Junior jet club log book

According to my junior jet club log book, my first flight into heathrow was on 27th may 1958 on stratocruiser ganty leaving kano the previous day and routing via rome. The erstwhile junior jet club may well be defunct, but former members of the club have breathed new life into speedbird and launched it into cyberspace. My younger brother reminded me the other day that the first of my log books was in fact the boac junior jet club log book which predates my first actual log book by ten years. On that flight my sister and i were issued with the qantas junior v jet club log books. It details flights on a vc10 aircraft with registration number gasgc this exact aircraft can now. Boac junior jet club log book, blue cover with gold type with log for boac hours and mileage. Although ive still got my jjc log book, ive lost all. But, growing up and discontinuation of the club by british airways didnt stop mr. I went on to become an airline captain myself and retired. Nac wings of new zealand, appreciation page dedicated to new zealand national airways. Boac junior jet club log book w envelope 1967 one trip logged signed pilot.

Boac ashtray plastic collectors item british airways praesidium ornamin. Whilst this is not nac, a number of those aircraft of course, like zknad and nal flight 40 years ago today being ex. The junior jet club passenger log book captain leo budd. A friend of mine used to have a junior jet club log book when she was young, and now that she has 5 month old son she would like him to have one too. I started my life as a junior jet club member and still have my log book and badge. Relatives told stories of trips on boac to europe, and how crazy it was there then. I recently acquired a 14th, totally unused, 1970 jjc log book, via ebay, which i intend to initiate, hopefully, when i fly heathrow to bahrain, on the. Qantas junior vjet club log book hjg message boards. Back in 1970 my brother and i joined the junior jet club. The answer comes in the form of a little tan package offered to my father on board the flight. Not of the junior jet club, but of the later skyflyers, which i managed to find my old childhood log book for recently.

It was navy blue with gold lettering on the cover which read boac junior jet club log book. I love the look of the side by side engines, looks like something you would do in a construction game. Having taken two trips outofstate this past month, i pulled out my boac junior jet club book to record the air aero flights in the log. They kept a log book and pilots filled it in at the end of each flight. Much as i loved living with my grandparents, i was overjoyed to be going to. Cathy and her siblings were given junior jet club log books to fill in on each flight, which would be signed by the captain, and recorded the childrens exotic travels. Bas junior jet club growing up in the late 1970s, was anyone else a member of british airways junior jet club. Wade 1950s boac ashtray british overseas airways corporation. Junior jet club listen and stream free music, albums. I got a junior jet club log book filled out by the captain. Buy british overseas airways corporation and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Filled out with john walter taylors information on inside front cover with message from captain o. Nigel reading is a member of the boac junior jet club or, at least, he was when he was a little younger. Boac and how it all began for me nycaviationnycaviation.

I had a junior jet club log book for the pilot to sign for me to log my airmiles travelled. Very rare vintage 1970s british airways junior jet club jjc log book. I think this is something that should be encouraged, only problem is you can only get them flying ba. Robert cowling 4 months ago back in the us, back in the us, back in the ussr. The boac junior jet club badge and logbook, with skilfully coloured illustrations by the owner. Subsequently, the book was full by 1975, so adopted the british aiways junior jet club book which was full by 1995. On one flight my brother and i were presented with boac junior jet club log books, with a greeting from captain leo budd. First page, showing at 18 months old my first flight was in a comet from kl to dusseldorf. Item is in good used condition with imperfections one chip that has been glazed over and two further chips around the edge. Junior jet club any other veterans of the industry remember this. Finally in 1972 on a boeing 747 shortly before they merged with bea and became british airways.

I flew from london heathrow to new york idlewild with my parents on september 3, 1963. The pilots name is unclear but a guess could be l j willis. Those were the days of air travel the lovely slim hardbound junior jet club book came in a sturdy envelope this envelope will be useful for protecting your log book. Firstly on 18th december 1960 to lagos nigeria from london heathrow via barcelona and kano. Boac junior jet club log book interesting history, memories, nostalgia. Cathys log book is now held at the boacba heritage centre in london. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The junior jet club even features a reading corner, a cozy nook specifically designed to encourage reading. The gold lettering of its title has worn thin against the dark blue. The total flying time was 11 hours 55 minutes according to my junior jet club log book. I still have my boac junior jet club logbook, complete with trip details and captains signature.

