Nigeria Airways Viscount...4pics

Post by **Garry Russell** » 28 Sep 2006, 04:26

Hi Ian was that the famous Hotel (names escapes me) that advertised spotters breaks due to Greece being a bit sensitive to their activities?

They offered rooftop facilities.

Garry

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 28 Sep 2006, 09:05

Garry,

If not THE hotel, it must have been similar. An excellent day's spotting from there I note included Viscount VQ-GAB (Pearl Air), two Afrek Britannias (G-BDUP/DUR), two Olympic Skyvans(BBN/BBO) and an Olympic Islander (BFA). And some Greek F-84!

Ian

Post by **Garry Russell** » 28 Sep 2006, 09:55

Hi Ian

That Pearl Air Viscount was a long way from home...........that's the one that became G-CSZB with Southern International.

Do you know if it was in sevice with someone around there of passing through?

Garry

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 28 Sep 2006, 11:26

Don't know. But your question prompted me to search.

http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/show.php?id=7637

This was the same year that I saw it in September. Obviously in Europe two years before it became G-CSZB.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 28 Sep 2006, 11:31

Maybe they wer an operator that moved arround filling in where needed rather than a single fixed base.

I certainly never saw it.

Garry