Originally Posted by
Wookey
In the BEA era, i seem to remember that once the runway had been lengthened the regular Viscount was occasionally substituted by a Vanguard, particularly first flight in the morning after night stop. I also think there was at least once a Trident used to attempt a record time between HRW and BHX?
By 1967 the Birmingham overnight was regularly scheduled for a Vanguard. Here's the timetable
be67d-02.jpg (2225×1254) (timetableimages.com)