BOAC 747 - April 1971

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Originally Posted by flash8

The original label is "BOAC April 1971 - B747 complete crew in front of aircraft LHR - April 1971", so you may well be right (I have no idea personally but imagine they were introduced around that time?).

First delivery 22 April 1970. They then sat unused for a whole year in an industrial dispute with the pilots over rates of pay on it. Only 747 introductory carrier where this happened.

Originally Posted by mtogw

As an 11 year old our VC10 flight to Lagos was delayed 24 hrs due to 'generator problems'..??!! BOAC looked after us wonderfully,, including a trip to the zoo and a ride over to the hangar to see the new 747 ,, It was a lasting impression,, we were all regular fliers and copletely in awe !!

That was in the days when this sort of thing happened. Remember a near-12 hour delay on Wardair at Gatwick, we were coached for a tour of Beachy Head etc, ending up for dinner at a hotel in Brighton before getting back.

Last time I had a big issue with BA at Heathrow I got a £5 refreshment voucher ... which the Pret-a-Manger near the gates then refused as "we don't take those".