Short-lived Swiss carrier operating 2 Britannias and a CV-440 (photographed by G. Buehlmann)

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.

G-ARKA on a courier run from the UK in support of operations at Woomera.

G-ARKB on one of the regular courier flights for UK Ministry of Defence in support of its work at Woomera.

Ex Canadian Pacific CF-CPE and British Eagle. Leased by Tellair in 04.69 and registered as HB-ITG but not taken up. Stored at Coventry in deteriorating condition. Broken up in late 1971.

Cunard Eagle acquired G-ARKB from Canadian Pacific (ex CF-CPE) in 5.61. Leased to the Swiss company Tellair for the latter part of 1969; alloted HB-ITG but ntu. Sold to Airline Engineering for spares around the time of this photo and broken up four months later

Some great shots of this machine can be found elsewhere online, but here she is at one stage of her dismemberment. This, the penultimate Britannia built, was delivered originally to Canadian Pacific in 1959. The once-proud ex-Eagle bird was to have become HB-ITF. Glad I talked my dad into diverting there all those years ago...