BOAC 747 - April 1971
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BOAC 747 - April 1971
Boeing 747 LHR April 1971 (With due credit to dibley.eu.com (Hugh Dibley))
It is hard to imagine this was fifty years ago, just was viewing and it struck me exactly to the month.
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Maybe the first 747 flight LHR-JFK or one of the proving flights.
Seven hosties per 50 pax sounds about right. But 10 Pilots
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Seven hosties per 50 pax sounds about right. But 10 Pilots 😁
And flight engineers I think the INS cut out the Nav with the 747 intro!
The early 747's still had the sextant mounting, having been initially designed when Astro was King, but it was designated as the smoke removal port when the 747 was finally introduced into service.
Can anyone name the crew? I am an ex 747 Capt.
Third from the right is Hugh Dibley, not sure about the captain, possibly Phil Brentnall?
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My wife and I flew to the U.S. Grand Prix in '77??? with Capt. Dibley. He was kind enough to invite me to the Flight Deck. Good old days!. At the time, he was quite well known as a racing driver, competing with the Howmet Gas Turbine car. Aircraft was G-AWNO.
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BOAC film of Hugh Dibley and the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch. Anyone notice anything wrong?
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As an 11 year old our VC10 flight to Lagos was delayed 24 hrs due to 'generator problems'..??!! BOAC looked after us wonderfully,, including a trip to the zoo and a ride over to the hangar to see the new 747 ,, It was a lasting impression,, we were all regular fliers and copletely in awe !!
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Spot on!! He was a 707 copilot at the time. And a very good friend.
Spot on!! He was a 707 copilot at the time. And a very good friend.
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Excellent film, Bergerie, thank you - the cars of that era were so much better looking than they are now. Deliberate error? Showcase the British VC-10 rather than the American interloper?
Going back to the original pic, must have been two or three months later I had my one and only BOAC 747 flight - well, two flights I think, Heathrow - Nairobi via a quick stop at Frankfurt I believe. I would have been seven...
Going back to the original pic, must have been two or three months later I had my one and only BOAC 747 flight - well, two flights I think, Heathrow - Nairobi via a quick stop at Frankfurt I believe. I would have been seven...