BOAC - Better on a camel
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BOAC - Better on a camel
BOAC & BEA reminiscences website soemone told me about this weekend
<FONT COLOR=BLUE>BETTER ON A CAMEL<B></BIG></FONT>
<FONT COLOR=BLUE>BETTER ON A CAMEL<B></BIG></FONT>
A great airline - but I remember it as Boys Overseas After Crumpet
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Apologies to Alitalia.
"All ladies in transit always leave in agony".
As for Qantas.....
Surely BOAC means "Better off at Caledonian".
Ciarain.
"All ladies in transit always leave in agony".
As for Qantas.....
Surely BOAC means "Better off at Caledonian".
Ciarain.
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When I worked there it was knows a British Overstaffed Airways Corporation.
Then it was rolled up with those grammar school and secondary modern oiks from BEA and it was never the same
Then it was rolled up with those grammar school and secondary modern oiks from BEA and it was never the same
PAL - Plane Always Late
PWA - Please Wait Awhile
Trans Texas Airways - Tree Top Airlines or Tinker Toy Arlines
PWA - Please Wait Awhile
Trans Texas Airways - Tree Top Airlines or Tinker Toy Arlines
When Trans-Texas Airways changed its name to Texas International Airlines, the company ran newspaper ads showing a Tinker Toy airplane flying along treetops. The copy read "No More Tinker Toys. No More Treetops. We are now Texas International Airlines."