BA Retro Schemes.
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hammo19 said:
Cracking model Eric. If I remember it was always a challenge to get the reg number on Comets due to its location behind the engine....
By the time I was "spotting", the only significant users of Comets were Dan Air and the RAF - who put their regs and serials in more obvious places on the fuselage..hammo19 said:
LHRFlightman said:
From my office this morning. General view was that this scheme if far nicer then the current one. I'd echo that.
Can I get a job at your office?Good luck.
aeropilot said:
Its the BEA one that I'm waiting for, and which of the BEA schemes it might be....?
I hope it the red square, but gut feeling says its the later blue tail and union flag scheme.
Looks like red square! I hope it the red square, but gut feeling says its the later blue tail and union flag scheme.
https://twitter.com/british_airways/status/1098886...
bobbo89 said:
aeropilot said:
Its the BEA one that I'm waiting for, and which of the BEA schemes it might be....?
I hope it the red square, but gut feeling says its the later blue tail and union flag scheme.
Looks like red square! I hope it the red square, but gut feeling says its the later blue tail and union flag scheme.
https://twitter.com/british_airways/status/1098886...
Had a few close relatives, now all sadly departed, who worked for BEA back in the 'red square' days, so it will be lovely to see this scheme in the air again. As mentioned in that twitter posting, I hope they don't forget to do the red wings as well.
aeropilot said:
Eric Mc said:
Love the advert for BOAC to USA fare of £111 return...!!
If that was 1968 (last year of the red square logo) £111 was equivalent to about £1800 today
. A bargain for a trip in a VC10 though.Edited by Dr Jekyll on Friday 22 February 14:15
A guy i knew travelled on Vanguards on the London -Manchester route.
His long lasting memory was the plane turning at the very end of the runway and the engines being booted up and the plane started to vibrate. Then brakes were off and it use most of the runway to get airborne.
First time he nearly had an accident ,but thereafter loved it
His long lasting memory was the plane turning at the very end of the runway and the engines being booted up and the plane started to vibrate. Then brakes were off and it use most of the runway to get airborne.
First time he nearly had an accident ,but thereafter loved it
nonsequitur said:
aeropilot said:
QuadCamCapri said:
All those, but probably miss the VC10 most of all, as a kid in the 70's I lived under the crosswind Runway 23 Outer Marker, and loved the sound of the Conways.
Also miss the bright colour schemes of the 70's, I now work airside at LHR but find the modern aircraft and liveries boring mostly.
We've been here before, as I was about 7 miles out under R23 Also miss the bright colour schemes of the 70's, I now work airside at LHR but find the modern aircraft and liveries boring mostly.
Of course the BOAC 707's were also fitted with Conway's as well.
Dr Jekyll said:
Not with BOAC.
Not quite. The initial batch of 707s ordered by BOAC were Boeing 707-436s which were indeed powered by Rolls Royce Conways.Later, BOAC also ordered some 707s which were powered by the more normal Pratt and Whitney JT3D turbofans. These were designated Boeing 707-336Cs. Later still they bought some second hand 707-300B/C models.
707-436
707-336C
Eric Mc said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Not with BOAC.
Not quite. The initial batch of 707s ordered by BOAC were Boeing 707-436s which were indeed powered by Rolls Royce Conways.Later, BOAC also ordered some 707s which were powered by the more normal Pratt and Whitney JT3D turbofans. These were designated Boeing 707-336Cs. Later still they bought some second hand 707-300B/C models.
707-436
707-336C
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