Tony Polson wrote:

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On Apr 4, 9:39 pm, Tony Polson wrote:

Argosy


Idle curiosity, what route and when [or was it a military flight ?].


I didn't keep notes, so from memory I think the route was probably Lydd
to Le Touquet and this would have been in the 1962-65 period. It was a
scheduled flight, either by BEA or a subsidiary. The return trip was by
ferry. My grandfather did a lot of work with BEA and the family got
some cheap fares with that airline and its subsidiaries, especially
Cambrian Airways.


I assume you mean the 1950/1960s AW Argosy pass/cargo twin fuselage
4xDart device


That's the one. The nose of the fuselage opened to allow vehicles to be
loaded on and off via ramps. As a small boy I found it absolutely
fascinating.


As a postscript, could it have been another similar type of aircraft
with an opening nose? A Google search revealed the Carvair (a converted
Douglas DC-4) and the Bristol 170 Freighter, both operated by Silver
City Airways, later British United Air Ferries, on the Lydd-Le Touquet
route.