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The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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 ...
On 13 April 1950, Vickers Viking 1B G-AIVL "Vigilant" was on a flight from London-Northolt Airport to Paris over the English Channel near Hastings when a French passenger was suspected of making a suicide attempt after a bomb exploded in the rear toilet compartment, tearing a hole 8 ft (2.4 m) tall by 4 ft (1.2 m) wide in the fuselage. The ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),
Heathrow Airport Holdings is a company that operates and manages Heathrow Airport based in London, England.It was formed by the privatisation of the British Airports Authority as BAA plc [2] as part of Margaret Thatcher's privatisation of government-owned assets, and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
The Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The act reformed civil aviation in Great Britain and privatised the British Airports Authority from a public department into BAA as a private company. [1]
1 April – Corby, a village in Northamptonshire, is designated as the first new town in central England, providing homes for up to 40,000 people by the 1960s. [11] 14 April – The Eagle comic first appears, featuring Dan Dare and Captain Pugwash. [2] 29 April – Arsenal F.C. win the FA Cup with a 2–0 win over Liverpool at Wembley Stadium. [12]
On 9 April 1968, Flight 712 [58] a Rolls-Royce Conway engine exploded and broke off from the wing of a Boeing 707 G-ARWE following take-off from London Heathrow Airport causing an uncontained wing fire. A successful emergency landing at Heathrow was carried out, but a stewardess and four passengers were killed and 38 other passengers were ...