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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Dec 2023, 11:46
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

We discussed this one a while ago, it was...

We discussed this one a while ago, it was actually more straightforward than it sounds, London-Hong Kong-Jo'burg-London being just a variation of a Hong Kong return. The Tokyo leg was actually part...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Aug 2016, 16:33
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

When the fan was put on the JT3C, becoming the...

When the fan was put on the JT3C, becoming the JT3D, American and Pan Am did a substantial refit programme for their engines and converted them all to fan, but TWA, Continental and Braniff did not...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Aug 2016, 16:35
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

An interesting story about life on a BOAC 707...

An interesting story about life on a BOAC 707 en-route from Honolulu to Los Angeles, complete with a Hollywood actress on board, etc.

However ...

Did BOAC ever run 707s on the route from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jan 2016, 09:11
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Varig didn't have the early water-injected...

Varig didn't have the early water-injected JT3C-engined 707-120, which was confined to US operators (it was used on B-52s and KC-135 tankers previously). Varig were early 707 operators in 1960, but...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Dec 2015, 19:10
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Was he subsequently a scriptwriter for Fools &...

Was he subsequently a scriptwriter for Fools & Horses ? :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFuYIi5-igc
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Nov 2015, 22:14
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

I'm probably one of the few here who actually...

I'm probably one of the few here who actually went into Sondrestrom (as it was called) in this era, on a Wardair 727 charter routing Prestwick-Sondrestrom-Vancouver in 1968, just as a teenager....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Feb 2015, 11:43
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Aloha Airlines BAC One-Eleven 200 to the left of...

Aloha Airlines BAC One-Eleven 200 to the left of the Pan Am fin in the background (and maybe a second one alongside it behind the Pan Am).
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Feb 2015, 16:55
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Am I correct that you could home in on BBC Radio...

Am I correct that you could home in on BBC Radio 2 long wave at Daventry from halfway across the Atlantic, getting you to within 80 miles of London ? Did you have the kit to give the direction ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2015, 08:40
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Despite all of this a onetime-BOAC 707 was lost...

Despite all of this a onetime-BOAC 707 was lost in the Airtours 707 training accident at Prestwick under exactly the envisaged circumstances as late as 1977. Post 134 above refers.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2015, 10:48
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

This was actually described in a Flight magazine...

This was actually described in a Flight magazine article reporting on the Pan Am first flights into China when they started. It didn't state whether they were Chinese or Western nationals.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2015, 10:00
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Given that the BOAC Hermes misnavigation accident...

Given that the BOAC Hermes misnavigation accident in the Sahara was principally caused by a pilot standing in for the rostered navigator, and not understanding the kit sufficiently, I would have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2015, 22:26
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Thank you very much Lordflasheart for that...

Thank you very much Lordflasheart for that research, and that made me dig in the attic for my original reference, which is (for those who have it) Propliner magazine No 29 (winter 1986), article...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jan 2015, 10:08
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Don't know if any of you former crew recognise...

Don't know if any of you former crew recognise any onetime colleagues here - "BOAC Boeing 707 1964".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82_J8PCCFFs
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2015, 21:42
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

There were British Airtours doing 707-336B trips...

There were British Airtours doing 707-336B trips to LAX into the mid-1980s. Were you BA mainstream 707 guys also handling the Airtours flights from Gatwick, or did they have their own crews (I'm...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2015, 14:17
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

The downside of Bangor westbound is the US...

The downside of Bangor westbound is the US requirement that any flight entering the US has to clear customs/immigration at the first stop, which means you have to get everyone and their bags off,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2015, 12:22
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

I understand the tech stop on the westbound Los...

I understand the tech stop on the westbound Los Angeles flight was at Winnipeg. The San Francisco flight made a commercial stop at New York. I don't know whether there was a crew change at Winnipeg,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jan 2015, 22:22
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

As I understand it the first true high-latitude...

As I understand it the first true high-latitude flights were by SAS with a DC-7C in the mid-1950s, operating Copenhagen-Anchorage-Tokyo, A 1957 timetable here (right hand side, table 2), which...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Dec 2014, 09:27
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

1971 BOAC 707 (and a few others) freighter...

1971 BOAC 707 (and a few others) freighter schedules :

http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ba2/ba71/ba71-51.jpg

http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ba2/ba71/ba71-52.jpg

Bear in mind...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Nov 2014, 08:04
Replies: 279
Views: 125,918
Posted By WHBM

Am I correct that crews were separate for VC-10...

Am I correct that crews were separate for VC-10 and 707, and indeed on the Comet beforehand as well, if anyone goes that far back ?

This being so, I wonder how some of the long line, multi-stop,...
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