Civilian Aeroplanes, National Museum of Flight
Posted in History, Museums at 20:00 on 17 December 2019
A Comet in Dan Air livery:-
Its interior:-
And its cockpit:-
A BAC-1-11 in the colours of British Airways:-
Its cockpit:-
The front portion of a Boeing 707 was one of the exhibits. This is its cockpit:-
Hawker Siddeley Trident Cockpit:-
Sheila Scott’s Piper Commanche:-
I vaguely remember Scott’s flight round the world in 1966 in the above small aeroplane (the damage obvious in the photo was inflicted by the man she sold it to.)
Tags: Ba, BAC 1-11, Boeing 707, British Airways, Comet, Dan Air, East Fortune, National Museum of Flight, Piper Commanche, Sheila Scott
Ian Sales
18 December 2019 at 13:20
Have flown in a BAC-1-11, 707 and Trident.
jackdeighton
18 December 2019 at 20:54
Ian,
I don’t think I’ve flown in any of those. I’ve only made two airline flights in my life (to Germany and back in 1981) and one in a light aircraft while we were there.
Ian Sales
19 December 2019 at 12:50
I’ve been flying since I was two – in 1968. At the last count, I’ve flown on Boeing 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, Lockheed Tristar, McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, DC-10, Fokker Friendship, Bell Huey, De Havilland Dash 7, Vickers Viscount, VC-10, Trident, Bombardier CRJ9000, Airbus A310, A319, A320, Saab 2000, BAC-1-11… I think that’s it. Might be missing a few Airbus ones as they all look the same and I’m not sure which ones I’ve flown on.