There were many special schemes amongst the frustrated visitors to that year's RIAT, cancelled because of waterlogging after torrential rainfall, but the arctic tiger job on this 28F N.262 was one of the most eye-catching

Formerly N26210 with Ransome Airlines, this handsome aircraft returned to France in 1982 and joined the navy. She was given to the Museé de l'Air in the late 1990s.

Carrying additional Air Inter titles when seen here, this Nord was written off next year. On 5.12.71 while landing at Lannion, the aircaft overshot the runway by 1.5km, hit a tree which tore off 1.9m of the wing and continued 1.8km before crashing

With domestic airlines grounded for months by a dispute with pilots, VH-HIX became a regular visitor to Sydney