Originally Posted by
Helol
Here's a question. I first flew around 1973/4 ish... I flew alone from MAN-BRU, when I was 8/9 yrs old. It was BA, but I may also have flown SABENA (which I did in later years). What used to be said about them? 'Such A Bad Experience Never Again' Well, I liked Sabena.
It 'may' have been with BEA, rather than BA... but my question is, what type of ac would I have flown on...? I can't remember. The only flights I remember were the BA 747 flights down to JNB from 1975.
Normally I would point you at
https://www.timetableimages.com but there is a paucity of images from the period around the BEA/BA handover, 1 April 1974. The closest in date I can find is
https://www.vc10.net/Files/BA_1978-1979Timetableno1.pdf , when the route was flown by a BAC 1-11. (Page 26)
The last timetable listed for BEA was in 1968,
https://www.timetableimages.com/ttim...6/be686-27.jpg , when BEA was flying that route with a Trident. Then there's a ten year gap with no timetables contributed to the site by readers.