British Airways retro painting 747-400 in BOAC colors
 

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?

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. :O

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.

Can they do one in Imperial Airways livery too? Would look good in all-over silver with registration in large letters on top of, and underneath, the wings.

Strictly speaking, to be a truly representative retro 747-100 it should start by sitting on the ground at LHR for six months :O

...with concrete blocks instead of engines !

Spare engines for Pan Am and TWA to keep their show on the road, good solution for all involved including Boeing.

Would love to see them do one in BCAL livery. Also Dan Air would be nice to see for one last time.

Its going to be on a number of types

Well two types, anyway: three B744s and one A319 (the latter presumably in either the BEA red square or Speedjack scheme).

White Aircraft witj just the tail................................. seems to be de rigeur in IAG owned airlines now.

Circa 1960's in-flight service with flight attendants dressed in period uniforms would be rather pleasant too!

Just what I would wish for, probably give the noise measuring stations apoplexy too.

That would need to be a DC10..the Queen..:ok:

LookingForAJob,

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.

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.

Nice move , but from BA web site : and
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.:)