The Boeing 747 entered service with BA’s forerunner, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), in April 1971. The plane’s first commercial flight for the airline carried passengers from ...
The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the ... As it was with British Airways, “in Japan, there were professional flight engineers,’ recalls Gottshall. “They had been in that position for ...
The upper deck of a Boeing 747 aircraft has been ... by pilots who used to fly the British Airways craft during its service years. The hangar houses a shop full of plane memorabilia - including ...