British Airways falls from #1 in consumers favourite brands
Mar 20, 2018, 1:24 pm
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The Caravelle was really quite small by today's standards. I think that it had about 80 passengers. It had a 2 x3 seating. When I flew the first one in 1963 - it had a pretty multicolour motif the length of the cabin. The front door was opened by turning a handle to wind it up - I do not think that it was electrically powered. The door left the Front Row of F passengers exposed to the elements and the rain could pour in. The rear door was incorporated into the rear fuselage as did the 1-11. the DC-9, and the 727s that came subsequently. The aircraft was quite quiet as the engines were rear mounted but they were terribly loud externally. The windows were tri-angular. It was perfectly pleasant but once you flew the AF 727-200 the Caravelle seemed very dated. I do remember that on landing the engines always made an odd reverberating sound .
Mar 20, 2018, 8:37 pm
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Mar 21, 2018, 4:43 am
#288
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Mar 21, 2018, 7:38 am
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They were not dumped on the runway as I gathered that ATC would go spare if they did.
HMPS - I am sorry Love - but this so much more interesting than Superbrands.
Mar 21, 2018, 10:23 am
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Actually the Caravelle 111 had no reverse thrust - so it would use these to slow the aircraft if necessary, regardless of conditions. I actually saw both an Air Algerie and an Iberia Caravelle deploy theirs - once at LHR, the other at ORY.
They were not dumped on the runway as I gathered that ATC would go spare if they did.
HMPS - I am sorry Love - but this so much more interesting than Superbrands.
They were not dumped on the runway as I gathered that ATC would go spare if they did.
HMPS - I am sorry Love - but this so much more interesting than Superbrands.
To continue.....I've flown in a British Airways Chinook.
Mar 21, 2018, 10:38 am
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Do you remember the BCAL Helicopter Shuttle between Gatwick and Heathrow?
Mar 21, 2018, 11:16 am
#294
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May I add another reason.....? Can a few divert attention / interest from a somewhat negative thread here ? Have we also forgotten experiences, quality, deals, earning avios , trip reports, cleanliness, lounges etc etc ?????
Mar 21, 2018, 3:03 pm
#295
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The BA Chinook I was on was from ABZ to the Fulmar offshore platform ( full BA livery. Most tragically this particular aircraft crashed 2 months later killing 40 pax & 2 crew returning from the Brent field. On the civilian model the 2 rotors overlapped, and lost synchronisation. Offshore workers refused to board Chinooks shortly thereafter).
Mar 22, 2018, 9:42 am
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[QUOTE=PUCCI GALORE;29551092 Do you remember the BCAL Helicopter Shuttle between Gatwick and Heathrow?[/QUOTE]
IIRC it used to leave LHR from a helipad on what is now the cargo area to the west of T4? I was only on it once and my memory was of a lot of noise and vibration but the flight to LGW was fascinating.
IIRC it used to leave LHR from a helipad on what is now the cargo area to the west of T4? I was only on it once and my memory was of a lot of noise and vibration but the flight to LGW was fascinating.
Mar 22, 2018, 2:08 pm
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Incidentally, the Chinook was the fastest heavy helicopter in NATO (might still be), I remember sitting on the cockpit jump seat one flight where we overtook a US Army UH-60 Blackhawk.
Mar 22, 2018, 10:05 pm
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