G-BDIX_1980-06_MUC_1290_WH
Photo taken by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
June 1980
G-BDIX
De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C
6471
Dan-Air London
G-BDIX in its last summer of operation. This airframe had visited Riem as XR399 with Royal Air Force on 15 July 1969. As G-BDIX with Dan-Air London, it was also noted here on 2 April 1977, 21 January 1979 and 11 June 1979.
Information from flickr - thanks to Chris (Heathrow Junkie):
G-BDIX c/n 6471 De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C was one of the last production Comets [6th from last built], delivered new to the Royal Air Force as XR399 in April 1962. The aircraft flew with the RAF until 1975, when it was sold to final operator Dan Air. The airliner flew for a further five years, before being withdrawn and stored at RAF Lasham in October 1980. The aircraft was fortunately saved from the scrapman and now resides at the Royal Museum of Scotland [National Museum of Flight] at East Fortune near Edinburgh.
www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BDIX/753366
Article on Dan-Air London and the Comet:
www.duxfordaviationsociety.org/das-article?title=dan-dan-...
This airframe as XR399 with Royal Air Force Air Support Command at SNN late 1960s:
www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/12631597173
XR399 with Royal Air Force at LHR in September 1972:
www.airhistory.net/photo/1357/XR399
G-BDIX with Dan-Air London at GLA in September 1976 (initial colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/88663/G-BDIX
G-BDIX preserved at National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, in May 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/gperkin/35759976114
Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).
G-BDIX_1980-06_MUC_1290_WH
Photo taken by Wilhelm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
June 1980
G-BDIX
De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C
6471
Dan-Air London
G-BDIX in its last summer of operation. This airframe had visited Riem as XR399 with Royal Air Force on 15 July 1969. As G-BDIX with Dan-Air London, it was also noted here on 2 April 1977, 21 January 1979 and 11 June 1979.
Information from flickr - thanks to Chris (Heathrow Junkie):
G-BDIX c/n 6471 De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C was one of the last production Comets [6th from last built], delivered new to the Royal Air Force as XR399 in April 1962. The aircraft flew with the RAF until 1975, when it was sold to final operator Dan Air. The airliner flew for a further five years, before being withdrawn and stored at RAF Lasham in October 1980. The aircraft was fortunately saved from the scrapman and now resides at the Royal Museum of Scotland [National Museum of Flight] at East Fortune near Edinburgh.
www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/
Registration details for this airframe:
www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BDIX/753366
Article on Dan-Air London and the Comet:
www.duxfordaviationsociety.org/das-article?title=dan-dan-...
This airframe as XR399 with Royal Air Force Air Support Command at SNN late 1960s:
www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/12631597173
XR399 with Royal Air Force at LHR in September 1972:
www.airhistory.net/photo/1357/XR399
G-BDIX with Dan-Air London at GLA in September 1976 (initial colours):
www.airhistory.net/photo/88663/G-BDIX
G-BDIX preserved at National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, in May 2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/gperkin/35759976114
Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).