British United Airways
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British United Airways was a private, independent airline in the United Kingdom formed as a result of the merger of Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960, making it the largest
Portland House, the location of the company's headquarters from 1960 to 1968
BUA Vickers Viscount 708 G-ARBY in the airline's original livery at Berlin Tempelhof in 1962. This aircraft operated the inaugural Gatwick — Le Touquet air sector of BUA's London—Paris Silver Arrow rail-air service on 26 May 1963.
Douglas DC-6A G-APNO in the airline's original livery. Manchester Airport in late-August 1964
BUA Vickers VC10 1103 G-ATDJ in the airline's original livery, seen at Manchester Airport in 1966.
Vickers VC10
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The Vickers VC10 is a retired mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd and first flown at Brooklands, Surrey, in 1962. The VC10 is often comp
British United Airways
…London—Paris direct began on 26 May 1963. This was marketed as a cheaper alternative to existing direct air services. The introduction into service of the Vickers VC10 on 1 October 1964 made BUA the first private UK carrier to begin sustained jet operations. BUA's takeover of the South American services of British…
A Royal Air Force VC10 K.3 tanker over the North Sea in 2000.
A British Airways Vickers VC10 still in partial BOAC livery
VC10 from the rear, showing the position of its four engines
The T-tail of a VC10