A Langley aerodrome pass :-

    
       
 

  This image and the one below show the actual Langley aerodrome site pass issued to my father Reg Ottaway when he joined BSAA in 1947.

Images courtesy of Ann Davidson.
       
 

   
       
 

BSAA tool box :-

    
       
 

  This tool box with the BSAA 'Speedman' logo was used by engineer Richard Enser at Langley aerodrome. It still contains the full set of spanners he was asked to report with on his first day with BSAA at Langley in February 1948. His starting pay was 1 shilling 1 and 1/8 pence per hour!

Image courtesy of Richard Enser.
       
 

A typical BSAA menu :-

    
       
 

 

Menu from York flight 103/038. This is most likely to be from the London-Lisbon leg of the flight to Buenos Aires.
       
 

  The list of drinks and cigarettes available from the menu above.
       
  Colourful blotters which BSAA provided for passengers :-    
       
 

  A blotter using another advertising slogan - "Time Flies with BSAA".
 

  A blotter showing postcards of destinations served, and an artists impression of a BSAA Tudor IV.
       
 

Certificates :-

    
       
 

  A beautiful and rather elaborate certificate issued to passengers as the aircraft crossed the Equator.

With thanks to Wyn Fieldson.
       
 

   
       
 

BSAA ticket wallet :-

    
       
 

  Ticket wallet issued to passengers in 1949.
       
    A typical BSAA passenger ticket.
       
 

Passenger cards :-

    
       
 

  Notice the attempts to keep passengers entertained during those long flights.
       
 

   
       
 

Passenger information booklet :-

    
       
 

   
       
 

Advice to passengers :-

    
       
 

  These documents were a standard feature of BSAA flights. The forms were generally completed by the Captain or First Officer at intervals during the flight, to be passed among the passengers. Another attempt to relieve the boredom of extremely long flights!
       
 

   
       
 

   
       
 

   
       
 

Air Transport magazine article (dated June 1946) :-

    
       
 

  An interesting article about BSAA in the early days. Notice the photo of Air Vice-Marshal Bennett making a speech to the assembled group at the opening of the new London Airport on January 1st 1946.