It was indeed. Roy and Merlyn ran a great little organisation, although they never made much, if any, real money out of it. They did well to build up London City, only to be overtaken by larger carriers with more substantial aircraft than the little Dornier, and, in truth, better commercial contacts with the major business organisations who provide much of the traffic on the route. Roy died a while back, and while Merlyn carried on for a while, the business was eventually sold off. Believe it or not, though, a couple of those Dorniers are still around the UK. At the end they concentrated mainly on high-end charters, major sports teams, political groups, that sort of thing, for which the notably fast 30-seat Do328 was quite suited. Merlyn, an ex-lawyer, always went on board these to ensure that everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, ran perfectly. Woe betide the duty manager at the handling agent at the destination if it didn't.

Some comments on Roy's memorial service at Duxford aircraft museum.

http://www.pprune.org/where-they-now...g-airways.html

Meanwhile, conscious that some here may be passing through Edinburgh in the near future, here's a decidedly juvenile bit of writing from long ago and far away describing flights from there to London, including Scot/Suckling. Only one of the three carriers mentioned now survives.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ml#post1662578

and here's a picture of those times when Roy and Merlyn took delivery of their first ever Dornier 228. I think that may be Aneeta on the far left.