Our company Argosy looking in need of a good repaint which it eventually did into Elan colours. This plane did the overnight Shannon service. I got a jump seat flight on it. We had to climb up a ladder to get on the flight deck. On the way to Shannon we had St Elmo's Fire on the wind screen. Delivered to Riddle Airlines as N6502R on 5 Jan 1961. To Capitol Airways 1 Jul 1962 and Zantop Air Transport 1 Sep 1965. To N895U with Universal Airlines on 21 Sep 1966. Sold to Sagittair 28 Feb 1972. Bought by Fields Aircraft Services 28 Mar 1977 as G-BEOZ. To ABC Aug 1979. WFU at EMA Mar 1986 and preserved at EMA Aeropark.

Delivered new to Aer Lingus on 21 February 1958 as EI-AJK. She spent a short spell on lease in Switzerland as HB-ILR in 1969-71. She came on to the UK register in July 1973 as G-BBDK and moved around various operators before BAF acquired her on 07 September 1983. To British World as G-OPFE on 27 October 1994. DBR in a wheels up landing at Belfast on 24 March 1996. Photo taken from the Air Bridge Carriers warehouse on the freight ramp.