at Nice, France, in 1976 and broken up.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/EI-APC/838050
This airframe as EI-AFR with Aer Lingus at MAN in August 1952:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/6/5/1692561.jpg
This airframe as OD-ACM with MEA at LHR in 1957:
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1177175
This airfame as G-AMLJ with BKS Air Transport at LPL in November 1964:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/16000061664
This airframe as EI-APC with Aer Turas at LPL in May 1966 (1st colour scheme):
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/5662866216
This airframe as EI-APC with Aer Turas (2nd colour scheme):
www.flickr.com/photos/ialmag2011/6691793113
This airframe as F-BTYO with TAR at NCE in December 1974:
www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
EI-APC_1972-09-05_MUC_1200_NK
Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl. Kindly provided from the NK slide collection by Stephan Barth.
München-Riem
1972-09-05 (5 September 1972)
EI-APC
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk31E
13072
Aer Turas - Irish Independent Airlines
Aer Turas Bristol Freighter in front of the Lufthansa maintenance hangar. A very rare type at Riem, I know of only one other visit (by Instone’s G-BISU in June 1985) but probably there were more in the 1950s and 1960s. Note the feet sticking out of its big mouth.
Information from flickr - thanks to Ken Fielding:
Originally registered to the Bristol Aeroplane Company as G-AMLJ, it later used the Bristol temporary registration G-18-116 before being delivered to Aer Lingus in Jul-52 as EI-AFR. It was sold to Skyways Ltd in Jun-55 but wasn't returned to the UK Register as G-AMLJ until 3 months later. In Dec-55 Skyways sold it to Middle East Airlines as OD-ACM. It was acquired by BOAC Associated Companies in May-58 but remained operating in the middle east until it returned to the UK, again as G-AMLJ, in Oct-58 and was leased to BKS Air Transport. They bought it in Jul-59. It was sold to Aer Turas Ireland in Mar-66 as EI-APC. Aer Turas flew it for more than 6 years - in three different colour schemes - until it was sold in France in Dec-72 to Transportes Aeriens Reunis as F-BTYO. It was retired at Nice, France, in 1976 and broken up.
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/EI-APC/838050
This airframe as EI-AFR with Aer Lingus at MAN in August 1952:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/6/5/1692561.jpg
This airframe as OD-ACM with MEA at LHR in 1957:
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1177175
This airfame as G-AMLJ with BKS Air Transport at LPL in November 1964:
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/16000061664
This airframe as EI-APC with Aer Turas at LPL in May 1966 (1st colour scheme):
www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/5662866216
This airframe as EI-APC with Aer Turas (2nd colour scheme):
www.flickr.com/photos/ialmag2011/6691793113
This airframe as F-BTYO with TAR at NCE in December 1974:
www.airlinefan.com/photos/memberdir203/watermarked/large_...
Scan from Kodachrome slide.