29th March 1972

GAF 1004 50n 30w 1412 F350 49n 40w 1500

West German Air Force B.707-307C, 10+04 'Hermann Kohl'

OV 866 50n 30w 1645 F280 49n 40w 1735

Overseas National Airways DC-8-63CF, N866F 'Sovereign'

[Photo: at London, Gatwick on 22nd May 1971 © Carl Ford]

23rd March 1972

F-RAPL 17w 2102 F170 14w 2130 Paris FIR 2239, at 08w contact Paris on 129.0 VHF

French Air Force DC-6B, 45473/64-PL, copied on 5673
It left the Air Force in 1977, when it was registered N72534 with Texas Turbo Jet Inc but later (1981) withdrawn from use and stored at Paris-Le Bourget and subsequently broken up, but the nose section was preserved.

17th March 1972

FAC 1103 departed Reykjavik 0716 63n 30w 0826 F200 62n 40w 0950 Narsarssuaq 1103, the flight requested that Ocean Station 'A' keep their beacon on continuously.

Colombian Air Force HS-748, FAC-1103 on delivery for operation by Servicio de Aeronavigacion a Territorios Nacionales (SATENA).
It was subsequently written-off on 9th January 1974 when it flew into the Gabinete Peak in the Andes, with the loss of all 31 occupants. It was on an internal flight from Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga to Bogota-Eldorado, Colombia.

16th March 1972

OO-SJE departed (?) 2206 FIR 09.40n 13.05e 2357 F350 Kano/N'Djamena FIR (13.05n 10.00e) 0023 ETA EBBR/Brussels 0523, copy to Kano

Sabena B.707-329, OO-SJE, received via Cairo on 8930

[Photo: at Liverpool, UK on 29th June 1968 © Ken Fielding]

Regrettably this aircraft was written-off on the 15th February 1978, following an undershoot at Tenerife-Norte Rodeos Airport. Thankfully there was no loss of life from the 196 occupants but the aircraft was destroyed by the resultant fire.

9th March 1972

N277NS 60n 15w 1159 F350 Icelandic FIR 1209 FOXTROT 1229, call Iceland now on 127.9 VHF

Lockheed 1329-23E Jetstar, N277NS
[also copied by the author at 10w 1129 working Shannon on 127.9 VHF]
This registration is presently carried by a BAC 1-11.

LV-JZB enroute from Rome to Dublin, STG/Santiago 1405 F120 45n 08w 1418 request you change from 5624 to 5610

[Photo: having landed at Dublin on this date, on a bloodstock flight © Malcolm Nason]

Transporte Aereo Rioplatense CL-44, LV-JZB
This aircraft initially served with the Canadian Air Force as a CC-106 Yukon, serial 15508, then 15928 and finally as 106928. It was sold to TAR in January 1972 as re-registered LV-PRX, later to become LV-JZB. In 1973 it was leased to Aerotransporte Entre Rios and in November 1978 it was sold to its final owner ALAS Uruguay Cargo and registered CX-BKD.
Regrettably it was destroyed after the right main gear failed on landing at Montevideo-Carrasco airport, Uruguay on 10th October 1979, with no fatalities. After touchdown the aircraft tended to veer to the right and the right main gear slowly collapsed. The right wing struck the ground, causing the Canadair plane to veer right off the side of the runway. The left gear and nose gear immediately sank in soft ground next to the runway; the aircraft thus came to rest with the tail and part of the left wing still on the runway. Lack of aircraft recovery equipment at Carrasco made it impossible to remove the aircraft from the runway. Engines, instruments and other equipment were removed and the tail and nose were cut off. The remainder was then set alight.

RFR NVW40 53n 19.58w 1402 1,000' 51.54n 15w 1507 51.16n 10w 1610 ETA EGUI/RAF Honington 1900 endurance 9hrs 00mins, requested the Manston weather.

Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton MR.2 from 204 Squadron, copied on 5610 (AM).
204 Squadron were based at Honington from 1st April 1971 until 28th April 1972.