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Post by Christian Page, RAI on Jul 26, 2007 9:40:10 GMT -5
I've come up with a representative mid-1970's BA schedule by taking Kurts existing BEA and BOAC schedules and combining them, then redoing the aircraft with full livery BA aircraft. I've also done some BEA/BA hybrids o Kurt's repaints, but I like the full livery, so I'm using them. I have already done the Viscount, Trident Two, and both cargo and pax 707s. I modified the existing JBAI BAC 1-11-500 AI BA paint to give it the earlier titles, and am working on the 747 and Vanguard. The VC-10s are already done and out on Avsim, done by someone else whose name slips me at this time. My question is - would anybody like to see this package "hit the streets" so to speak? I don't really want to delve too much in doing representative schedules for scheduled airlines - charters are a different story, since they didn't always have published set schedules - but I was kicking around the idea o putting this out until a real BA schedule comes along as it just seems the world isn't right without BA flying.
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Post by chrisP on Jul 26, 2007 9:46:19 GMT -5
"Merger specials" could be an interesting category, esp. since it's usually cahotic (I'm thinking about BUA/Caledonian with stews in two kinds of uniform on the same plane). There must have been enough mayhem that it's the "paper" timetable that got to be "representative"...
My 2 cents' worth....
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Post by Christian Page, RAI on Jul 26, 2007 11:21:11 GMT -5
"Merger specials" could be an interesting category, esp. since it's usually cahotic (I'm thinking about BUA/Caledonian with stews in two kinds of uniform on the same plane). There must have been enough mayhem that it's the "paper" timetable that got to be "representative"... My 2 cents' worth.... To do a true BA merger-era schedule (1973-74), I'd have to also bring in Northeast and Cambrian and paint hybrids of their aircraft. One positive aspect of combining BEA and BOAC is there isn't much (if any) serious overlap, unlike many of the later mergers, particularly here in the U.S. Probably the smoothest of those mergers from a scheduling standpoint was Pan Am and National, as Pan Am had no domestic routes then and the few international routes National had did not conflict with PA's. That merger was a huge mistake, however, and set in motion the chain of events that led to Pan Am's collapse. Pan Am spent WAY too much money buying and integrating National (the latter marred by labor disputes that lasted for years) to gain the domestic route system. the bitter irony is they closed the merger after the Congressional vote to deregulate the airlines, and had Pan Am waited just a few months instead of playing the gobble-them-up game, they could have built their own domestic system and probably fared much batter than they did. |
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Post by rpm on Jul 26, 2007 12:05:41 GMT -5
Kris,
I've got both BA's 1975 "European"and "Intercontinental" timetables. I had intended to start on them soon. I just finished SAS 1976, and I'm in the middle of Ozark 76. I had intended to do Delta 75 next, then BA 75, however, since you've got all of the necessary paints ready to go, I could do BA next instead!
RPM.
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Post by Christian Page, RAI on Jul 27, 2007 14:39:05 GMT -5
Kris, I've got both BA's 1975 "European"and "Intercontinental" timetables. I had intended to start on them soon. I just finished SAS 1976, and I'm in the middle of Ozark 76. I had intended to do Delta 75 next, then BA 75, however, since you've got all of the necessary paints ready to go, I could do BA next instead! RPM. I'd go ahead with your aforementioned schedule - Delta is sorely needed! I occasionally get an 'itch" and the other night, I was compelled to do all this work on BA. Now I'm working on finishing up Continental, 1973 - just have to finish up the 727-200s. I need to paint a 720B (although the existing 707-320 can substitute is need be) and a 747 with the "black meatball" - unless I can get Jason to modify his "red meatball" 747 - they are the same, save for a "red meatball" ahead of the titles an American flag behind them. |
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Post by chrisP on Jul 27, 2007 15:07:51 GMT -5
(hint) there's going to be a Delta, 1970 soon. I didn't do that CV880 for nothin'!
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Post by Christian Page, RAI on Jul 28, 2007 14:37:12 GMT -5
(hint) there's going to be a Delta, 1970 soon. I didn't do that CV880 for nothin'! Very nice! I have a 1973 Delta schedule - 747s, DC-10s, and CV-880s in addition to 727s and DC-8s. It will be an interesting one. And more Delta is all the more encouragement for me to finish up and release the 1970's Atlanta AFCAD and scenery. |
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Post by chrisP on Jul 28, 2007 14:51:32 GMT -5
1970 has got three kinds of DC-8s, the CV-880 and 2 kinds of DC-9s. No, absolutely no wide-bodies or three-holers  The downside is that I won't have Deltas at Dorval anymore. |
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