nostalgia time - remember these?
Jul 20, 2005, 10:54 am
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nostalgia time - remember these?
- Helicopter shuttle between Heathrow and Gatwick?
- The short hop from Heathrow to Birmingham?
- 'Turn up and fly' shuttle service?
- anyone think of any other relics?
Jul 20, 2005, 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by astralclouds
- 'Turn up and fly' shuttle service?
I was a bit slow in getting boarded as a newbie and held back in the crush, was towards the back of the queue, then all of a sudden boarding was stopped, as the plane was full, shock horror, going to be late for meeting, then BA good to their word put 10/15 of us on another Trident (arhhh...) and off we went to GLA.
I was easily impressed in those days... ^
Jul 20, 2005, 11:16 am
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- A big, empty barn called Terminal 4
- Flights to the Far East with stops in the Middle East
- LHR - ANC - NRT
- The No Smoking signs going off within 10 seconds of take-off and people reacting as though they'd been deprived of the weed for a month
Jul 20, 2005, 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by Steady-EDI
[*]LHR - ANC - NRT
Another nostalgia point, "In the widest Club Seat in the air..."
Jul 20, 2005, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by phreegreens
Oh yes, the ANC stopover and the brief encounter with the stuffed polar bear in the transit lounge, but the real heroes weren't going to NRT we were going on to the old Osaka airport, that IIRC was the best part of 20 hours from LHR.
Another nostalgia point, "In the widest Club Seat in the air..."
Another nostalgia point, "In the widest Club Seat in the air..."
Jul 20, 2005, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by astralclouds
[list][*]anyone think of any other relics?
Tie Rack.
BMI's business strategy.
New Labour.
But I digress...
Tempted to veer even further OT as this is the BA board after all: maybe addressed in an earlier thread but has anyone read the Imogen Edwards Jones book Imogen Edwards Jones book?
Jul 20, 2005, 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by JeremyAO
I can't remember, was LHR-SVO-NRT before or after LHR-ANC-NRT? A choice between long queues guarded by silent gun toting border guards or polar bears in glass cages.
Jul 20, 2005, 12:20 pm
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Originally Posted by virtualtroy
has anyone read the Imogen Edwards Jones book?
Jul 20, 2005, 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by astralclouds
- 'Turn up and fly' shuttle service?
The other delightful oddity was the little seat number stickers peeled off a large chart- MMB and OLCI doesn't have the same romance.
Jul 20, 2005, 12:39 pm
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Originally Posted by astralclouds
- Helicopter shuttle between Heathrow and Gatwick?
Today the same service (and same helicopters!) are operated British International. But not the same without the old Speedwing on the side.
Jul 20, 2005, 12:43 pm
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The days when BA deleted the word "Airways" from their logo and all the planes just had "British" on them. Looked fantastic on Concorde and boy, did it upset my colleagues in the French aerospace company I worked for at the time 
Whilst not necessarily nostalgic, it was not too long ago that if you flew anywhere in Europe with BA without a Saturday night stay you did not get much change out of £500 on alot of routes in Y. I guess thats one thing to thank our Orange friends for and the Ryanscare lot for
Whilst not necessarily nostalgic, it was not too long ago that if you flew anywhere in Europe with BA without a Saturday night stay you did not get much change out of £500 on alot of routes in Y. I guess thats one thing to thank our Orange friends for and the Ryanscare lot for
Jul 20, 2005, 12:47 pm
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I suppose the Concorde itself would be just too obvious for me to mention. Man I'm gutted though that in '02 I exchanged something with a friend for 125,000 miles, but simply had to use them to travel WT+ to Oz for my bro's wedding - if only had booked Concorde o.w. to JFK, and back in whatever, then paid cash to Oz.
Jul 20, 2005, 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Steady-EDI
[list][*]A big, empty barn called Terminal 4
Jul 20, 2005, 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by astralclouds
anyone think of any other relics?
Sunshine and showers
Make up the weather
Go together
Like British Airways
And Suuuuuuuuuperflight ...
Make up the weather
Go together
Like British Airways
And Suuuuuuuuuperflight ...