I have been a loyal British Midland (what does bmi stand for?) customer for
many years. Coming from Loughborough I had several friends who worked for
BMA at Castle Donnington - my first ever flight in 1968 was with British
Midland from EMA to GLA with my best friends father (a pilot with BMA)
flying the plane! (a BAC 1-11 I recall).:
Think you'll find it was a DC9 (probably a -30) iso a BAC1-11