C'est chic
This week's Saturday Timewatch is a surprise find during a rainy day rummage through the archives.
Here is the back story. A couple of years ago, Rob Finch posted a photo of a Caravelle that stirred my memory of flying on board an Air France Caravelle from Manchester to Nice, then onward to Ajaccio, Corsica using the same aircraft. However, at the time I couldn't find any evidence to back my memory up. Indeed, I couldn't find any internet reference to that service ever existing. In fact I still can't!
Nevertheless here is as much proof as I need that my memory isn't completely shot. The photo is massively cleaned up from a very poor copy of a slide made a decade ago, from a very poor original. I can tell from the set of holiday snaps that this was taken right at the end of the trip and is the only aircraft photographed in my Corsica slides. It is an Air France (Sud Aviation) SE-210 Caravelle 111 (F-BJTQ) most likely taken on August 29th 1979. The location is Ajaccio, Corsica. A little further technical information is given for the enthusiasts below.
C'est chic
This week's Saturday Timewatch is a surprise find during a rainy day rummage through the archives.
Here is the back story. A couple of years ago, Rob Finch posted a photo of a Caravelle that stirred my memory of flying on board an Air France Caravelle from Manchester to Nice, then onward to Ajaccio, Corsica using the same aircraft. However, at the time I couldn't find any evidence to back my memory up. Indeed, I couldn't find any internet reference to that service ever existing. In fact I still can't!
Nevertheless here is as much proof as I need that my memory isn't completely shot. The photo is massively cleaned up from a very poor copy of a slide made a decade ago, from a very poor original. I can tell from the set of holiday snaps that this was taken right at the end of the trip and is the only aircraft photographed in my Corsica slides. It is an Air France (Sud Aviation) SE-210 Caravelle 111 (F-BJTQ) most likely taken on August 29th 1979. The location is Ajaccio, Corsica. A little further technical information is given for the enthusiasts below.