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Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 04:26
by Garry Russell
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
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 09:05
by ianhind
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
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 09:55
by Garry Russell
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
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 11:26
by ianhind
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.
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 11:31
by Garry Russell
Maybe they wer an operator that moved arround filling in where needed rather than a single fixed base.
I certainly never saw it.
Garry