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2013-04-28

Last Atlantic Airlines L-188 Electra, G-LOFC, departs Coventry for final time

The Electra (at this time under the colours of the Hunting group) graced the skies of Brussels on the Sunday afternoon during the late 1990's.
The noises of the Electras engines was typical and on 18:00, every sundays, 1 to 3 elegant Electra were taking off from Zaventem

Thx Louis

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Karl Drage posted: "For the second time in two days, aviation history was written with what was almost certainly the last flight of an aircraft type in UK skies.  On Friday, 26 April, the last airworthy BAC 1-11 in Europe was delivered to the Classic Air Force in Newquay, wh"

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News – Last Atlantic Airlines L-188 Electra, G-LOFC, departs Coventry for final time

For the second time in two days, aviation history was written with what was almost certainly the last flight of an aircraft type in UK skies. On Friday, 26 April, the last airworthy BAC 1-11 in Europe was delivered to the Classic Air Force in Newquay, while a day later, on Saturday, 27 April, Atlantic Airways' final Lockheed L-188 Electra, G-LOFC, left Coventry-Baginton Airport bound for a new life in Canada.
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Karl Drage | April 27, 2013 at 3:35 pm | Categories: Aviation News, Feature, Operators | URL: http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/qUpDd