Remarks: Just arrived at Coventry from the Biggin Hill Airshow. Aircraft now carrying British Eagle livery, but still has part of KLM reg over windows! 50 years old on 13th June 2008
Remarks: Heading out on one of the Farewell flights Air Atlantique are running. As of July 15th the DC-3s will no longer fly in the UK due to new EU regulations that are coming into force. :(
Remarks: Air Atlantique Historic Flight still wearing RAF historical markings as VP981. Sitting here sunning herself in Jersey with some onlookers watching us roll in from the flying club.
Remarks: Bearing the identification number "KK116", one of Air Atlantique's DC3s visits Jersey to celebrate Liberation Day, carrying many islanders on their last chance to fly on the venerable old Dak.
Remarks: Taken shortly after the best flight I've ever had! Having seen a couple of Dakota's in the air I've long thought she was the most beautiful machine ever to fly and I never imagined I'd get the chance to actually experience one, and what an experience it was; very unlike the 737's and A319's I'm more used to. The engines roared with a beautiful musical quality, the single skin sides of the aircraft rattled and were freezing cold to touch, you could feel and sense every slight breeze. It was the most uncomfortable, loudest, most simple and yet most jaw droppingly awesome thing I've ever left the ground on. My first flight on a 747 was fantastic and I loved every minute of it, but frankly, that doesn't even come close to flying on the Dakota.
Thank you so much Classic Flight!
