Originally Posted by
Offchocks
Using an online inflation calculator, I came up with £1000 in 1962 is the equivalent of £20,932 in 2018.
That's about right. The purchasing power of £1 today approximates to a shilling 60 years ago. Those of us who did the BEA/BOAC sponsored course for graduates at Kidlington were told that the cost of the training was approx £5000, of which we would repay £1000 over 5 years.
Interesting that the 707 in the BOAC pamphlet doesn't feature the 'D P Davies' mods - heightened fin (to improve directional stability and engine-out handling) and ventral fin (to prevent over-rotation on take-off). Is the photo a mock-up or a Boeing demonstrator in BOAC livery?