must have been my last active Herald I photographed - pity about the weather though

(photographer not known)

Delivered new to Arkia of Israel as 4X-AHO on 10 Apr 1968. Bought by Express Air Freight Mar 1978 and registered G-BFRJ. Renamed Channel Express Jan 1983. Sold to Columbia Italy as I-ZERC 10 Mar 1984. Leased to Aligulia Oct 1985 to Jun 1986. WFU and stored EMA Aug 1986. Bought by Channel Express Jul 1987 and reregistered G-CEXP 29 Oct 1987. WFU and placed on display at Gatwick Mar 1996. By 25 Aug 2006 seen near the runway at Gatwick used as a fire trainer. Broken up Oct 2022.

Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1968 as 4X-AHO for Arkia. Express Air Services G-BFRJ 1977, operating for Air Ecosse Summer 1978, renamed Channel Express 1983. Columbia I-ZERC 1984, Aligulia 1985, stored 1986. Channel Express G-CEXP 1987, withdrawn 1996 and ferried to Gatwick for preservation and display on the viewing terrace. Removed 2003 and stored, scrapped 2022.

Taken through a plane window while taxiing for a runway 08R departure. Delivered to Arkia as 4X-AHO in 1968. To Express Air Freight as G-BFRJ in 1978 then to Columbia as I-ZERC in 1984 and Channel Express as G-CEXP in 1987. Preserved on the terminal roof at Gatwick from 1996 to 2003 and then stored on the airport. Dismantled and remains removed in 2022.

Ex-I-ZERC, G-BRFJ, 4X-AHO

K25 slide scan. Built 1968 as 4X-AHO for Arkia.Express Air Services G-BFRJ 1978, leased to Air Ecosse. Columbia I-ZERC 1984, Aligiulia 1986. Channel Express G-CEXP 1987, withdrawn 1996. Displayed at visitors terrace Gatwick until 2003, then removed and becoming derelict.

Ex G-BFRJ, registered I-ZERC 10th March 1984 to Columbia and transferred to Aligiulia Aug 1986. Became G-CEXP 29th Oct 1987

Ex Arkia 4X-AHO, registered 11th Apr 1978 to Express Air Services, leased to Air Ecosse

Still in basic Colunbia Italy colours

basic Columbia colours

A very short lived livery for this aircraft which was carrying basic Arkia (Israel) colours

Originally delivered to Arkia April 10, 1968 as 4X-AHO, this Herald was operated by Columbia from 1984 until the company's bankruptcy in 1988. Returning to the UK as G-CEXP, it was later displayed on the London- Gatwick South Terminal viewing terrace. Removed in September 2003, it was towed to a remote corner of the airport and stored.

Soc. Columbia was headquartered in Genoa, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. This explains the airline's name, and the tail logo, which is a stylized representation of the Santa Maria, the ship on which Columbus set out to discover America. Columbia operated this Herald (ex G-BFRJ) from 1984 until its bankruptcy in August 1986. A year later it was sold to Channel Express as G-CEXP, and in March 1996 it was wfu and put up for display on the visitor's terrace at London-Gatwick. It was removed from there in 2003, and by 2014 is sat derelict in a remote corner near the fire training area.