Dublin Airport Historical Movements

This listing covers only part of the month, as I was away on holiday for a couple of weeks.   The summer peak saw continued charter activity, many of these flights carrying student s either from or to Ireland for educational and/or recreational purposes!  Where I have a note of flight numbers, I have included these.  With a lot fewer airfields in the country than there are now, several European general aviation visitors were to be seen visiting Dublin, which was a lot more GA-friendly in those days. 1 July EC- CTR          DC-9-34          AO G-BAVX         Herald              BMA N448PA         B707-321C    Pan Am OH-LSC         SE210            ...

With the summer holiday season in full swing, charter flights were to be seen in some numbers.  DC-8s and 707s were the main equipment for the long-range operators and for Aviaco, which was almost the only Spanish charter carrier to be seen in Dublin during this period.  I remember the CP Air DC-8 on the 27th being delayed for several hours, but it was worth waiting for!  The carrier's orange, red and bare metal livery made for a striking sight. Boeing 720 N1776Q was noteworthy, as it had been Aer Lingus's first jet, delivered in 1960 as EI-ALA.  The two Viscounts of Swedish operator Skyline were former British Midland examples.  SE-FOX returned to that carrier in 1978 but was withdrawn from use at East Midlands and eventually broken up.  SE-FOY also later returned to BMA and was restored as G-BAPF, in which guise it flew for many more years, including service with the garishly-marked Hot-Air.  It then survived for many years as a training aid at the ...