BEA, unlike BOAC, had a short haul network within Europe only and it flew mostly British built airliners which included the Vickers Vanguard, the BAC 1-11 and the HS Trident. BEA flew also the Douglas DC-3. But it was phased out long before the merger. Series was added to the fleet. British Airways was, with Eastern, the launch customer .

The DC-10 rolled out of the Long Beach plant in 1970 and made its maiden flight. Test flights were conducted over Southern California, where the plant was located. It was in 1971 that the DC-10 entered service with American on the Chicago-Los Angeles flight. American and United were the first two and most important operators of the DC-10-10, the baseline variant designed for medium haul flights. In 1972, an American DC-10 suffe.

You will find some of the pictures of different aircraft I took at various places, either in flight or on the ground, as well as other pictures of different places I visited. Enjoy! Mc Donnell Douglas DC-10. 1903 - Orville and Wilbur Wright. 1940 - Battle of Britain.