OTish- BA38 (747 with gold nose) from PEK lands @1512
Aug 25, 2008, 8:14 am
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OTish- BA38 (747 with gold nose) from PEK lands @1512
Hi,
I'm watching BA 38( the 747-400) with the golden nose carrying the UK Olympians' back from Beijing on final approach to LHR and it has just landed!^
Regards
TBS
I'm watching BA 38( the 747-400) with the golden nose carrying the UK Olympians' back from Beijing on final approach to LHR and it has just landed!^
Regards
TBS
Aug 25, 2008, 8:30 am
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Well for once BA have managed to have got themeslves into gear and gain some positive publicity. Aircraft renamed (and new name painted on side), golden nose, BA staff wandering round with placards with BA logo... And what's more the steps even arrived quickly.
Quintessentially BA though... Only medallists got upgraded. It's always the Golds isn't it ;-)
Quintessentially BA though... Only medallists got upgraded. It's always the Golds isn't it ;-)
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Aug 25, 2008, 8:36 am
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Hi,
Lord Coe & the Princess Royal just got off the plane ( I wonder where they sat and who had 1A&1K!)
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TBS
Lord Coe & the Princess Royal just got off the plane ( I wonder where they sat and who had 1A&1K!)
Regards
TBS
Aug 25, 2008, 8:52 am
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Hi,
The gold medalists are on the aircraft steps posing for photos. ( a large replica gold medal is on the tarmac)
Regards
TBS
The gold medalists are on the aircraft steps posing for photos. ( a large replica gold medal is on the tarmac)
Regards
TBS
Aug 25, 2008, 12:37 pm
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Didn't BA upgrade the multi-Golds to First and the other Golds and Silvers to Club World?
Did the Bronzes get WTP?
Princess Anne came out of 2L, so perhaps she was in CW and not F?
Did the Bronzes get WTP?
Princess Anne came out of 2L, so perhaps she was in CW and not F?
Aug 25, 2008, 2:15 pm
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Interesting. Do the A380s arrive before 2012? What chance BA will paint the noses of all A380s for the occasion, as a sort of flagship fleet (they've been aching for one since the rocket retired...)
Aug 25, 2008, 2:41 pm
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Aug 26, 2008, 2:57 am
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It would have been fun to be one of the paying passengers on BA38 yesterday (the BBC shows about 50 people getting off the aircraft and said they weren't anything to do with Team GB). I can't imagine there are many times you'd find yourself arriving at the Royal Suite?
Aug 26, 2008, 4:02 am
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I have not seen the A380, but what a shame that BA had to move Concorde, it was such a wonderful landmark to see when you enter The Central Area, just a shame that this wonderful aircraft is still not flying our skies. It was a wonderful experience to be a pax.
Aug 26, 2008, 4:05 am
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BA always make a big effort to welcome home group sportsman, and great that all the winners were given fabulous seats they deserved it, The Princess Royal had to slum it is CW. Wish I had seen the aircraft arrive.^
Aug 26, 2008, 4:05 am
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BA always make a big effort to welcome home group sportsman, and great that all the winners were given fabulous seats they deserved it, The Princess Royal had to slum it in CW. Wish I had seen the aircraft arrive.^