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Date: 2009-04-20...background in aviation? I joined (British Airways' predecessor) BOAC in 1970 after training, flying the (Vickers) VC10 and...Links posted in this story: Airbus A380| Airbus| BOAC| Boeing| Boeing 777| British Airways| McDonnell...
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Date: 2009-01-02...the Comet finally entered service with BOAC on 2 May 1952 between London and Johannesburg...Comet's 500mph cruise speed cut 17h off BOAC's existing DC-6B piston service. The...anniversary of that maiden service, when a BOAC Comet 1 crashed shortly after take...
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Date: 2009-04-20...helicopter pilot. He then left the Royal Navy for what was then BOAC and subsequently British Airways, so I am the first full career...back to sea on a cruise! Links posted in this story: BOAC| British Airways| Royal Air Force Sign up to Flight...
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Date: 2009-01-02...same New Year's day went into civil use as the home base of BOAC and BSAA. A BSAA Lancastrian, Star Light, made the first commercial...in this story: Avro| Boeing B-29 Superfortress| BOAC| Boeing| Caproni| Douglas DC-4| Erich Hartmann...
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Date: 2008-07-16...asking them what they want by remembering a famous project of the 1960s. “Just look at the VickersVC10. It was built to serve BOAC’s ‘medium-range Empire’ routes,” Calamkovis says. “Will airlines fund some of the R&D? That becomes difficult...
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Date: 2007-08-21...commercial airline pilot. Following spells with BOAC, British Airways and finally EasyJet, Apperly...was jointly funded by the UK government, BEA and BOAC. My first post saw me joining BOAC's Vickers VC10 fleet in 1968, where I spent...
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Date: 2006-02-10...near Southend, after acquiring 12 ex- BOAC converted Halifax bombers, known as Haltons...inclusive-tour flights with two ex- BOAC Bristol Britannias 1971 Laker Airways...Airbus A300| Airbus| Airwork| BOAC| Boeing| British Airways| McDonnell...
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Date: 2007-11-13...had to use the archives of the Public Records Office in London, BOAC records from the British Airways Museum, documents from Syrian...to cope with the demand. Links posted in this story: BOAC| British Airways| Middle East Airlines| Syrian Arab...
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Date: 2006-05-16...Level_16_May_2006_W445 Dubai blues Fellow ex- BOAC nephew Clive Raymond questions our sums when he writes to say...story: Airbus A320| Airbus| BAC One-Eleven| BOAC| McDonnell Douglas DC-9| Douglas DC-9| McDonnell...
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Date: 1999-06-23...Trinidad and Tobago by New Zealander Lowell Yerex was absorbed into the British Overseas Airways ( BOAC) group as British West Indian Airways - BWIA. When BOAC disposed of the airline in 1961 (a year before the country's independence from the UK...
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Date: 1997-03-26...I arrived," says Flanagan. He was a veteran of the UK's BOAC airline, including stints working abroad, before returning...native north of England. Then, in 1974, came the upheaval of BOAC's merger into the newly formed British Airways. Flanagan...
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Date: 1996-03-27...International, 21 December 1971). Capt James Andrew, flight-development manager for Concorde at BOAC (now British Airways), revealed that BOAC asked the UK Government to start negotiations for supersonic corridors in key areas of the world...
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Date: 2002-06-25...George Edwards of BAC; the Air Minister, Mr Julian Amery; BOAC's managing director, Sir Basil Smallpiece; and BUA's managing...which should result in certification within 18 months and first BOAC service early in 1964, were described in Flight International...
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Date: 1997-06-04...UK's Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) for 1997-8. John, with more than 40 years' experience in aviation, started with BOAC as an apprentice. Among the other airlines he has worked for are Cathay Pacific, Kuwait Airways and Malaysia-Singapore Airlines...
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Date: 2002-02-12...rescheduling of services and routine maintenance checks to start on the first three aircraft, as modification of the fifth machine (G- BOAC) begins. The fifth aircraft is due to return to service in May, and BA had intended to use it to double frequencies across...
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Date: 1999-04-07...Travel Agency) as the vehicle for the new airline's launch. Maurice Flanagan, a veteran of British Airways' predecessor BOAC, had been running DNATA and was appointed to run the new airline operation, reporting to chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al...
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Date: 2002-05-28...first with a new cabin upgrade. Four BA Concordes have returned to service and work is under way on the fifth aircraft (G- BOAC). The work involves installing fuel-tank liners and other modifications required for the return of the aircraft's certificate...
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Date: 1998-07-22... Overran the runway in heavy rain. Gear was destroyed. 25-May British AirwaysA erospatiale/BAC Concorde (G- BOAC) En route London-New York -/- 9-53 ER Passing through FL410 in cruise/climb out of London Heathrow...
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Date: 1995-12-06...Airlines. BA had fitted three Concordes with the modified antenna up to 20 November, by which time the lead aircraft (G- BOAC) had accumulated 148 cycles. The modified antenna was approved by the FAA on 22 November. The UK Civil Aviation Authority...
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