BOAC 747 - April 1971
Do you reckon Hugh bought that Cobra on a BOAC SFO salary?
The original label is "BOAC April 1971 - B747 complete crew in front of aircraft LHR - April 1971", so you may well be right (I have no idea personally but imagine they were introduced around that time?).
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 !!
Last time I had a big issue with BA at Heathrow I got a £5 refreshment voucher ... which the Pret-a-Manger near the gates then refused as "we don't take those".
My first ever flight was on a BOAC 747 G- AWNJ ?? , LHR JFK BA175 , which still exists to this day Dep LHR 1100 Arr JFK 1335 . Staff travel trip (via my dad) Thanksgiving Day with Thanksgiving dinner for lunch and 'Afternoon Tea ' Y was pretty good back then
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Ah those were the days, when airlines were structured for the benefit of the Captain.
About three hours out of Heathrow we were herded out of the upstairs bar which we were told was closed for an hour.
It was so odd that curiosity overcame me and I headed back up the stairs to find the captain having a significant lunch in splendid isolation, being attended to by a handmaiden and the barman.
I was traveling first class.
I understand that in those days the needs of the flight crew had the highest priority, engineering was a consideration and ops had a thing or two to say.
And passengers? well, they were just a damn nuisance.
About three hours out of Heathrow we were herded out of the upstairs bar which we were told was closed for an hour.
It was so odd that curiosity overcame me and I headed back up the stairs to find the captain having a significant lunch in splendid isolation, being attended to by a handmaiden and the barman.
I was traveling first class.
I understand that in those days the needs of the flight crew had the highest priority, engineering was a consideration and ops had a thing or two to say.
And passengers? well, they were just a damn nuisance.
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Murg ..... IIRC - but I wasn't there - Didn't the early 747s also have a LORAN set ?
Mounted somewhere outboard of the F/O's seat ...... Just in Case .......
Where would he lay the LORAN chart if he needed to plot a position ?
It was the size of a small bed sheet. You needed the A Bird's help to fold it.
LFH
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The early 747's still had the sextant mounting,
Mounted somewhere outboard of the F/O's seat ...... Just in Case .......
Where would he lay the LORAN chart if he needed to plot a position ?
It was the size of a small bed sheet. You needed the A Bird's help to fold it.
LFH
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Last edited by Lordflasheart; 5th Apr 2021 at 22:08.
