The Sandbaggers
TV Series (1978-1980)
Starring:
Roy Marsden (Neil Burnside)
Ray Lonnen (Willie Caine)
Jerome Willis (Matthew Peele)
Bob Sherman (Jeff Ross)
Alan MacNaughton (Sir Geoffrey Wellingham)
Michael Cashman (Mike Wallace)
The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.
Season One
Percival P.66 Pembroke C.1
Ep.01 First Principles.
Fake Norway Air Force ensign, in fact an ex RAF’s Pembroke C.1.
Hawker Siddeley HS.748 Srs2A
Ep.01 First Principles.
Registration G-BDVH, c/n 1746. First registered 9.4.1976 , as demo aircraft of Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd then British Aerospace Aircraft Group in 1978.
Boeing 737-205
Ep.01 First Principles.
Registration LN-SUG, c/n 20412/225 was primary affected to a Fokker F-27. This 737 will be renamed Harald Gille in 1983.
DC-9 of SAS in the background.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41
Ep.01 First Principles.
Season Two
Hawker-Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Ep.02 Enough of Ghosts .
Archive footage of the early 60’s, with former BEA livery.
Boeing 707-300
Ep.03 Decision by Committee .
Fictional airline it seems.
Season Three
Boeing 720-040B
Ep.02 To Hell with Justice.
Registration 9H-AAM, c/n 18378/257. Ex Pakistan International Airways AP-AMG.
Hawker-Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C
Ep.03 Unusual Approach.
Ilyushin Il-62
Ep.03 Unusual Approach.
Ilyushin Il-62M
Ep.04 My Name Is Anna Wiseman.
Registration CCCP-86701, c/n 31504.
Tupolev Tu-134
Ep.04 My Name Is Anna Wiseman .
Ilyushin Il-62
Ep.05 Sometimes We Play Dirty Too.
Official Olympic Carrier title in red.
Fokker F27-200 Friendship
Ep.05 Sometimes We Play Dirty Too.
Ex Air Anglia, still with its colour scheme. Airplane in the foreground is a HS.748.
Boeing 707-300
Ep.07 Opposite Numbers.
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