Excellent! You win The Prize (a free beer if ever we meet...) To complete the last question it was G-ALHK aka "Atlanta". For those whose memories don't go back that far (mine doesn't, but my library's does!), the C-4 Argonaut was known in Canada as the North Star, a DC-4 airframe that had RR Merlin engines, in addition to being pressurized. Initial owners included Canadian Pacific, Trans-Canada Airlines (now Air Canada), the Royal Canadian Air Force, and of course BOAC. Mike Gammon' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niels Sampath" <niels@north-star.fsnet.co.uk> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 09:05 PM Subject: Re: Queen's Aircraft (was Re: Brits at fault CEASE FIRE PLEASE) > On 31 Mar 02, at 20:30, Mike Gammon wrote: > > > There is a famous photograph of the new queen stepping out of the aircraft > > that took her on her journey. So here are the questions about the aircraft: > > > > 1) Which airline provided it? (should be a piece of cake!) > > BOAC > > > 2) What was the country of manufacture of the aircraft? > > Canada > > > 3) What was the aircraft type? > > Argonaut > > > Bonus points: > > > > 4) What engine type powered the aircraft? > > R-R Merlin > > > 5) What airframe design was the aircraft based on? > > DC-4 > > > 6) What was its registration and name? > > Too lazy to look up! > > -- > Niels >