Due 2106 Cavok Air Antonov An-12BP UR-CBG from Ankara as CVK7092.

I read an article, maybe about a year ago, that said DH were pitching the Sherpa design squarely at the developing world for humanitarian relief type ops.

Interesting article,the Dash-8-400's were becoming unpopular with passengers who preferred regional jets,but there must be orders to fill,if only to give an alternative to the ATR range.

The Sherpa or similar would be a useful addition to any armed forces,they are are a versatile aircraft.

Not confirmed, but they are looking into it along with the Dash 8/Q400


https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/de-havilland-eyes-restarting-sherpa-and-dash-8-production/163432.article

The Circle Line plan is likely to be held hostage at the planning stage until the A5 Dualling project is green lighted. Which can't happen without a reworking of the Climate Change Act (NI) 2022.  Don't hold your breath.

A transport project which will link Dublin city centre to its airport has been given the go ahead, Ireland's planning board An Coimisiún Pleanála has announced.
The Metrolink plan is expected to come into operation by the early 2030s and could cost €9.5bn (£8.16bn).
It aims to connect the north and south sides of the city and will be 19.4km in length with 16 stations mostly underground.

The Irish Department of Transport said there would be trains running every three minutes at peak times, capable of carrying up to 20,000 passengers per hour in each direction.

Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqr11240eo

Will be interested to see if they include a spur off the Belfast > Dublin line to the airport, which would be yet one incentive to use Dublin for flights. The north needs to get its act together and get the Circle Line up and running or they're going to fall even further behind.

Learjet 55 YV3440 overran runway 28L on takeoff from Caracas-Simón Bolívar Int Airport (CCS), and burst into flames.
The pilot and co-pilot died,two passengers were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/546723

Quote from: JasonT1981 on Sep 29, 2025, 14:30Would you be ok with me sharing these to Newcastle FoF and AirshowsNI FB pages?

Absolutely - share away at the YT links. Keen to share the memories.

Back in the day several UFC members had made good contacts and were not afraid to ask from different sources. I remember talking to Gary Numan (Harvard painted as  Japanese Zero G-AZSC) for a while and he signed a heap of his records I brought with me.
Also commentator Angelo Cunningham had plenty of contacts to get interesting aircraft across.
One of the most impressive was the USAF F-111 which was mid 80's maybe 1985 or 86,that thing could shift.

Would you be ok with me sharing these to Newcastle FoF and AirshowsNI FB pages?