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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Apr 2018, 23:06

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British Airways Aircraft Names

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Posted By WHBM

So much for Wiki-wotsit's simplistic view of the...

So much for Wiki-wotsit's simplistic view of the world. There were some Ambassadors still scheduled on the route in early 1958 (here), though I'm sure some of the Viscount's substitutions had taken...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Apr 2018, 22:34

Replies: 68

British Airways Aircraft Names

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Posted By WHBM

If you are on BE 140 departing Heathrow 0925, it...

If you are on BE 140 departing Heathrow 0925, it does.

Following year it was a Viscount, a whole hour faster from London to Rome.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

12th Apr 2018, 10:16

Replies: 68

British Airways Aircraft Names

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Posted By WHBM

Last ever BEA Ambassador flight was 30 June 1958,...

Last ever BEA Ambassador flight was 30 June 1958, G-AMAF, Cologne to Heathrow. many were then dumped at Cambridge for quite some time, until gradually sold off

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th Apr 2018, 14:53

Replies: 68

British Airways Aircraft Names

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Posted By WHBM

It's always difficult commemorating accident...

It's always difficult commemorating accident victims on the current live operation, as it can be unnerving to certain passengers, however well meaning. The WW2 stairway accident at Bethnal Green,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

5th Aug 2015, 08:33

Replies: 68

British Airways Aircraft Names

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Posted By WHBM

I can understand having a class theme to the...

I can understand having a class theme to the names applied, but I do wonder what is the point of making a wholesale change of all of a type from one set of names to a completely different set. The...

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