British Airways retro painting 747-400 in BOAC colors
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British Airways retro painting 747-400 in BOAC colors
British Airways is to paint one of their fleet in BOAC retro colors
https://www.businesstraveller.com/bu...o-boac-livery/
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I believe that it's first planned flight is on the 19th, and by co-incidence I plan to be at LHR on that date. Would love to get some photo's of the takeoff.
Does anyone know which route this will be used on, and therefore take off time please?
Does anyone know which route this will be used on, and therefore take off time please?
BA Press release here: BRITISH AIRWAYS TO PAINT AIRCRAFT WITH MUCH-LOVED DESIGN FROM AIRLINE'S HISTORY (their caps, not mine!)
Apparently colour photography hadn't been invented in the days of BOAC 747s.
Apparently colour photography hadn't been invented in the days of BOAC 747s.
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Slight lump to the throat as long since departed father-in-law was an SCSO in a 747 looking just like that. Have a photo at home with him in front of one with flight deck crew at JFK. Everyone has enough scrambled egg on their caps to keep a short-order cook in business for a week.
Not seen any details announced in internal comms so far, if I was a betting man I’d put money on it being operated on one of the several JFKs that day.
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British Airways is to paint one of their fleet in BOAC retro colors
https://www.businesstraveller.com/bu...o-boac-livery/
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G-ASGC, the Super VC10 at Duxford is in the BOAC Cunard version of that livery. There are several errors in the paint scheme compared to the original though. Lettering, shape of the 'Speedbird' emblem on the fin, thickness and sweep of the cheatline, etc.
G-ASGC, the Super VC10 at Duxford is in the BOAC Cunard version of that livery. There are several errors in the paint scheme compared to the original though. Lettering, shape of the 'Speedbird' emblem on the fin, thickness and sweep of the cheatline, etc.
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Classy, restrained, distinctive liveries back then. BOAC, Pan Am, TWA, JAL and others. BA should reinstate the Speedbird widget.
Now liveries are too gaudy, like a three year old with crayons. Some look like toothpaste tubes, (American)?
What's the difference between a modern airliner and a toothpaste tube? You squeeze the contents out of a toothpaste tube.
Now liveries are too gaudy, like a three year old with crayons. Some look like toothpaste tubes, (American)?
What's the difference between a modern airliner and a toothpaste tube? You squeeze the contents out of a toothpaste tube.
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Nice move , but from BA web site :
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It is a bit far stretched to claim BA is 100 years old , if you count all the mergers before you., a lot of others could claim the same including AF. I thought the only real airline that can really claim to be 100 years in 2019 is KLM ( and they will celebrate this ) all the other that flew at the time or before have disappeared since. But Ok, I understand it is all about marketing.
As part of its 100-year birthday, British Airways has today announced it will be painting a Boeing 747...etc...
- On August 25, 1919, British Airways’ forerunner company, Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited (AT&T), launched the world's first daily international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
- In 1924, Britain's four main fledgling airlines, which had by then evolved into Instone, Handley Page, Daimler Airways (a successor to AT&T), and British Air Marine Navigation Company Limited, merged to form Imperial Airways Limited, and it goes in ,,.