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    British United Airways - An extract from: BRITAIN'S AIRLINE ENTREPRENEURS.
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    British United Airways - An extract from: BRITAIN'S AIRLINE ENTREPRENEURS.

    www.burntash.eu/airline-entrepreneurs The new airline would be called British United Airways, a name which the government only agreed to ...
    Romancing the Clippers - An excerpt from THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING BOATS by Peter Pigott
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    Romancing the Clippers - An excerpt from THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING BOATS by Peter Pigott

    https://www.burntash.eu/flying-boats-golden-age Juan Trippe’s fascination with maritime tradition was everywhere. “The Clipper was a ship...
    An extract from BOAC AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING.
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    An extract from BOAC AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING.

    www.burntash.eu/boac In 1932 Imperial Airways approached Theyre Lee-Elliott, one of London’s leading graphic artists and painters, and as...
    Review of Sky Talk by Michael Riley
    Michael Riley
    • 2 min

    Review of Sky Talk by Michael Riley

    Sky Talk distils a wealth of detailed experience from the Golden Age of airline flying that can only be recounted by one who was there.
    Sweating Blood, an extract from Sky Talk by Philip Hogge.
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    Sweating Blood, an extract from Sky Talk by Philip Hogge.

    Our Britannia turboprop was flying empty – no passengers, only the crew on board. We had left Bermuda well before dawn...
    Review of Sky Talk in Air Pilot
    Malcolm Turner
    • 0 min

    Review of Sky Talk in Air Pilot

    The Jet Age - An extract from BOAC &  THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING.
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    The Jet Age - An extract from BOAC & THE GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING.

    In 1952, BOAC would pioneer the single greatest technical advance in airline history, to be followed by tragedy and failure.
    Hugh Dibley, BOAC pilot and racing driver...
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    Hugh Dibley, BOAC pilot and racing driver...

    I joined BOAC in September 1958 under the Pilots Initial Navigation Scheme, which saw me using techniques like astronavigation.
    An extract from: The Golden Age of Flying Boats by Peter Pigott
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    An extract from: The Golden Age of Flying Boats by Peter Pigott

    https://www.burntash.eu/flying-boats-golden-age Through the war some 650 BOAC staff were employed at Poole on the flying boat services. A...
    Dan-Air & Air Europe - An extract from Britain's Airline Entrepreneurs
    Malcolm Turner
    • 7 min

    Dan-Air & Air Europe - An extract from Britain's Airline Entrepreneurs

    Dan-Air would grow to become one of the best known of British independent airlines and Fred Newman would serve as chairman until 1990.
    Help to enlarge the Speedbird collection
    Malcolm Turner
    • 1 min

    Help to enlarge the Speedbird collection

    Juke Dillaway is seeking help to buy Rich Mitchell's huge collection of BOAC memorabilia and add it to his own considerable collection. H...
    Mike Keegan - From BRITAIN'S AIRLINE ETREPRENEURS
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    Mike Keegan - From BRITAIN'S AIRLINE ETREPRENEURS

    https://www.burntash.eu/airline-entrepreneurs Thomas ‘Mike’ Keegan was born in Liverpool in 1925 and, on leaving school, became an appren...
    The Stratocruiser — From IT'S PULL TO GO UP by Jeff Gray
    Malcolm Turner
    • 8 min

    The Stratocruiser — From IT'S PULL TO GO UP by Jeff Gray

    https://www.burntash.eu/pull-to-go-up The Boeing Stratocruiser was the queen of the skies over the Atlantic. It was advertised and hailed...
    An extract from Britain's Airline Entrepreneurs - Silver City Airways
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    An extract from Britain's Airline Entrepreneurs - Silver City Airways

    https://www.burntash.eu/airline-entrepreneurs In 1946, Zinc Corporation, the London-based mining conglomerate, appointed Air Commodore Gr...
    An excerpt from BOAC and the Golden Age of Flying - The Pilots https://www.burntash.eu/boac
    Malcolm Turner
    • 5 min

    An excerpt from BOAC and the Golden Age of Flying - The Pilots https://www.burntash.eu/boac

    BOAC shone a spotlight on their pilots, and some of them became household names. When Captain Oscar Phillip Jones (better known as O P) r...
    An extract from 'It's Pull To Go Up' by Jeff Gray
    Malcolm Turner
    • 10 min

    An extract from 'It's Pull To Go Up' by Jeff Gray

    https://www.burntash.eu/pull-to-go-up In early December we made our first attack on Berlin in G for George. We didn’t know it then, but w...
    An extract from Comets and Concordes by Peter Duffey
    Malcolm Turner
    • 7 min

    An extract from Comets and Concordes by Peter Duffey

    Introduction Aviation interests and experiences came my way at an early age. Perhaps the first time when I was conscious of the limitless...
    The Test Pilots — from De Havilland Comet — The plane that changed the world
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    The Test Pilots — from De Havilland Comet — The plane that changed the world

    Group Captain John Cunningham, who commanded the Comet’s first flight on his 30th birthday, became a household name.
    Garry Halliday — Charter Pilot
    Malcolm Turner
    • 1 min

    Garry Halliday — Charter Pilot

    If one thing underlines how perceptions of air transport have changed since the mid-20th century, it is the way that airlines are depicte...
    An excerpt from Sky Talk, by Philip Hogge: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!
    Malcolm Turner
    • 11 min

    An excerpt from Sky Talk, by Philip Hogge: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!

    June 1987, Vancouver International Airport, weather good – a warm summer evening: light westerly winds, good visibility, and cloud base at..
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