CARVAIR - 'A EUREKA MOMENT'

A ‘Eureka moment’ on the part of Freddie Laker created a highly distinctive new aircraft for the car ferry market

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G-ASDC was the seventh Carvair built, going to British United Air Ferries in 1963.
CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEY
A night loading shot of G-ASDC towards the end of its time in British Air Ferries’ two-tone blue ‘hockey stick’ livery
RICHARD VANDERVORD

American design meets British ingenuity

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