WITD, it was Atlanta, and that Scottish-based tailplane became known as the "Georgia Cross."
Allegedly, of course, but hey! it's a good story.
As to naming BA aircraft... well, lets see, we've had rivers, we've done the castles,
we've hammered the cities into the ground. So what's left?
Prisons! That's the answer... prisons. Just imagine it.... "Dartmoor," "Carstairs," "Barlinnie,"
"Wormwood Scrubs," etc.
Ahhhh.....why our marketing department didn't catch on to that little gem, I will never know.
Can I have my £10,000 Brainwave award now, please?
Prisons. Mark my words... one day.....
£6
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I didn't do it, you didn't see me do it, you cant prove a thing!
[This message has been edited by Sick Squid (edited 13 May 2001).]