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British Airways Vanguard

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Came across this photo, G-APEU sporting BA titles.

I remember my late good friend Garry Russell was sure the closest a passenger Vanguard got to BA livery was G-APEI, which inexplicably carried British Airways Cargo titles when returned to passenger service following an abortive sale/lease to the resurrected Silver City Airways.

Ironically I flew in EU in June 74, days before here withdrawal. Boarded through an air bridge at Heathrow so didn’t notice, nor did I notice disembarking at Jersey.

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That’s a brilliant find Fraser. Garry would have his brushes out again on seeing that. It’s funny the things we miss sometimes. I really wish I’d made notes of the places I’d flown to and the aircraft that were used.
Good to see you again, and hope you’re well. :thumbsup:
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Hi Ben,

Thanks, hope you're well too. :)

I have adjusted my fleet accordingly, hope to have done it to a standard of which Garry would approve :worried:

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I really wish I’d made notes of the places I’d flown to and the aircraft that were used.
Ben, would that have included the 737? :hide:

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Nigel H-J wrote:
09 May 2021, 13:07
I really wish I’d made notes of the places I’d flown to and the aircraft that were used.
Ben, would that have included the 737? :hide:

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Of course I would, then I could cross it off when it had been turned into something useful like baked bean cans. 😉
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:lol: See, there's nothing wrong with a 737. You just have to think long term. ;)

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Of course I would, then I could cross it off when it had been turned into something useful like baked bean cans. 😉
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TSR2 wrote:
09 May 2021, 21:42
Of course I would, then I could cross it off when it had been turned into something useful like baked bean cans. 😉
So should the phrase be 'Beans Means Boeings' ?

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I flew in PEU on a charter flight from Hurn to Heathrow in the sixties the Sunday after the Vanguard crash at Heathrow.
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