Page 3 of 4
SVC10 London - Chicago 1968
Posted: 02 Jun 2006, 00:57
by DanKH
Hi again...nope sorry, the closest thing I could find was this:
Daily:
As BA567
D. London 1215 - A. Montreal 1915
D. Montreal 2000 - A. Chicago 2205
As BA568
D. Chicago 0015 - A. Montreal 0205
A. Montreal 0300 - A. London 0910
Posted: 02 Jun 2006, 01:07
by RAF_Quantum
Hi Dan,
Can you confirm that its Montreal Duval CYUL and not CYMX. Looking at the airport data BA go to CYUL
Rgds
John
Posted: 02 Jun 2006, 01:20
by DanKH
I guess you're right there John. according to their web site
http://www.admtl.com/corporate_info.aspx?id=83 they where THE airport at the time....Mirabel came first into business in 1975...so ..by mere excluding, it is Montréal-Dorval we are talking about. The flight plan only mentions Montreal....but since it is from 68.....
Btw. In my book of BA -history there is a flight-schedule illustration that indicates routes to Toronto also. This should be in 1969, and type of aircraft is not mentioned....so the only one I'm really sure about is the one I just posted.
Posted: 02 Jun 2006, 10:53
by speedbird591
Dan - I've sent you an email regarding BOAC routes in 1973.
Although I don't have experience of 1968, by 1972 we were using B707-436 aircraft to Toronto. And I can confirm Dorval as the airport for Montreal. Apart from LHR there was a daily Manchester - Prestwick - Montreal - Toronto and return (707 - 436).
There was a route to Ottawa briefly in the 70s (707) but it didn't last long as nobody wanted to go there.
Posted: 02 Jun 2006, 11:48
by DanKH
There you go
and 707's isn't any of my business
Posted: 02 Jun 2006, 12:23
by speedbird591
Posted: 12 Jun 2006, 05:04
by blanston12
I found this little scrap of information at
http://www.bamuseum.com/museumhistory60-70.html
1965
BOAC inaugurated services by Super VC-10 on 1 April; G-ASGD operated the inaugural flight from London to New York, continuing to San Francisco.
I am still looking for schedules to confirm this, I hope some of the local aviation museums will have some BOAC schedules, I already checked the one at SFO and they did not.
Posted: 12 Jun 2006, 10:48
by DanKH
Funny you should mention it Joe....I've mailed the museum for exactly the same info ;-)...
Still waiting for an answer though....maybe I should try to resend the request...
SVC10 Joburg - London 1968
Posted: 14 Jun 2006, 10:12
by DanKH
Just one more route for the Super (an alternative home from Joburg)
Currently the only way to get home from Johannesburg is via Nairobi, but I found this;
Fridays:
As BA130
D. Joburg 1545 - A. Entebbe 1930
D. Entebbe 203 - A. Zürich 0355
D. Zürich 0500 - A. London 0630
Posted: 14 Jun 2006, 21:18
by blanston12
More information on the inaugural flight from London to New York, continuing to San Francisco.
Thurs:
BA583
D: LHR 1200 A: JFK 1335
D: JFK 1530 A: SFO 1820
Fri:
BA584
D: SFO 0001 A: JFK 0800
D: JFK 1000 A: JHR 2235
and 707's isn't any of my business