I know because its the first entry in my boac junior jet club logbook. The kit here contains the envelope, a metal wings badge on the original card, the junior jet club log book, and an advertising brochure for boacs vc10 airplane. A newspaper cutting of clive hamilton receiving his boac junior jet club certificate for 50,000 miles from captain a. It gave me the opportunity to join the boac junior jet club. I still have my boac junior jet club log book and wings. Junior jet club jjc membrs who flew regularly would have a personalised travel log and membership badge, a point of privileged and special pride for those fortunate to have retained theirs. Some boac timetables where they flew, how long it took, etc. My first long haul flight i made was with qantas as an 11 year old back on 191270 sydney san francisco. After the passing of the civil aviation act 1946, european and south american services passed to two further stateowned airlines, british european airways bea and british. It continued operating overseas services throughout world war ii.
I went on to become an airline captain myself and retired recently. Discover all the extraordinary items our community of craftspeople have to offer and find the perfect gift for your loved one or yourself. Apr 02, 2009 boac junior jet club having taken two trips outofstate this past month, i pulled out my boac junior jet club book to record the air aero flights in the log. You were given a log book which you could present to a stewardess on your flight, who would take it to the flight deck where the captain would fill it in with the details of the flight, the aircraft registration and so on.
Have you ever sent your kids as an unaccompanied minor on. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Filled out with john walter taylors information on inside front cover with message from captain o. My dad convinced a flight crew member to let me in the cockpit. Whilst i am sadly showing my age here i just remembered the junior jet club jjc. Airliners now are boring in comparison, and virtually no variety. Customs services and international tracking provided.
Relatives told stories of trips on boac to europe, and how crazy it was there then. British airways executive club junior jet club alumni originally posted by betteronacamel nice hard blue covers with boac embossed in gold on the front. Getting ready for this months crosscountry flight as the first leg of our big trip to latin america made me leaf through the log pages to view my boac hours and mileage. Unfollow boac junior jet club to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I was 10 and thought this was the coolest plane ever. Jul 14, 2015 whilst i am sadly showing my age here i just remembered the junior jet club jjc. I still have my details 1st flight was on a boac dh comet 4 in may 1959 from lhr to tokyo, with stops in beirut. Boac junior jet club log book w envelope 1977 return trip logged signed pilot. Oct 17, 2017 the answer comes in the form of a little tan package offered to my father on board the flight. I have a special attachment to this airframe, it did a flypast of my very first cricket match as captain way back in 1999 on its way in to exeter. Boac british overseas aircraft corporation junior jet club log book.
Photo taken with flash during a guided tour of the aircraft at manchester ringway airport egcc on 05jul2012. On that flight my sister and i were issued with the qantas junior vjet club log books. They were beautifully finished in dark blue and gold leaf, and all your flights with boac were recorded in them and signed by the captain. I flew from london heathrow to new york idlewild with my parents on september 3, 1963. Jul 25, 2014 the junior jet club was i think a boac club for young passengers. Boac and how it all began for me nycaviationnycaviation.
I also had my son fly unaccompanied several times on international flights. For these veteran passengers, boac started its junior jet club as early as march 1957 although passenger carrying jets were yet to appear on the hong kong route. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Boac british overseas airways corporation cloth washcloth. Inside it was a small set of metal wings, a description of the super vc10 and, most important of all, a slim 4 x 6 inch hard cover booklet.
Boac junior jet club having taken two trips outofstate this past month, i pulled out my boac junior jet club book to record the air aero flights in the log. Got it on a boac vc10 flight in january 1972 from london to perth as a young boy immigrating to australia. There is a pin clasp on the reverse with the makers name of j. From 1957, children on boac flights myself included were given a set of gold and enamel pilots wings, and a junior jet club logbook. Junior jet club any other veterans of the industry. Any chance of a copy, as an attachment to an email. These men and women from different walks of life have one thing in common. Boac junior jet club pin manhattan products england. It was the first jet airliner i had ever travelled in and i was amased at the angle and rate of climb after takeoff. I was 11 years old, and was overjoyed to get my metal lapel badge, but more importantly, a log book, so i could log all my future. British overseas airways corporation boac was the british stateowned airline created in 1939 by the merger of imperial airways and british airways ltd. Qantas junior vjet club log book hjg message boards. It was indeed junior jet club and i was a member myself in the late 1970s yes, it existed postboac.
