Redcoat Air Cargo

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Aberdeen Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
RY
Founded1977
Ceased operations1982
HubsLuton Airport
HeadquartersHorley

Redcoat Air Cargo was a British cargo airline between 1976 and 1982 with headquarters at Horley in Sussex and an operating base at Luton Airport.

History[]

The company started operations in 1976 using a Bristol Britannia leased from . It used the aircraft to operate cargo flights from the United Kingdom to West Africa. It later bought its own Britannias, several being ex Royal Air Force Transport Command aircraft,[1] and by 1979 was also operating freight charters for the Ministry of Defence.

The crash of the Britannia in 1980 led to the purchase of a Canadair CL-44 from British Cargo Airlines. Delay in acquiring the aircraft from the official receiver and subsequent engine problems led to cash flow issues and in 1982 the company entered voluntary liquidation.[2]

Fleet[]

Bristol 175 Britannia G-BRAC, 1979, crashed 1980

Media[]

In 1980 one of the company's Britannia aircraft was used in a BBC television drama series Buccaneer about a cargo airline.[5]

Accidents and incidents[]

On 16 February 1980 a Bristol Britannia C Mk.1, registered G-BRAC, crashed after departure from Boston-Logan due to ice and snow on the aircraft; seven of the eight occupants died, including the spouse of a serving airman at RAF Belize.[6]

See also[]

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ Roach, 1998, p. 128-129
  2. ^ "Redcoat stops trading". Flight International. 122 (3814): 1594. 19 June 1982.
  3. ^ UK CAA Registration Document for G-AOVS
  4. ^ UK CAA Registration Document for G-BRED
  5. ^ IMDB Buccaneer (1980)
  6. ^ National Transport Safety Board Report NTSB-AAR81-03
Bibliography
  • Roach, John (1998). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-69-3.

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