G-AVMR_1986-08_MUC_1200_SBC
Photo from the Stephan Barth collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
August 1986
G-AVMR "County of Tyne and Wear"
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
145
British Airways
Mike Romeo is taxiing out from the stands for take-off - she would have to turn left at this point for runway 25 or right for runway 07.
First flight 28 January 1968. Delivered to BEA in May 1970 and merged into British Airways in April 1974. Transferred to European Aviation June 1993. A sale of G-AVMR to Okada Air of Nigeria was intended, but the deal fell through. So the aircraft was stored at Bristol-Filton, later at Bournemouth, and was not used again for commercial service. It was scrapped in 2001. (Sources: planelogger.com, AirHistory.net)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AVMR/814723
There’s a London-Heathrow ATC legend connected with this aircraft:
"Former Heathrow air traffic controller Alan Carter related how he and his colleagues were determined to look after BA’s G-AVMR, a One-Eleven delivered to its predecessor British European Airways in 1970, after they had temporarily ‘mislaid’ the aircraft during a particularly busy period in the Heathrow tower. As a result, they determined – totally unofficially - that this particular One-Eleven would have their undivided attention from then on. ‘How we looked after Mike Romeo,’ Alan said. When ‘A’ Watch was on duty the aircraft never had to wait in a holding pattern when landing at LHR and on one occasion was treated to a stand normally reserved for BA long-haul flights."
Source: www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20The%2050th%20Anni...
The Legend of "Mike Romeo" with more details here:
forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5946
G-AVMR with BEA at MAN in July 1971 (initial colours):
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1441520
G-AVMR with BEA at LHR in 1973:
www.flickr.com/photos/53277566@N06/5768334344
G-AVMR with British Airways at MAN in September 1974 (basic BEA colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/1/8/3871813.jpg
G-AVMR with British Airways at LHR in August 1975 (small British Airways titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/52467480@N08/6431865959
G-AVMR with British Airways at JER (Landor livery):
www.flickr.com/photos/merlynpauley/50176778676
G-AVMR in full Okada Air colours at BOH in 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/baettig/11136524465
G-AVMR with European Aircharter at FZO in September 1993 (basic Okada colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/334004/G-AVMR
G-AVMR with European Aircharter derelict at BOH in November 2000:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/2/9/0191926.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
G-AVMR_1986-08_MUC_1200_SBC
Photo from the Stephan Barth collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
August 1986
G-AVMR "County of Tyne and Wear"
BAC 111-510ED One-Eleven
145
British Airways
Mike Romeo is taxiing out from the stands for take-off - she would have to turn left at this point for runway 25 or right for runway 07.
First flight 28 January 1968. Delivered to BEA in May 1970 and merged into British Airways in April 1974. Transferred to European Aviation June 1993. A sale of G-AVMR to Okada Air of Nigeria was intended, but the deal fell through. So the aircraft was stored at Bristol-Filton, later at Bournemouth, and was not used again for commercial service. It was scrapped in 2001. (Sources: planelogger.com, AirHistory.net)
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AVMR/814723
There’s a London-Heathrow ATC legend connected with this aircraft:
"Former Heathrow air traffic controller Alan Carter related how he and his colleagues were determined to look after BA’s G-AVMR, a One-Eleven delivered to its predecessor British European Airways in 1970, after they had temporarily ‘mislaid’ the aircraft during a particularly busy period in the Heathrow tower. As a result, they determined – totally unofficially - that this particular One-Eleven would have their undivided attention from then on. ‘How we looked after Mike Romeo,’ Alan said. When ‘A’ Watch was on duty the aircraft never had to wait in a holding pattern when landing at LHR and on one occasion was treated to a stand normally reserved for BA long-haul flights."
Source: www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20The%2050th%20Anni...
The Legend of "Mike Romeo" with more details here:
forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5946
G-AVMR with BEA at MAN in July 1971 (initial colours):
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1441520
G-AVMR with BEA at LHR in 1973:
www.flickr.com/photos/53277566@N06/5768334344
G-AVMR with British Airways at MAN in September 1974 (basic BEA colours):
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/1/8/3871813.jpg
G-AVMR with British Airways at LHR in August 1975 (small British Airways titles):
www.flickr.com/photos/52467480@N08/6431865959
G-AVMR with British Airways at JER (Landor livery):
www.flickr.com/photos/merlynpauley/50176778676
G-AVMR in full Okada Air colours at BOH in 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/baettig/11136524465
G-AVMR with European Aircharter at FZO in September 1993 (basic Okada colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/334004/G-AVMR
G-AVMR with European Aircharter derelict at BOH in November 2000:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/2/9/0191926.jpg
Scan from Kodachrome slide.