Boac junior jet club log book, blue cover with gold type with log for boac hours and mileage. I still have my boac junior jet club logbook, complete with trip details and captains signature. First entry in my boac junior jet club log book is 6 feb 1959, london to rome, 960 miles in a brittania 312. This time we flew boac and i was admitted to the boac junior jet club, and was the proud recipient of my log book and badge. Robert cowling 5 months ago back in the us, back in the us, back in the ussr. You dont know how lucky you are boy back in the ussr. Catalogue of the boac operational research branch archives, held at the modern records centre, university of warwick. British overseas airways corporation boac bowl by ridgway england.
It was a night flight and, as my parents and i waited in the terminal, we were electric with anticipation. Closecropped view of the flight deck of aerospatiale british aircraft corporation bac concorde gboac cn 04. It measures 1 78 across x 68 down about 59mm x 19mm. Boac british overseas aircraft corporation junior jet club. Got it on a boac vc10 flight in january 1972 from london to perth as a. Britair, i found my old junior jet club log book a few weeks back it had every flight in it from aug 76 through to aug 84. It was originally started by the boac british overseas airways corporation on 26th march 1957 and continued. Didnt get to bed last night on the way the paper bag was on my knee man i had a dreadful flight im back in the ussr. Feb 07, 2020 it gave me the opportunity to join the boac junior jet club. I flew with boac back in the day from singapore to london. Didnt get to bed last night on the way the paper bag was on my knee man i had a dreadful flight im back. Finally in 1972 on a boeing 747 shortly before they merged with bea and became british airways. Accompanying nigel on this short flight, as it has on every flight he has taken over the past 50 years, was his junior jet club log book, provided by the british overseas airways corp. Junior jet club with images club badge, club, junior.
We were carried on a boac bristol britannia 312, gaovk msn419 and the 3,560 statute miles were accomplished in 12 hours and five minutes. Another tale from the boac junior jet club logbook. My dad filled out our contact information on the inside of that cover under my name and handed it to the stewardess. Back then your parents or grandparents could walk you to the gate. I discovered id been on allsorts of ac i didnt even know i had, including a monarch flight on one of their new 757s that was only about a week old at the time. British airways club world collector inflight onboard glass cup air airline. British overseas airways corporation for sale ebay. I flew on this aicraft from london to niarobi via rome and khartoum on 19462 according to my boac junior jet club log book it took 15 hrs was 4391 miles and the captains signature looks like powell. Boac junior jet club log book w envelope 1977 return trip. Robert cowling 5 mesi fa back in the us, back in the us, back in the ussr. Creigh according to my boac junior jet club logbook. Childhood memories of boac, the predecessor of british airways, have brought a group of people from around the globe together in the cyberspace. Aug 30, 2016 boac junior jet club logbook with the speedbird logo and jjc badge in the foreground. The outer envelope mentions that the junior jet club was formed on march 26th, 1957.
Genuine vintage 1960s boac british overseas airways corp. It was navy blue with gold lettering on the cover which read boac junior jet club log book. Robert cowling 4 months ago back in the us, back in the us, back in the ussr. I recently ran across my boac junior jet club log book. Looking back, my sister and i aged 9 and 14 thought we were at nbo in the very early morning like 05. Boac airlines junior jet club wing mfg by manhattan club in england lapel pin. Logbooks mimicking the design of a pilots log book were issued to child passengers in which club members could obtain via the cabin crew a record of their air mileage for. I flew alone as a kid starting at the age of 4 years old. Jun 25, 2002 britair, i found my old junior jet club log book a few weeks back it had every flight in it from aug 76 through to aug 84. Boac junior jet club logbook with the speedbird logo and jjc badge in the foreground. Aircraft ganbn data airport and aircraft information. I was 6 we came back by comet peter millington, 20090217 00. It was indeed junior jet club and i was a member myself in the late 1970s yes, it existed post boac.
Christmas approached and my grandmother told me that my christmas present would be a trip back to singapore to spend christmas with my parents. The boac junior jet club badge is made from diestamped brass with one dark blue enamel and gilt plated. What was it to fly with british overseas airways corporation. Vintage boac british overseas airways corporation vintage airline playing cards. Junior jet club any other veterans of the industry remember. Etsy has thousands of handcrafted and vintage products that perfectly fit what youre searching for. The cover also mentions the 3 items that came in it, which include the j.
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