In Honor And In Memory Of LIAT Airline

[aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

A local Caribbean airline called LIAT has closed its doors after about 60 years of operations and just finished the last flight few days ago.

In honor of memory of LIAT airline, I am presenting one of historic routes of LIAT airline that was flown in yer 1973-1974 when LIAT had four BAC 1-11 jets.

Here is a fun tropical flight from TBPB Grantley Adams International Airport located in Seawell, Christ Church about 8.0 miles from the centre of Barbados' capital city Bridgetown to TJSJ Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport located in Carolina, Puerto Rico three miles southeast of San Juan.

Passengers boarding the plane



Nice tail and well polished engines



Starting engines!!



Turning front wheels to left toward taxiway to taxi to short of runway 09



Long long taxiing to short of runway 09






Holding short of runway 09 awaiting for clearance for take off



Airborne on climb to FL250





Making left turn with nice background view of Barbados to head to northern Caribbean







Crossing island of Barbados to head north



Leaving island of Barbados




Now cruising at FL250 at mach 0.73 which was standard cruising speed and altitude for BAC-111





Passing background view of island of Saint Lucia



Approaching island of Martinique



Cruising across lushful green of island of Martinique



Passing TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport located in Le Lamentin which is a suburb of Martinique's capital Fort-de-France





More cruising across beauty of the same island





Passing Caribbean's most famous volcano called 4,500 ft high Mount Pelée



Leaving island and its volcano





Passing island of Dominica



Passing TDPD Douglas–Charles Airport located 2 miles northwest of Marigot on the northeast coast of Dominica



Passing tiny island of Terre-de-Haut



Passing town of Grand-Bourg in island of Marie-Galante



Approaching island of Guadeloupe



Passing town of La Gosier, Guadeloupe



Passing TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport located in Abymes 2 miles north-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe, France.



Passing town of Port-Louis, Guadeloupe



Leaving the island of Guadeloupe



Approaching island of Antigua





Passing TAPA V. C. Bird International Airport 5.0 miles northeast of St. John's the capital of Antigua



Leaving the island of Antigua



Passing TKPK Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport located just northeast of Basseterre on the island of Saint Kitts



Background view of British Virgin Islands indicates time for descent from FL250 to 7,000 ft



On final approach to runway 08 with nice background view of waters of Bahia de San Juan



Nice view of city of San Juan



Still on final runway approach with background view of waters of Laguna San Juan on right side of plane



Still on final runway approach with background view of same waters of Laguna Los Corozos on left side of plane



Seconds before touchdown on runway 08




TOUCHDOWN





Braking down



Exiting from runway into taxiway toward gates




Thank you for viewing!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!

Regards,

Aharon

[Tom/CalClassic]

Nice to honor the airline, thanks.

LIAT was started by BWIA to operate to smaller airports in the area. It began with a Piper Apache and Beechcraft Twin Bonanza. In the early 60s they were flying De Havilland Herons, and that is what they fly in our AI traffic.

In 1971 BWIA sold its interest and it was taken up by Court Line, another British airline. You might notice that the livery Aharon used in his pictures has a strong resemblance to the Court Line livery of the era.

Thanks again,

[Herman]

Very nice trip Aaron with the Liat BAC1-11 and geography lesson.

Herman