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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)

Jamaica

Dr No - Mike McDonald

(return visit to a memorable film set)


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)

The Collector - Peter Jones
(an illegal 'collector' of rare animal species is seen off)

There's a Hole in the Runway - Peter Jones
(and there was!)
 

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)

Mexico

A Day in Mexico City - Ralph Glazer
(Concorde, a Traffic Accident and the Mexican Police)

Panama

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

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


Chile

Chile-Chile-Bang-Bang - Howell Green
(frustrations of waiting for a take-off slot)

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)

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