Classic British Flight Sim

Hi Chaps,

Daft question that's irritating me at the moment. When TNT Aviation Services was formed in the UK in the mid - late '80's its callsign was not "Quality". That callsign came when operations transferred to Belgium in the 2000's. Can anyone tell me (or find out) what the callsign was originally. There is something in my head that it was Dynamite or something similar (shorter) but I'm drawing a blank on the internet. I'm almost certain it was a play on the initials TNT. This was back in the days of the first 146's (G-TNTA and G-TNTB)

Ben , think I remember hearing 'Nitro' around the airwaves .....
Hope that helps .

rgds dave f.

Dave, you're a star. That was it. Honestly, I've been banging my head against a wall for days

Yes it was Nitro. Presumably from TriNitroToluene or TNT. EricT

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Luckily the 146s I watched , always seemed to have gentle landings ! ...That's apart from the Swiss one into LCY ...
On the very rare occaisons we carried explosives or Munitions of War [ MUN on the loadsheet ] , we'd need overflight clearances from all countries we passed over , and route reflected those we could get permission from and min exposure to overflying large cities . Nothing to do with min time or fuel .
If probs occurred , then carriage of 'MUN' would be declared to ATC , and severity of prob pushed up a notch .

Of course it was easier if the owners of said 'MUN' were on board .
220 Queens Royal Hussars with SA80s , sidearms , LMGs , mortars and ammo , plus 1 rucsac each maxed out a Tristar . Whose normal load was 393 + babes in arms , and holiday bags ...

rgds dave f.

Ammo is certainly heavy. I would argue that babes in arms also constitutes MUN but I'm getting nearer to an age where 220 QRH would be babes WITH arms.

C , Like it !

dave f.