Late 1960s BEA liveries
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Late 1960s BEA liveries
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When in the late 1960s did BEA introduce their new latest livery? Replacing the white colour scheme with the BEA 'box' logo...
When in the late 1960s did BEA introduce their new latest livery? Replacing the white colour scheme with the BEA 'box' logo...
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Known as 'Speedjack' apparently. Strange, I never heard that name before, and I was sharing a flat with three BEA General Apprentices at the time.
Known as 'Speedjack' apparently. Strange, I never heard that name before, and I was sharing a flat with three BEA General Apprentices at the time.
Having said that, we engineers didn't tend to spend our time sitting around discussing what colour our aircraft were painted.
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That was possibly my next question....How long did the original BEA livery linger on?
Was this a similar scenario when they became part of British Airways. There were still Tridents in the 'Speedjack' livery in 1978, four years after the merger.
Was this a similar scenario when they became part of British Airways. There were still Tridents in the 'Speedjack' livery in 1978, four years after the merger.
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BEA red box on the tail ,Red wings ,black cheat line late 50s. Big BEA over the front doors and small BEA over rear doors and funny Union jack on tail middle to late 60s, [took a long time to repaint whole fleet normally painted after a major o/h ].BEA AND red wings disappeared after amalgamation in the early 70s and a small "Speedbird " forward of main door and British Airways added, please forgive there were a few other tweeks but these were the main ones.Please remember BEA had a big fleet of aircraft and it took a long time to repaint the whole fleet of differant planes.
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I don't normally give Wiki much credit but this might be interesting, if you've not already seen it; British European Airways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The next to last bit is concerned with liveries.
The next to last bit is concerned with liveries.
Aerocard model of B787 in 'Red Box' BEA livery (just for fun)
