From memory….

Air Europe Boeing 757-200

JAT Boeing 727-200

Cal Air Douglas DC10-30

Britannia Boeing 737-200

Thomsonfly Boeing 737-300

British Midland/BMI Vickers Viscount, Douglas DC9-15/DC9-32, Boeing 737-200/300/400/500, Fokker 70/100, Saab 340. Embraer 135/145.
Airbus A319/320/321

BMI Baby Boeing 737-500

Capital Airlines Shorts SD-360

Knight Air Embraer EMB-110 Bandierante

Air UK Fokker F27. Fokker 50

Air UK Leisure Boeing 737-200

Air Malta Boeing 737-200

Dan-Air BAE 146-100

Gill Airways Shorts SD-360

Brymon Airways De Havilland DH-7/DH-6 Twin Otter

British Airways Helicopters/British International Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N

Aurigny Airways BN Trislander, Shorts SD-360

British Airways Boeing 757-200/767-200/767-300/747-400

America West Airbus A320

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 Airbus A340-300/A340-600

American Boeing 767-300/737-800/757-200

United Boeing 727-200/737-300/737-800/757-200/777-300/747-400
Bombardier CRJ700, Airbus A320

Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800/737-700/767-400

Ryanair Boeing 737-200/737-800

Jet2 Boeing 737-300/757-200

Flybe De Havilland DH8-Q400

Air Atlantique Douglas DC3

Excellent shots CW. That said am I alone in thinking that the A380 is one of the ugliest aircraft ever?

Bobleeds

What wonderful photos!

I was a regular passenger between LBA and Heathrow in that era (well 87 onwards) and the variety of airlines and aircraft was way more interesting than today IMHO.

I fondly remember being aboard the British Midland DC9’s on the BD420 waiting in the queue for take off seeing the lufthansa 727’s lining up ahead of us and then hearing the roar of their engines as they blasted down 27R and into the evening sky.

Please lets see some more scans.

The constant threat of strike action and debacles with baggage handling has caused me and i’m sure tens of thousands of other potential passengers to completely rule out using BA in the future. My once yearly transatlantic holiday is too precious to me to be ruined by the actions of militant cabin or flight crew.

I’m afraid more and more people will be adopting the “ABBA” approach – “Anything But British Airways” when making their bookings for this summer.

Does it still have the smell from a nearby chicken processing plant?

We had a similar thread a couple of years back, so I’ll lift my example from that thread…..Back in the days when BMI were still good old British Midland, and were still profitably flying B733’s from Heathrow to Leeds, I was on the 420 on a particularly stormy windy night (both on departure from Heathrow and all the way up to Leeds). The Pilot, an Australian with a wicked sense of humour was making a number of light-hearted comments through the flight to calm our nerves (?).

He kindly advised that “the good news is the 45+ knots wind at Leeds has eased to around 30 knots, the bad news is it’s now blowing straight across the runway rather than down it”. “It’s going to be bumpy the whole way up so enjoy the Diamond Service bar – If I were back with you guys I’d be asking for a very large one!” Rather than the usual “Cabin Crew -10 Minutes to landing” message we got “10 minutes to splashdown ladies!”

After a very “lumpy” approach in the turbulence with much crabbing into the south westerly gale we made a firm, but under the circumstances, excellent landing. We slowed up, to great applause from the passengers, and the pilot comes back on the mic. “OK folks you can take your hands off your eyes – I know it’s safe to do so because my first officer has just done so!”

Google her……Phwoarrrr!;)

Apologies Paul,

Come to think of it, I believe it may be that one of your earlier posts has lodged subliminally in what’s left of my grey-matter.

In any event the BOAC and BEA liveries would look fantastic!

Can any of our computer literate posters produce mock-ups?

Bob