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Old 25th Oct 2007, 19:58
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The SSK

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BYALPHAINDIA - I've got a BCal tie and cufflinks which I've been meaning to put on ebay, watch this space.

My last flight on BCal was on the curious 747 operation Brussels-Gatwick-transatlantic, with half BCal and half Sabena cabin crew. Anybody remember that?

And before BCal - as a sprog spotter in 1964 I spent a week lodging with the BUA Personnel Director, a friend of an uncle of mine. He had a house in Lowfield Heath, with the LGW runway at the bottom of the garden. Thanks to him I was able to watch the first-ever touchdown at LGW of a BUA VC10 (G-ASIW?) at a distance of about 100 metres from the point of contact. Apart from a Lockheed Jetstar, it was the only jet I saw there all week.
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