BOAC
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At the time of the first test flight Mike Bannister was a trainee pilot, about to embark on his career with BOAC, the predecessor to British Airways.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023
High-strength steel was developed by the-then nationalised British Steel in the 1960s in order to build a new, enlarged, aircraft hanger at Heathrow for airline BOAC.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2016
After working briefly at a bookstore, she found work as a reservations agent, first for Eastern Airlines and later for BOAC.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2016
A de Havilland Comet 1, flying for BOAC, traveled from London to Johannesburg.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2013
Boeing is in line to get order for 17 planes from BOAC, another three from South African Airways to add to seven jets recently sold Australia's Qantas Empire Airways.
From Time Magazine Archive
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