Hoking through the “memory box” on a wet Wednesday morning I rediscovered a 1973 BEA / British Airways Belfast Services timetable.
Ah the days of Viscounts, Vanguards and Tridents. Block-time on the latter from Aldergrove to Heathrow was 1 hour 5 minutes, compared to 1 hr 20 minutes today on a BMI A319 for the slightly shorter run from Sydenham 🙁
Here’s a scan for anyone that’s interested.
Also, a bonus scan of an Invicta Airlines baggage tag!
By: Sky High - 18th November 2010 at 19:28
Yes, yes, yes – don’t keep reminding us of these past goodies!;)
By: Cherry Ripe - 18th November 2010 at 18:03
I’m glad these brought back memories, of people and events, for some of you. I had a good rummage this morning but this seems to have been the only timetable that survived the Great Clear-Out of a few years back, when I gave most of the airline memorabilia that I had unconsciously accumulated to a “collector”.
I’m sure he got a pretty penny for all those old timetables, though I had expected him to scan them and post them online first. Bah.
Does anyone remember those fabulous BA World Timetables that were issued in the 1980s and early 1990s? I spent hours looking though those, imagining connections from Dakar to Nairobi and onwards. At the back they had cabin layouts for the entire fleet and subfleets. Cracking stuff.
By: Sky High - 18th November 2010 at 09:27
Ha! These bring back memories………….:)
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th November 2010 at 06:32
Lovely – I used to look forward to these coming out to see if the LHR-Turnhouse flights had increased or what they had done with the times.
Dairwin – sorry to hear about your dad – may he rest in peace,
Best Regards
Keith
(OG)
Thank you Keith.
By: Old Git - 17th November 2010 at 21:12
Lovely – I used to look forward to these coming out to see if the LHR-Turnhouse flights had increased or what they had done with the times.
Dairwin – sorry to hear about your dad – may he rest in peace,
Best Regards
Keith
(OG)
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th November 2010 at 19:26
Great stuff; very interesting to see these again. Non-stop routing indeed!
My dad was a senior BEA man by the early 1970s, although by 1973 he was appointed BA sales manager New York. Sadly for me, he passed away on Monday of this week 🙁
By: Wondy - 17th November 2010 at 12:30
Very interesting, thanks for the scan!
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