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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Sep 2022, 13:45

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

It's reported elsewhere and I think in this...

It's reported elsewhere and I think in this thread that there was a period when some BKS services were operated by aircraft in BEA livery and flown by BEA crews. I lived near the airport until 69 and...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Aug 2022, 09:00

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Northeast-Airlines...

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Northeast-Airlines-British-Airways/Vickers-806-Viscount/393631

Edit, another example, this one at LBA on stand 3.
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th Aug 2022, 12:57

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

Is the film referred to in the OP available on...

Is the film referred to in the OP available on the net?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 21:06

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

The Trident suggestion re G-AVYD covers the...

The Trident suggestion re G-AVYD covers the Yankee Delta oddity.
How far back to four letter ICAO codes go?
East Midlands IATA designator was CDD as late as 1975.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 21:02

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

We could see the YD beacon from our back window...

We could see the YD beacon from our back window mentioned upthread; t lasted well into the seventies and possibly up to the runway extension.

Morse light beacons were common on aerodromes well...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 14:57

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

Are we barking up the wrong tree with YD being...

Are we barking up the wrong tree with YD being Yeadon?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 13:33

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

The BZ IATA prefix and call sign Albion were used...

The BZ IATA prefix and call sign Albion were used by BA's Regional Division from around 1977.

With the merger of the Northeast, Cambrian and Channel/Scottish operations in April 1976 the practice...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 13:06

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

Which Yankee Delta was this? The V806...

Which Yankee Delta was this?

The V806 machines were in the G-AOYx sequence. The first was AOYF (C/N255) but was written off at Johannesburg before entering BEA service.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 12:37

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

So far as I can see the presenting question was...

So far as I can see the presenting question was about the presence of a BEA 'Red Square' liveried Viscount at LBA in 1971. I can certainly remember seeing them in the relatively early days of the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 12:25

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

That's consistent with other information in which...

That's consistent with other information in which case I've misremembered and am mixing trips to the Scillies. We went in in both 68 and 69.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Aug 2022, 11:30

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BEA and Northeast Viscount 800s

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Posted By Airbanda

Wondering about the attribution of this film to...

Wondering about the attribution of this film to 1971. The BEA Speedjack livery was on a BEA Helicopters S61N I flew on from Penzance to St Marys and return in May 68. Did red square last into the...

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