BOAC Relic

[craven morehead]

Just come across this old BOAC coat hanger in the ironing pile at home British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned national airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II (Wikipedia)

 

[GDSman]

I'll have to see if I can find my Junior Jet Club log book....

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

Just come across this old BOAC coat hanger in the ironing pile at home British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned national airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II (Wikipedia)

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Nice find!

 

[Forg]

My grandmother had a vinyl BOAC bag, was sort of a sports bag (cylindrical shape) in white with blue BOAC lettering and that flying bird logo they had. I remember 'cos she kept a few board games in it.

Just now I was trying to Google something similar to what I remember, and there are a bunch of "retro" bags available with similar logos etc, on sites called things like bondstyle.com ...

 

[bPeteb]

@NM was telling me over the weekend that his love of flying began at age 10 with a family flight to the UK on a BOAC VC10

 

[NM]

Yes, indeed. the BOAC Vickers VC10 was my first international travel chariot. We traveled Brisbane, Darwin, Djakata (as it was known by its Dutch spelling at back then), Singapore, Calcutta (as it was known last century), Dubai, Kuwait, London. I was invited to the flight deck on the Singapore to Calcutta sector and was allowed to sit in the captain's seat and to gentle steer left and right.

There is a BOAC/Cunard livery VC10 in static display at Duxford Imperial Warm Museum - at least it was there 22 years ago when I last visited .

 

[kelvedon]

There is a BOAC/Cunard livery VC10 in static display at Duxford Imperial Warm Museum - at least it was there 22 years ago when I last visited .

It’s still there

 

[Forg]

It’s still there

I was going to say that … but explete me that was mid 2012, what on Earth happened to the 13.5 years in between?!

 

[Julesmac]

Just come across this old BOAC coat hanger in the ironing pile at home British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned national airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II (Wikipedia)

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Am I to understand that this relic has been mouldering at the bottom of your ironing basked all this time? And I thought my teetering pile was embarrassing

 

[Forg]

Am I to understand that this relic has been mouldering at the bottom of your ironing basked all this time? And I thought my teetering pile was embarrassing

Oi! Don’t shame the ironing pile just ‘cos it has 60 year old clean clothes at the base …

 

[kelvedon]

Other passenger jets on display at Duxford are a Trident, a BAC one eleven,, a Bae 146, Comet, and a Concorde.

The British Airliner Collection at Duxford

Here's the full list of classic airliners in our collection here at Duxford. It's a living collection, with an open-door philosophy. Climb aboard the heroic Berlin Airlifter, our superb Avro York, see fifties first-class luxury on board the ground-breaking Comet, or see the mighty Concorde...

www.britairliners.org

 

[NM]

It’s still there

That's great I didn't expect it had flown to another destination just yet

 

[NM]

And those who attended the 17th Annual Gathering in Brisbane last year, at the Saturday dinner we had some trivia questions, one of which was a DYKWIA (the AFF version of Who am I?).

I was born in Brooklands, Surry in the UK in 1962. While home was the UK, I traveled the world regularly from a very early age. Some people have said that I was born to fly. In one of my many long-haul trips I crossed the Atlantic in 5 hours and 1 minute, which was a commercial flight speed record that took 41 years to be beaten.

I was born into a large family with several siblings recruited into the Royal Air Force and taking up flying roles in troop transport and aerial refueling, but never directly flying ground or air attack missions.

I spent 20 years flying for BOAC and British Airways, operating flights all over the world, including to and from Australia and many flights to and within Africa. I had the absolute privilege of flying the Royal Family on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s bicentennial tour of America, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher insisted I fly her to many international meetings.

During my 50 year flying career, I flew for many airlines, including BOAC/BA, Gulf Air, Air Ceylon, East African Airways, Ghana Airways, Middle East Airlines, Air Malawi, Nigeria Airways, and Siera Leon Airways.

I also flew military and government operations for the Royal Air Force, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Oman Royal Flight, Qatar Amiri Flight and the Government of the UAE.

I finally retired from flying operations in September 2013.

I am mostly known for being loud and good performance in high and hot conditions. I am well recognized for my 4 tail-mounted Rolls Royce Conway Engines.

I am … The Vickers VC10