GLORY DAYS PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES
80 FLYPAST March 2018
Three classic shapes together on the tarmac. All three aircraft belong to BOAC and are being
prepared for their next fl ights. Bristol Britannia G-ANBB is sandwiched between Boeing 707-436
G-APFE on the left and de Havilland Comet 4 G-APDR on the right. The Comet wears BOAC colours
but was leased to Qantas Empire Airways and used on the London to Singapore route.
The distinctive shape of a de Havilland Comet 4 tail belonging to British European Airways’ (BEA)
G-ARCP can be seen in the foreground in this archive view. This particular airliner ended its fl ying
days with Dan Air in 1973. Then registered G-BBCV, it was scrapped later that year.Delivered in December 1959, Pan American’s Boeing 707-300 N724PA ‘Jet Clipper Mercury’
unloads its passengers after a transatlantic fl ight. This 707 stayed with Pan Am until 1971.Things of Beauty