Redcoat Air Cargo
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| Founded | 1977 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1982 | ||||||
| Hubs | Luton Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Horley | ||||||
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
Transport Command aircraft (including at least one previously operated by Air Faisal),[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
voluntary liquidation.[2]
Fleet
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
- ^ Roach, 1998, p. 128-129
- ^ "Redcoat stops trading". Flight International. 122 (3814): 1594. 19 June 1982.
- ^ UK CAA Registration Document for G-AOVS
- ^ UK CAA Registration Document for G-BRED
- ^ IMDB Buccaneer (1980)
- ^ National Transport Safety Board Report NTSB-AAR81-03[usurped]
- Bibliography
- Roach, John (1998). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-69-3.
External links
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