I think the oldest B.O.A.C. guy to get a direct 707 command was John Varley who became C.F.I at Booker's British Airways Flying School / Club and later worked as an examiner at Blackbushe.
EDIT from private message: Hello there ... and what do you know of the late 'Ginger Tom' Varley? I thought he had a command on the Britannia, and the Argonaut before that?
Wasn't he caught running down a hotel corridor Harry Starkers whilst chasing a hostie? The River Tiber episode was another story told by B.O.A.C.'s Tony Gyselynck?
Last edited by Standby Scum; 8th Apr 2010 at 11:33.