LX-LGG Luxair Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R seen taxiing to the stand at London Heathrow

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LX-LGG Luxair Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R seen taxiing to the stand at London Heathrow
LX-LGG Luxair Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R seen taxiing to the stand at London Heathrow

View from the Queen's Building
Luxair Caravelle LX-LGG arrives on the daily flight LX201, arriving at Terminal 2. In the mid 1970s there were still quite a few airlines using Caravelles on a daily basis into Heathrow.

In the background is N8630 International Air Bahama Douglas DC-8-63CF and a LOT Polish Tupolev Tu-134 in the pre large-logo livery of the time.

LX-LGG c/n 156 - Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R started life with Austrian Airlines as OE-LCE in 1963 and flew with the airline until 1972, before being leased to Luxair as LX-LGG and named 'Princesse Marie Astrid'. The aircraft was sold (along with sister aircraft LX-LGF) in 1978 when replaced with brand new Boeing 737s. The aircraft ended its life in Ecuador with SAN Servicios Aereos Nacionales, registered HC-BFM, being broken up for spare parts.

282 Caravelles were produced between 1955 and 1973. More information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle

Taken with my basic Kodak Instamatic using 126 cartridge film. Photo reloaded after a visit to the restoration bureau

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

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Taken on: January 1, 1976
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