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EAL Vanguard
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:18 amby car15
Can anyone comment on this model? Eastern never operated this aircraft.
Re: EAL Vanguard
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:36 amby Tone
Hmmm ... the titles probably should read: "FLY-EASTERN'S PROP-JET - VANGUARD," no?
Maybe this plane really is not a Vanguard at all but the CL-310, a Lockheed design with a square tail fin that became the Electra ?
Re: EAL Vanguard
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:49 amby car15
I have an identical model but in Cubana colors. It came out of Havana in bad condition. I am guessing from the salty enviroment. Cubana never operated the Vickers Vanguard (they operated the Vickers Viscount) I think maybe Vickers had these models made and given to possible airline customers.
Re: EAL Vanguard
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Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:09 pmby MichaelB
The do look like Vanguards, but the fin shape isn't spot on. Could they be proposed Douglas DC-7D? The engines look correct for both the Vanguard and -7D, which used the same engines. The EAL Falcon scheme would be correct for the time period.