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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

4th Dec 2017, 22:59

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Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

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Posted By WHBM

Most did stop there. Here's the timetable. ...

Most did stop there. Here's the timetable.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/be/be67/be67-20.jpg

The four Thomson brochure brands were these (Skytours being the big one), along woth...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Dec 2017, 21:51

Replies: 60

Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

Views: 26,346

Posted By WHBM

Caledonian (most likely), Donaldson and Lloyd...

Caledonian (most likely), Donaldson and Lloyd were basing Britannias at Gatwick in 1969. They lasted just a year or two longer - the same as Channel Airways did !

Own first foreign holiday with a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Nov 2017, 22:52

Replies: 60

Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

Views: 26,346

Posted By WHBM

Quite likely it was BUA. Their MD at the time,...

Quite likely it was BUA. Their MD at the time, Freddie Laker, was a pioneer in negotiating such holiday flight contracts. In 1966 Fred fell out with BUA's owners, stuffy old shipping companies,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

7th Jul 2012, 21:14

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Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

Views: 26,346

Posted By WHBM

This was one of what became quite an operation in...

This was one of what became quite an operation in the Spring, visiting the "Dutch Bulbfields" and other attractions, for day return trips, or just a couple of days, using aircraft marginal time just...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jul 2011, 08:38

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Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

Views: 26,346

Posted By WHBM

I think you're probably out, maybe by just a...

I think you're probably out, maybe by just a year. Eagle went bankrupt in November 1968. They were indeed, however, the last operator to actually base a charter fleet (as opposed to doing charters in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Jul 2011, 20:08

Replies: 60

Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

Views: 26,346

Posted By WHBM

Not long term. Eventually they renewed their...

Not long term. Eventually they renewed their fleet with a big investment in brand new 737s.

Again not so. BA were one of the bigger players (although many customers didn't know it) by having...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Jul 2011, 17:54

Replies: 60

Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

Views: 26,346

Posted By WHBM

Not quite. BEA started their BEA Airtours...

Not quite. BEA started their BEA Airtours operations in the late 1960s with retired Comets they found nobody else wanted, and made a substantial business that worked through several generations of...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jul 2011, 13:11

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Memories of holiday-making in the 1960s

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Posted By WHBM

Everyone seems to be recalling their non-aviation...

Everyone seems to be recalling their non-aviation hols at home here.

Meanwhile, over at the airport, it was a decade of probably greater change than has been seen since. In 1960 there were a...

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