Fly the new Jumbo jet with BOAC

[johnsmithe15]

Sorry,

Mini's do it for me everytime. Or maybe it's the combination of flame red hair and black tights and mucky-lookin', spit caked mascara, who knows........ LOL. What am I thinking??? I was born in '71 and that stew looks a lot like my mum. Even so, mum or not I wish she would turn up the heat a bit and dance around that First class cabin a bit more!!

Truth be told I will never get back to Gatwick in time to find these fine specimens of Woman-hood, I would need a Tardis for that!!!...

Note when she looks to port there is a good shot of the VC10 parked next door.

And thank God no-one has marked that bowl, why is it that they always have to show you the bog? We invented toilets for Gawds sake! Such a comfortable 10 abreast seating arrangement too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_gkt_oCa5g

And just lest we forget British Caledonian had possibly the most unforgettable (if totally un-PC) byline ever!! I love it! If there are any stews left out there today who can relate to this please dont hesitate to drop me a line. If for leg-ulcer management or make-up tips alone. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BdTloD_ ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8q9zOUM ... re=related

Somebody tell me I am wrong but I flew a BCal L1011 to Ibiza and back somewhere arounf '95 or '96, memorable trip cos my Nan died and I had to fly home with Britannia in the middle then back for the rest of my holiday, must have been a charter. Probably belongs to the RAF now.

Johnny

btw The whole runnin' round London thing...........that was a joke right? LOL

[DispatchDragon]

John

For those of us who were part of that timeslip - Callie girls were alway far superior to The Corporation trolley dollies, the kilts were shorter, and it was
part of a rite of passage if you worked on LGW to collect at least one Kiltpin - The best place to go was the Hunters Moon at Copthorne , with the
upstairs bar of the Hickmet (Of your taste ran to American and Canadian trolley-dollies)a close second. I love the Hamsters hat at the begining of the video (and the Ministry of Silly Walks regulation gait) I had a hat like that once from the Bealine stores - by the time I drove back to LGW it had the required "Fifty
mission crush".

Thanks for the Memories

Leif

[johnsmithe15]

Oh I am so thinking 'fellow stew perv' LOL

Isn't it funny how times change? What seemed so normal and acceptable in the 80's looks absolutely ridiculous and dated these days.

J

[speedbird591]

Callie girls were alway far superior to The Corporation trolley dollies

Utter nonsense, Leif!!! Easier, maybe - but not as classy!

And what about the BOAC summer uniform of the early 70s? Do you remember the light blue one-piece minidress? It had a zip down to the navel as well as being short and tight. You could always tell how much a fun a girl was going to be by how far down her zip was. Callie girls were buttoned up to the neck - well, in public anyway!

Ian

[DispatchDragon]

LOL Ian

Yes I remember it well - it rated right up there with the Court minislip thing with the straw boater - used to love windy days at Luton
or the battledress top and hot pants of Skyways in their final days.
Sorry mate - you know there was always that slight oneupmanship with the Corporation amongst us poor charter operators - until
Airtours showed up none us stood a chance in H*ll of scoring a Speedbird stew.


Oh and speaking of CourtLine - does anyone know the signifigance of the boater the girls wore???

and it had nothing to do with "The Prisoner"

:tab:

Leif