CHAPTER FOUR - THE CARIBBEAN, AMERICAS AND ATLANTIC OCEAN

Ascension and Falkland Islands

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Bruce Fry
(a BOAC station engineer is seconded to the RAF in the South Atlantic)

St Lucia

Hurricane Allen - Peter Jones
(effects of a major hurricane on a small island)

The Red Lady - Peter Jones
(a voodoo mystery as the 747 comes to St Lucia)

The Wrong Taxiway - Peter Jones
(a 747 takes a wrong turning and causes chaos)

Trinidad
Management Skills - Bill Smith
(new management course skills found wanting as new duty officer fails to connect with old hands)

The Bahamas

Cabin Bags and Elephants - Tony Russell
(baby elephant sits on lady’s luggage)

Canada
Gander, Crossroads of the World - Gerry Catling
(Gander in its heyday – Spartan but practical)

Panama
No Paddling - David Hogg
(perils of driving in the wet season)

Flying Positive - David Hogg
(hot-shot BAC-111 pilots in Central America)

Uruguay
Jet Flight Arrives in South America - Alan Douglas
(introduction of Comet IV to South America – staff training, station set-up, getting used to jet blast on the apron)

USA
First Across the Atlantic - Alan Douglas (BOAC Comet beats PanAm 707 in transatlantic jet race)

I was there that day - Jonathan Martin (thoughts on the day Kennedy was assassinated)

The New World - Don Ford
(a British expatriate manager in Chicago)

The Cricketers - Peter Jones
(in the halcyon days of interline travel, a BOAC cricket team travels the continent)

Other pages:

BETTER ON A CAMEL

BOAC and BEA reminiscences, memorabilia and history
Introduction
Review of background to airline experiences and recollections
Dedication
About the charity 'Practical Action'
Foreword
Foreword by Sir Ross Stainton, former Chairman of BOAC
CHAPTER ONE - THE FAR EAST AND INDIAN OCEAN
airport and airline memoirs about the far east - from India and the Seychelles to Japan
Burma - Lighting Up Time, by Gerry Catling (1954)
an airport story - cigars as insect repellent
Burma - The Day of the Dear Departed (1954), by Gerry Catling
memories of a delicate diplomatic exercise with BOAC in Burma
Burma, etc. - Britannias, by Alan Douglas
recollections of the Bristol Britannia in service with BOAC
Burma -The Sound Barrier, by Tony Russell (1972)
Dealings with the civil aviation authorities in Rangoon
Burma - The Fertiliser Factory, by David McCormack (1972)
memoirs of an airline manager - going the extra mile in customer service...
Burma - Cigars, Religion and Superstition, by Peter Jones (1975)
Meeting the Burmese People
Burma - Special Adviser to the Manager, by Peter Jones (1975)
attending a funeral in Rangoon
Burmese Days, by Peter Jones (1975)
a visit to Mandalay and the temples of Pagan
India - The Morning Commuter, by Peter Fieldhouse (1970)
Getting to the office in Calcutta
Japan - The Mount Fuji Disaster, by James Wilson (1966)
a retrospective view of the management of the aftermath of a major air crash
Pakistan - Yaqoob and Musaleem, by Peter Liver (1987)
fond memories of two aged retainers
Philippines - Cutting it Fine, by David Hogg (1970)
memoir of the chaos to civil aviation caused by a typhoon in Manila
Philippines - Being British, by David Hogg (1969)
reactions to an earthquake
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) - The Day my Number (almost) Came up, by Gerry Catling (1960)
memories of a BOAC Comet 4 landing on a wet runway..
Seychelles Days, by Mike McDonald (1974-1977)
An island idyll..civil aviation (and British Airways) arrive in the Seychelles
CHAPTER TWO - THE MIDDLE EAST
airport and airline reminiscences and memorabilia in the Middle East
Abu Dhabi - Snow Ploughs in the Desert, by Graham Moss (1970)
keeping VC-10 passengers cool on the ground
Abu Dhabi - Sand Trap, by David Hogg (1972)
hazards of driving in the desert
Bahrain - The Traffic Manual Expert, by David Meyrick (1962)