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Air Atlantique

AUTHOR – Charles Woodley

PUBLISHER – Amberley

FORMAT – Softback

PAGES – 96

PUBLISHED – 2021

ISBN – 978 1 4456 9316 3

1 in stock

Category: Product ID: 11393

Description

In 1976 a Jersey-based air taxi operator purchased two elderly Dakota aircraft for cargo charters as Air Atlantique. Thus began the saga of an airline that would eventually operate one of the largest fleets of Dakotas in the world, acquire four-engined vintage propliners, diversify into passenger charters and pleasure flying and oil-spill response work, and take over the lease on its Coventry Airport base. From here a fleet of historic aircraft sallied forth to participate in air shows around the UK. The impending retirement of the airline’s founder Mike Collett brought about changes, but the freight charters and pleasure flying continued until new regulations brought passenger flying in the Dakotas to an end. Undaunted, Air Atlantique went on to open an aviation museum and visitor centre at Coventry. This is a look back on the popular and much-loved operator, with an array of rare and previously unpublished photographs.

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