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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.
The All-BAA Team was an annual BAA honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every season. The All-BAA Team was composed of two five-man lineups—a first and second team, comprising a total of 10 roster spots. The players were selected without regard to position. [48] *
Imperial Airways Handley Page H.P.42. Hanno in 1931. On 31 March 1924, Britain's four pioneer airlines that started up in the immediate post war period—Handley Page Transport, British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, Daimler Airways and Instone Air Line—joined to form Imperial Airways Limited, [3] developing routes throughout the British Empire to India, some parts of Africa and later to ...
11 July – The first broadcast of the popular BBC Television pre-school children's programme Andy Pandy. [17] 19 July – Release of the film Treasure Island made in England with Robert Newton as Long John Silver. [18] 31 July Sainsbury's opens the first purpose-built supermarket in Croydon. [19]
The following events occurred in July 1950: July 1, 1950 (Saturday) ... England, felled them while ... On March 21, 1951, the Rosenbergs would be convicted of ...
Terminal 5 is exclusively used by British Airways as its global hub. However, because of the merger, between 25 March 2012 and 12 July 2022, Iberia's operations at Heathrow were moved to the terminal, making it the home of International Airlines Group. [66] On 12 July 2022, Iberia's flight operations were moved back to Terminal 3.
On 16 July 1983 a Sikorsky S-61N (G-BEON) crashed on approach to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly with the loss of 19 passengers and one crew member. [ 6 ] On 2 May 1984 a Boeing 234 (G-BISO) crashed in the East Shetland Basin of the North Sea, 8 miles (13 km) north west of the Cormorant Alpha platform.
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first to be held after a full term of a majority Labour government. The general election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950, and was also the first to be held following the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies .