British Caledonian
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
London – Gatwick (LGW / EGKK)
UK – England, July 1985
G-DCIO (cn 48277) This was a sight to behold. The whole left side of the pier was filled with British Caledonian DC10’s. There were 9 of em. These were the first 6.
By: Eric Mc - 20th February 2004 at 18:00
I flew to Houston in 1981 on a BCal DC-10 (and returned on a similar aircraft). They were lovely flights with cheery and helpful staff. We even got a trip to the flight deck on each flight.
BCal itself was formed when the original Scoittish based airline, Caledonian, merged with British United Airways in 1970.
By: Ren Frew - 18th February 2004 at 22:14
Great pic Steve and a reminder of my early days as an aviation enthusiast. Those B/Cal DC-10’s would make the odd visit to Glasgow on summer charter work, but generally speaking GLA was a B/Cal BAC1-11 stomping ground.
By: EAL_KING - 18th February 2004 at 18:40
ba had dc10s in the mid 90’s also because of their co operation with us airways
By: Bhoy - 18th February 2004 at 17:39
Originally posted by Bmused55
And that now explained to me why BA had some DC-10’s.
It’s also where BA’s first batch of A320’s came from. they had been ordered by B-Cal but were delivered already in BA livery.
By: dcfly - 18th February 2004 at 17:18
This pic was taken when it was good viewing at Gatwick,
daveboy
By: Bmused55 - 18th February 2004 at 15:17
And that now explained to me why BA had some DC-10’s.
Oh, I love that Reg btw, G-DCIO quite clever.
By: Bhoy - 18th February 2004 at 15:05
Originally posted by Jeanske_SN
Whata irline was it acutallly? Did it also go up in BA?
Yes, BA bought it up in around ’87. Subsequently, BA used the B-Cal name for it’s Charter division (previously British Airtours); The name however soon dissapeared, before resurfacing as Caledonian, which eventually was merged into jmc, before becoming TCX.
By: Airline owner - 18th February 2004 at 14:58
Originally posted by Jeanske_SN
Whata irline was it acutallly? Did it also go up in BA?
British Caledonian:D 😀 😀
By: Jeanske_SN - 18th February 2004 at 14:53
Whata irline was it acutallly? Did it also go up in BA?
By: Airline owner - 18th February 2004 at 14:41
I never seen a British Calendonian.
By: Bmused55 - 18th February 2004 at 09:35
Re: Nostalgic pic
Originally posted by steve rowell
British Caledonian
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
London – Gatwick (LGW / EGKK)
UK – England, July 1985
G-DCIO (cn 48277) This was a sight to behold. The whole left side of the pier was filled with British Caledonian DC10’s. There were 9 of em. These were the first 6.
My My, that certainly is impressive
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