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Old 6th September 2008, 00:40   #18 (permalink)
Captain Capstan
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Manchester
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The reason that Thomson is spelt with no P is that the Thomson Corporation owned Thomson Holidays and Britannia Airways. The Thomson name comes from Lord Thomson of Fleet whose family were the founders of the Thomson Corporation. The ATC call sign is spelt TOMSON to ensure that the callsign is pronounced as it is in the UK and not with a TH at the beginning
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