'Bealine' was the BEA c/s throughout my spotting days in the late 1960s/early '70s.
I also remember the Norjet/Cambrian ones too. The NE VC8s and Tridents were easily visible heading down Amber One East from EGNM/EGNT.
Before ICAO flight-prefixes became 3 letters, BOAC/Speedbird was BA and BEA/Bealine was BE. I don't know when the Beeline c/s was introduced though?
British Midland's prefix was BD.
Britannia were BY, I think Monarch were OM?
The 2 letter codes were still in use when I joined NATS in 1979. I think the change to 3 letters was in the mid 1980s?
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