Hi Nfield750.
SPEEDBIRD is the British Airways callsign and goes back to the old B.O.A.C. days. They had a Gold speedbird emblem on the tail. This was prior to the merger with BEA who used the callsign Beeline to become B.A. Other smaller airlines were also swallowed up like Cambrian.
BRITISH is the callsign of B.A. Cityexpress flying ERJ145, Dash8 and Bae146/RJ100 aircraft.
SHUTTLE is also B.A. aircraft ( I think only 737 and A319/A320 aircraft ?) and on a few routes like Heathrow-Birmingham / Manchester etc but I may be wrong.
I am also an airband enthusiast for over 35 years now, also recent G.A. pilot.
Hope this helps and someone can add to the SHUTTLE callsign.
Regards,
Steve.
Last edited by swp53; 26th Sep 2005 at 17:35.