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Joined March 2021
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Love the shadow of Sherlock 😊 #Benchlove #London #TFL
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This is why I’m paranoid about selecting the channel my microphone will go out on, and whether or not my interphone is engaged. You can get a “stuck mike”, where the button that allows your microphone to go out on whatever channel you’ve selected doesn’t release & keeps sending your microphone out after you let go of the button / trigger. Just a whole lot of opportunity for embarrassment. I never make a PA using my headset. There is a microphone on the center console that only goes to the cabin PA system, so it the only thing I ever use to make PAs. Not that I talk that way about FAs or anything, but this kind of thing happens with some frequency & I’d like to be sure it doesn’t happen to me.
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Kelly Johnson with his Masterpiece.
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#BOAC the iconic British airline, commenced operations on 1 April 1940, and that's no joke!
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The National Anthem and three cheers for His Majesty The King bring this year’s Festival of Remembrance to a close.
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Princess Elizabeth lying a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, 11 days before her wedding, 1947
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Getting up close to the poppies at the Tower of London 🌺 Our commemorative #TowerPoppies display is made up of almost 30,000 poppies and marks the sacrifices made by so many during the Second World War. The Tower Remembers 📆 Until 11 Nov 2025 Poppies on loan from the @I_W_M
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The elegance of air travel in the 1950s. Rare footage of BOAC's Monarch Service, the world's first non-stop transatlantic jet flight.
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Verified video shows Air India plane descending and moment of crash - BBC News My thoughts go out to the families of all those who perished in the crash. RIP. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy4kxq…
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My two BOAC books - still available from Amazon. #aviation #pilots #flightattendant #VintageAirlines #aircraft #BOAC
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Raw unused footage of immediate aftermath of the G-ARWE accident at Heathrow, 8 April 1968. This would have been taken by a resident airport press agency cameraman. Normally these covered arriving VIPs etc, but were also well positioned to cover any accidents ⬇️🧵. #OTD #BOAC
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Congratulations to Duxford Aviation Society on their 50th anniversary today. @BritAirlinerCol #BOAC
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Replying to @Fly_BOAC
Now that's more like it! #VC10
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#OTD. 13 March 1954. #BOAC Lockheed L-749A Constellation (G-ALAM) crashed on landing at Singapore. 32 out of 40 people on board were killed . #aviation #airlines #AvGeek 📷 Associated Press
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Today in Aviation History 3/8/2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777, disappears during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing; the cause is unknown Photo: Ellen Dolinar *Don’t let history museums become history*
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Off topic. #OTD 8 March #MH370 disappeared from radar en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The a/c has never been found & why it happened remains one of the great unsolved aviation mysteries of our time. RIP.
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One of my favourite aircraft.
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#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGE's first flight in 1965. This Super #VC10 flew with BOAC/BA and was retired in 1980. The airframe was initially stored at Prestwick, ferried to RAF Brize Norton and broken up for parts at this location. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_855__g…
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Have a great week everyone 😀
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