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Old 18th Jan 2020, 20:01
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skerry
 
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Last week I flew LIS-ALC on a TAP Express/White Airways ATR72, exactly two hours; with a window seat I did enjoy watching the Iberian geography drift past at our low level . My first ever flight, at the age of nine months, was about thirteen hours London-Kano on a BOAC Britannia. Although I flew on Britannias a number of times (according to my JuniorJet Club logbook) I have no memory of those flights, and I do wonder how the Whispering Giant compares to the modern turboprop. Does anyone have any idea about the seat pitch on a Britannia back in the day, the noise level, and even just how many seats abreast it was?
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