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Hi all,

Just saw this on the BBC News website in a story about Lydd receiving more holiday traffic this season.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-27635401

The image in the background looks suspiciously like a Janet 737-200. I know they're onto the NG, but I wonder if anyone knows more?

Yours,

Toni

That looks more like a former Sharjah Amiri Flight aircraft - probably the former A6-ESH which spent a lot of time based at LGW. I remember seeing it at MME in the 1990s.


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Quoting metroliner (Thread starter): The image in the background looks suspiciously like a Janet 737-200. I know they're onto the NG, but I wonder if anyone knows more?

This is an EG & G aircraft...


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... and the picture on the BBC article must be dated since it looks like former A6-ESH .


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Great eyes - thanks for the clarification, both! The cockpit and tail areas are different, as are the details on the cowls.

I did think I was in Dreamland to some extent, but hey. It's worth asking.  

Cheers,

Toni

Quoting metroliner (Reply 3): the details on the cowls

If you mean the reddish, orangey details, those are fabric intake and outlet covers (to stop animals, birds, wasps etc nesting in the engines - and dust and dirt too).

Quoting metroliner (Thread starter):

I'm glad someone else thought that too... I thought I was going mad when I saw that pic on the BBC page!