CHAPTER THREE - AFRICA

West Africa

Ghana

The Watchman - Anthony Farnfield
(‘complaint of happenings on the premises’)

Nigeria

Willie on the Rampage - Pat Noujaim
(Station engineer's randy dachshund at work)

Things other than the World Cup - Don Ford
(trouble before the Biafran War)

Bush Telegraph - David Hogg
(a reliable source of news of the first revolution)

Boom Times - Peter Jones
(living in Lagos amid the traffic chaos of the building boom)

An Attempted Coup - Peter Jones
(dawn to dusk (!) curfew after head of state assassinated)

Never Knowingly Undersold - Peter Jones
(Travails with the Lagos Telephone Company)

Social Life - Peter Jones
(some expatriate tales)

Student Travel - Peter Jones
(a student's geography lesson)

Lagos Airport - Again! - Nick Robertson
(wild west {Africa})

East Africa

Ethiopia
Petrol Rationing - Doug Tester
(a solution to petrol rationing)

Kenya

Nairobi 1956, etc. - Maurice Flanagan
(early days at Nairobi airports)

Frustrations of the Comet 4 - Don Ford
(improvisation needed to get everybody on board)

The Lobsters - Alan Hillman
(satisfactory outcome after VIPs offloaded)

Nanyuki Wedding - Steve Sturton-Davies
(how a herd of elephants nearly ruined our wedding)

Uganda
The Road to Kampala - Peter Liver
(an encounter with Amin’s troops on the airport road)

Exodus of the Uganda Asians - Mike Wickings
(organising the departure of Asians expelled by Idi Amin)

North Africa

Egypt

The Six Day War - Ron Colnbrook
(BOAC staff in a war zone)

Libya/Sudan (and Iraq)

The Personal and Confidential File - Roddy Wilson
(some of the mistakes I made in my career - but it didn’t seem to matter)

Libya

The Spirit of Christmas Past - Gerry Catling
(Christmas on East African Airways)

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)