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Old 27th Jan 2017, 20:17
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by Mooncrest
It's been discussed on Pprune before but Albion was associated with British Airways Regional Division in the 1970s, i.e. the combined BEA, Northeast and Cambrian Viscount fleets. I have a vague recollection of the Leeds Bradford fleet (at least) using the Albion callsign with the last two letters of the aircraft registration, e.g. Albion Echo X-ray (G-APEX). However, I was a mere bairn at the time so I could be wrong.
IIRC, BA Regional had their own designator as well to accompany the Albion callsign. BZ rings a bell.
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