On May 27, 1960, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) introduced the Boeing 707 aircraft on its London to New York service

Still Boeing strong! How aviation giant's iconic planes have graced Britain's skies for 75 years

On May the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) introduced the Boeing 707 aircraft on its London to New York service

Vickers Super VC10 Srs1151 aircraft picture
Eckersley BOAC posters- "It's a small world by Speedbird"
Three BOAC Vickers Standard VC10s (Series1100) parked at London Heathrow Airport, with a stablemate 707.

Three BOAC Vickers Standard parked at London Heathrow Airport, with a stablemate

Boeing 377 Stratocruiser cross section. It wasn't really a beauty, but very innovative for the era. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing 377 Stratocruiser cross section. It wasn& really a beauty .

Another of BOAC's first L-49 order, G-AHEN 'Baltimore' (cn 1980) shows off the later 'white top' livery in a 1954 shot. San Diego Air & Space Museum #00068351

Another of BOAC's first order, G-AHEN 'Baltimore' (cn shows off the later 'white top' livery in a 1954 shot.

Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Berths
Vickers Viscount V701 G-AMOG is seen in BOAC colours at Prestwick Airport on April 27th 1973..

BOAC Vickers Viscount Type 701 at Prestwick Airport on April It was preserved at Cosford, but is now at the Scottish Museum of Flight at East Fortune

Vintage wartime BOAC cabin crew. They also used this as an advert for Stratocruiser aircraft later on.
The Bristol Britannia 312 - BOAC's trans-Atlantic 'Whispering Giant'. Some four years late, it was not introduced to service until 1957, during the hiatus in jet travel after the grounding of the De Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 but before the resumption of jet travel by the DH.106 Comet 4 and the Boeing 707. Comfortably addicted to their piston-engined propliners, the US airlines didn't think the public would trust jets, or that they could make jet travel pay its own way.
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B707 G-APFM in BOAC colours but titled British Airways, on a misty morning at Heathrow!
BOAC VC 10 Service Brochure
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