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Prior to the start of the season, the league held its inaugural college draft on July 1, 1947. [21] Each team played 48 regular season games. The Eastern Division was won by the Philadelphia Warriors, the West by the St. Louis Bombers. [11] The 1948 Playoffs followed the same format as the previous year.
The Viscount's commercial success had made it the leading short-haul aircraft in Europe in the mid-1950s. This led Lord Douglas to believe that turboprops would continue to be the mainstay of BEA's fleet into the 1960s. [7] Two BEA Vickers Vanguards in the airline's red, black and white livery sharing the ramp at Heathrow in 1965.
Heathrow Airport has been the main hub of British Airways since its formation; most activity has been based in the Terminal 5 complex since 2008.. British Airways (BA), the United Kingdom's national airline, was formed in 1974 with the merger of the two largest UK airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA), and including also two smaller regional ...
21 February – Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career. 23 February – 1950 United Kingdom general election : Labour , led by Clement Attlee , win a second term in government, though with a parliamentary majority of just five seats, a stark contrast to the 146-seat majority gained in 1945.
On 1 February 1950, Short Solent G-AHIX crashed on landing and sank off Netley during a test flight after being caught by strong winds; all 11 on board survived. On 26 October 1952, Flight 115, Comet 1A G-ALYZ, the first Comet taken into service only the month before, crashed on takeoff at Ciampino Airport, Rome. There were no casualties and ...
The following events occurred in July 1950: July 1, 1950 (Saturday) ... England, felled them while ... 1950. Since February 9, 1942, households had been permitted ...
In December 2005, BAA made a winning bid of £1.2 billion for a 75% stake in Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, the largest airport in Hungary, which was being privatised by the Hungarian government. In July 2006, BAA was taken over by a consortium led by Ferrovial, following a bid which valued the company at £10.1 billion ($20 billion). [4]
BAA formally announced its proposal for construction of Terminal 5 in May 1992, submitting a formal planning application on 17 February 1993. [4] [5] A public inquiry into the proposals began on 16 May 1995 and lasted nearly four years, finally ending on 17 March 1999 after sitting for 525 days.