I flew as a passenger in a BA 757 from Edinburgh to Heathrow in about April 83. My colleague and I had been visiting what was then Ferranti in Edinburgh, and were studying the possible introduction of colour CRT displays into helicopters. As a result of a polite request, and a business card, to a FA, we spent almost the entire flight to Heathrow in the cockpit discussing the then new EFIS and EICAS systems with the crew. It was supposed to have been a Trident on the shuttle, but the 757 turned up instead. There were 4 captains on the flight deck, as I recall. One of the most memorable aspects of the flight was a take-off run of around 25 seconds, unlike the Trident. Those were the days
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