Bahamas

British Overseas Airway Corporation: 1965 First Flight – Vickers Super VC10

James Gavin 01/04/1965

On 1 April 1965 the British Overseas Airway Corporation (BOAC) operated the first Vickers Super VC10 service between London and New York. On 30th April, the Super VC-10 began flying the New York to Nassau and Nassau-Jamaica routes three times weekly.

First Flight Covers

92 covers were postmarked at Nassau for the Nassau-New York first flight on 30 April 1965.

References

British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vol.6 No.1 1966

2 Replies to “British Overseas Airway Corporation: 1965 First Flight – Vickers Super VC10”

Michael Dodd says:

29/01/2022 at 19:09

xcellent. I did a series in aircraft on stamps recently on the VC 10. Do have a look I hope you enjoy it. Some good BOAC images of course.

michael cddstamps

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1. James Gavin says:
  
  29/01/2022 at 19:13
  
  It took me a while to find out about this flight – especially due to it being a Super VC 10!