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1958
1958 - 0017.PDF
3 January 1958 17 1AST month Britannia 312s and 313s were introduced onJ to the North Atlantic, Britannia 302s on to the New Yerk - Mexico service, and an epoch-making non-stop flightwas made by El Al from New York to Tel-Aviv. These photographs record Britannia activities in the closingdays of December 1957: B.O.A.C.'s Britannia G-AOVC, about to start the first transatlantic service by a British air-craft, is seen standing alongside the statue of Alcock and Brown —first to fly the Atlantic direct; above is the same aircraft taxying out to take-off and the seats and bunks of B.O.A.C.'s52-seat de-luxe and first class interior. Below is El Al's 313 shortly before the Israeli airline's inaugural transatlantic flighion December 22-23 and on the left is Aeronaves de Mexico's second 302, which entered service on December 18. Thefollowing day a Britannia flew between Mexico City and New York in 5hr 20min—an hour and 20 minutes faster thanthe current scheduled time for other aircraft. Canadian Pacific will be the next airline to take delivery of Britannias.
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