Tag: BOAC

  • 1965 First Super VC10 Flight Bermuda and New York

    1965 First Super VC10 Flight Bermuda and New York

    First New York–Bermuda BOAC air mail service using jet aircraft Date: 2nd April 1965 Bermuda–New York Type: First Flight Cover CDS: -2APR85A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: B.O.A.C.’S SUPER V.C.10 / Commemorating The FIrst Super V.C.10 Flight Bermuda to New York / 2nd April – 1965 Address: Mr. L.J. Fountain, BOAC, c/o Commodore Hotel, 42nd Street, Park…

  • 1960 BOAC First Flight Between London and Bogota

    London to Caracas route extension Date: 8th-11th January 1960 Cachet: BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION B.O.A.C Britannia JET-PROP AIRLINER. B.O.A.C FIRST FLIGHT BETWEEN LONDON AND BOGOTA CDS: 2-AM 8 JAN 1960 HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: -9.1.60 CORREO AEREO BOGOTA 9. Address: Sales Manager, BOAC Central America, Carrera 5a, No. 15-11, Apartado Aereo 61-98, Bogota, Colomobia. Stamps:…

  • 1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    BOAC Britannia Jet-prop airliner First flight from London to Caracas Venezuela via Bermuda. London, Bermuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Caracas service by BOAC Britannia turbo-prop aircraft. This was the first BOAC service to South America since 1954 and the first ever between Europe and South America by a propellor-turbine powered aircraft. Type: First Flight Cover Date:…

  • 1948 BOAC First Speedbird Constellation Flight Bermuda to New York

    1948 BOAC First Speedbird Constellation Flight Bermuda to New York

    The flying boats are replaced 1948 18th January Hamilton–New York via BOAC First Speedbird Constellation, G-AHEN, RMA Baltimore flight; souvenir covers printed with inscription. Type: First Flight Cover Machine cancel: 1-PM 18th JAN 1948 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: B.O.A.C FIRST SPEEDBIRD CONSTELLATION FLIGHT / BERMUDA – NEW YORK…