G-BBAI Lockheed L1011 Tristar 100 British airtours LBA JUN85
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version in Feb-14, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Apr-23.
G-BBAI seen shortly after it's runway overrun on the short runway at Leeds/Bradford (LBA) on 27-May-85. British Airtours stopped operating Tristars into LBA after the incident.
I've included this in the 'Manchester, 1985' set on Flickr as theres little point in creating a separate set for Leeds/Bradford for 1 photo!
Named: "The Molly McCredy Rose".
This aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BBAI in Feb-75. It was leased to British Airways charter subsidiary British airtours in Apr-85 and returned to British Airways in Nov-87.
It was leased to British airtours again in Mar-88. After the take over of British Caledonian by British Airways, British airtours was renamed Caledonian Airways in Apr-88. The aircraft was leased to Worldways Canada as C-FCXJ in Dec-88 and returned to Caledonian Airways as G-BBAI in May-89.
The winter lease to Worldways Canada as C-FCXJ was repeated between Dec-89 / Apr-90. It was wet-leased to Air Algerie (Algeria) for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Jun / Aug-90. The aircraft was sold to Caledonian Airways in Mar-95 and it was permanently retired at Abu Dhabi, UAE in Nov-99. Updated 22-Apr-23.
G-BBAI Lockheed L1011 Tristar 100 British airtours LBA JUN85
Replacing an earlier scanned 6"x4" print with a better version in Feb-14, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Apr-23.
G-BBAI seen shortly after it's runway overrun on the short runway at Leeds/Bradford (LBA) on 27-May-85. British Airtours stopped operating Tristars into LBA after the incident.
I've included this in the 'Manchester, 1985' set on Flickr as theres little point in creating a separate set for Leeds/Bradford for 1 photo!
Named: "The Molly McCredy Rose".
This aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BBAI in Feb-75. It was leased to British Airways charter subsidiary British airtours in Apr-85 and returned to British Airways in Nov-87.
It was leased to British airtours again in Mar-88. After the take over of British Caledonian by British Airways, British airtours was renamed Caledonian Airways in Apr-88. The aircraft was leased to Worldways Canada as C-FCXJ in Dec-88 and returned to Caledonian Airways as G-BBAI in May-89.
The winter lease to Worldways Canada as C-FCXJ was repeated between Dec-89 / Apr-90. It was wet-leased to Air Algerie (Algeria) for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Jun / Aug-90. The aircraft was sold to Caledonian Airways in Mar-95 and it was permanently retired at Abu Dhabi, UAE in Nov-99. Updated 22-Apr-23.