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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Dec 2014, 14:45

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Important British Aircraft

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Posted By WHBM

I somehow recall that in the early British...

I somehow recall that in the early British Airways days, which coincided with the introduction of the Tristar, a Merchantman did a trip, maybe more, over to Palmdale with some UK components (seats...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Dec 2014, 22:39

Replies: 126

Important British Aircraft

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Posted By WHBM

Not quite. The big batch of BOAC 707-436s were...

Not quite. The big batch of BOAC 707-436s were delivered mostly in 1960, coincident with the last of the Comet 4s, with a few a couple of years later. Vickers hadn't even started cutting metal on the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Dec 2014, 16:07

Replies: 126

Important British Aircraft

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Posted By WHBM

Actually the shortfall was realised early on....

Actually the shortfall was realised early on. Civil flying was allowed to restart in the UK in January 1946, and just three months later the first of a quite sizeable Lockheed Constellation fleet was...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Dec 2014, 14:07

Replies: 126

Important British Aircraft

Views: 15,802

Posted By WHBM

The four-engine bombers, Avro Lancaster and...

The four-engine bombers, Avro Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax (I'm adding that in, in part, due to Mr WHBM Senior being WW2 Halifax aircrew ), seemingly very good examples of contemporary design,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Dec 2014, 13:31

Replies: 126

Important British Aircraft

Views: 15,802

Posted By WHBM

I think the Boeing visit to DeH prior to the 727...

I think the Boeing visit to DeH prior to the 727 is fairly widely known. However, you wouldn't get anything significant out of one visit. Furthermore, with Rolls deciding not to go ahead with the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Dec 2014, 23:04

Replies: 126

Important British Aircraft

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Posted By WHBM

Actually it wasn't that much of a sales success,...

Actually it wasn't that much of a sales success, apart from right at the start selling to a couple of mainstream US airlines, who sold them off quite quickly, and BEA's final purchase of 18 of the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Dec 2014, 22:29

Replies: 126

Important British Aircraft

Views: 15,802

Posted By WHBM

Airbus. Sure we design and build just the...

Airbus.

Sure we design and build just the wings (Broughton and Filton), and on the increasing proportion powered by Rolls (Derby), the engines. But with over 13,000 ordered, and over 8,000 now...

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