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Old 9th Oct 2011, 17:45
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Saltykettle
 
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BOAC to the Caribbean

BOAC was operating the service from Heathrow to the West Indies via Bermuda from 1963 at least, as I flew to and fro in their "Rolls-Royce" 707s as a schoolboy.They were in fact the 707-436, a R-R version of one of the other Series that Boeing built. Bermuda was the compulsory re-fuelling stop, and from that hub they served Kingston, Montego Bay, Mexico City, Port of Spain, Antigua, and no doubt others. We usually left London at 1615 local, arriving at TXKF in the early evening. From my point of view, departures from Bermuda for London were at 23.59, so how they got to say, Kingston and back in time I'm not too sure! From about 1964 the VC-10 and Super VC-10s appeared on the route as well.
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