Accompanying nigel on this short flight, as it has on every flight he has taken over the past 50 years, was his junior jet club log book, provided by the british overseas airways corp. Photo of lockheed ec121 constellation hbrsc flightaware. I still have my details 1st flight was on a boac dh comet 4 in may 1959 from lhr to tokyo, with stops in beirut. Register now free for customized features, flight alerts, and more. Boac junior jet club log book memories, interesting history, books. At some point we forgot to take the log book so the recording of memories stopped. Boac british overseas aircraft corporation junior jet club log book. Junior jet club any other veterans of the industry.

Whenever it is presented, the log book creates a lot of interest among the presentday crew, some of whom have been trained or mentored by former captains who have signed the books. We were carried on a boac bristol britannia 312, gaovk msn419 and the 3,560 statute miles were accomplished in 12 hours and five minutes. I discovered id been on allsorts of ac i didnt even know i had, including a monarch flight on one of their new 757s that was only about a week old at the time. Getting ready for this months crosscountry flight as the first leg of our big trip to latin america made me leaf through the log pages to view my boac hours and mileage. Although ive still got my jjc log book, ive lost all my certificates somewhere down the years. A family affair globetrotter official british luxury. We flew with our family several times between johannesburg and london our family was based in swaziland for. After certain thresholds for example 25k, 50k, 75k were passed they were given certificates by the airline. Prior to overchurch, my only formal education had been in a tiny school which the expat denizens of surabaya had established for their children.

I still have my boac junior jet club log book and wings. My first long haul flight i made was with qantas as an 11 year old back on 191270 sydney san francisco. Customs services and international tracking provided. It includes childfriendly furniture, shelves of libraryquality books, a magnetic wall for spelling and counting and a teaching area for programming. Karachi and istambul on a boac bristol britannia we kids were issued with membership of the junior jet club, route, mileage and signature of the captain together with the type of aircraft flown all faithfully filled out. This was to be a record of our crossings from our new lives in canada back home to scotland to reconnect with family. Shop from the worlds largest selection and best deals for british airways collectables. Inside it was a small set of metal wings, a description of the super vc10 and, most important of all, a slim 4 x 6 inch hard cover booklet.

There were about a dozen of us british, german, dutch, american and japanese. Wade boac ashtray british overseas airways corporation ebay. The second flight was on 8th january 1961 from lagos to london via kano and. Taking off out of the desert in karthoum is probably one of my earliest memories. The junior jet club was i think a boac club for young passengers. Britair, i found my old junior jet club log book a few weeks back it had every flight in it from aug 76 through to aug 84. Aircraft ganbn data airport and aircraft information.

Make offer vintage boac junior jet club metal badge. Boac started its junior jet club as early as march 1957 although passenger carrying jets were yet to appear on the hong kong route. I recently came across my junior jet club log book for boac. I know because its the first entry in my boac junior jet club logbook. Whilst i am sadly showing my age here i just remembered the junior jet club jjc. I flew with boac back in the day from singapore to london. Welcome to club log, a free webbased tool for producing dxcc league tables, expedition tools, log search services and mostwanted lists for ham radio.

Heli jet aviation purchased a number of the last flyers when they retired the viscounts in the uk. The accompanying log book was used to record the dates and mileage of each journey, the aircraft and its registration, your departure city and. Junior jet club s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. I was lucky enough to clock up quite a few hours in my ba junior jet club log book flying on viscounts throughout the 70s, usually gaoyg for some reason or another. Christmas approached and my grandmother told me that my christmas present would be a trip back to singapore to spend christmas with my parents.

Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Junior jet club listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos junior jet club. The boac junior jet club badge, still have the log book, but sadly lost. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. British overseas airways corporation for sale ebay. British airways flight memorabilia my first flight records. Log books mimicking the design of a pilots logbook were issued to child passengers in which club members could obtain via the cabin. This time we flew boac and i was admitted to the boac junior jet club, and was the proud recipient of my log book and badge.