#BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) launched Boeing 747 widebody transatlantic service in April 1971 between London and New York. #WidebodyAV#avgeekThis tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.
After many years of redesigning, the much-improved, lengthened, D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4 was delivered to BOAC in 1958. Shortly after, the airline inaugurated regular transatlantic jet service from London to New York with one refueling stop in Newfoundland. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.
Air New Zealand was founded as TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) #onthisday in 1940. TEAL was created as a joint venture between BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), Qantas Empire Airways, and the New Zealand government. #airnewzealand#avgeekThis tweet was posted on April 26, 2022.
BEA inaugurated Comet 4B jetliner service to numerous destinations in Europe in April 1960. In 1974, BEA merged back with British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways, the current flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. #DefunctThursday#BEA#BOAC#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 24, 2022.
Britain's former international flag carrier airline, British Overseas Airways Corporation, or BOAC was founded #onthisday in 1939. In 1974, BOAC merged with British European Airways (BEA) to form @British_Airways. Did you ever fly on #BOAC? #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on November 24, 2020.
Britain's former international flag carrier airline, British Overseas Airways Corporation, or BOAC was founded by an Act of the British Parliament #onthisday in 1939.
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Britain's former international flag carrier airline, British Overseas Airways Corporation, or BOAC, was founded by an Act of the British Parliament #onthisday in 1939.
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Following Pan American World Airways’ introduction of the #Boeing 747 in January 1970, #BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) received the aircraft and launched transatlantic service in April 1971 between London and New York. #WidebodyAV#avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on April 07, 2020.
Founded #onthisday in 1924, Imperial Airways was the precursor to BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), BEA (British European Airways), and British Airways. British Airways was also coincidentally founded on this day in 1974. Have you ever flown on British Airways? This tweet was posted on March 31, 2019.
In 1952, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) introduced the first jetliner into commercial service, the de Havilland Comet. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on September 22, 2017.
In 1956, Pan American World Airways introduced the DC-7C and European carriers such as BOAC and SAS followed with their own orders. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.
In 1958, BOAC inaugurated the airline’s first regular round-the-world service via San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Tokyo with the urboprop Britannia, developed and produced by the Bristol Aircraft Company. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on November 09, 2018.