In 1976 a Jersey-based air taxi operator purchased two elderly
Dakota aircraft for cargo charters as Air Atlantique. Thus began
the saga of an airline that would eventually operate one of the
largest fleets of Dakotas in the world, acquire four-engined
vintage propliners, diversify into passenger charters and pleasure
flying and oil-spill response work, and take over the lease on its
Coventry Airport base. From here a fleet of historic aircraft
sallied forth to participate in air shows around the UK. The
impending retirement of the airline's founder Mike Collett brought
about changes, but the freight charters and pleasure flying
continued until new regulations brought passenger flying in the
Dakotas to an end. Undaunted, Air Atlantique went on to open an
aviation museum and visitor centre at Coventry. This is the story
of a unique and much-loved British airline.
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