Then there was BA Chairman Lord King.
Now /there's/ a name.... ---------------------------------------- *From: *Rohan Garnett via Mifnet <[email protected]> *To: *[email protected] *CC: *Randal Craft <[email protected]>; Rohan Garnett <[email protected]> *Date: *2025-10-06T04:36:54Z *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 74412] Re: Oct 4 in history > And SIR Basil to you all if you don’t mind! SOP for all BOAC CEO’s back in > the day > > Rohan W. Garnett > Executive Manager Commercial Airports & Leasing > +61 423 023 106 > ---------------------------------------- > *From:* Randal Craft via Mifnet <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 6, 2025 5:50:20 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Randal Craft <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Mifnet 🛰 74409] Re: Oct 4 in history >  > University of Texas Professor Goodenough received the Nobel Prize. I guess he > was. > >       Bob > Sent from my iPhone >  > *Randal Craft* > *Email:  [email protected]* > *Mobile:  646-226-2299 (USA) * > >> On Oct 5, 2025, at 2:33 PM, Tom Ronell via Mifnet <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>  >> >> What a name: Basil Smallpiece. >> >> Right up there with the woman on LinkedIn with the surname Goodenough. >> >> TR >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> *From: *Jack Keady via Mifnet <[email protected]> >> *To: *David Wardell via Mifnet <[email protected]> >> *CC: *Jack Keady <[email protected]> >> *Date: *2025-10-05T18:07:08Z >> *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 74407] Oct 4 in history >> >>> >>> [Image] >>> Lee Cross >>> [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.airwaysmag.com/lee-cross__;!!PUxuPyJo!wp-GLC6y6CXFi-NL39nuLsVMzQ2iCGMoctlwe03vVicPJe3fe61q8RngTzPb3qI0aAHYp73fcbnhV3ISeD1_$]Oct >>> 4, 2024 8:02 AM >>> EST >>> >>> *DALLAS* — Today, in 1958, British Overseas Aircraft Corporation (BOAC) >>> launched the world's first jet-powered transatlantic flight. >>> >>> [Image] >>> >>> >>> >>> [Image] >>> [Image] >>> >>> [Image][Airways >>> Logo][https://cnt.trvdp.com/js/images/Airways-Logo-Black.webp] >>> >>> Using the de Havilland Comet 4, BOAC beat rival Pan American to the post by >>> just three weeks, operating the first jet service across the North Atlantic >>> to New York. This was despite Pan Am launching a high-profile advertising >>> campaign, announcing their intention to begin their service with the Boeing >>> 707 on October 26. >>> >>> G-APDB operated the eastbound flight, and G-APDC operated the westbound. >>> The two aircraft passed about 300 miles apart at 47°W and 1335°Z. Sir >>> Gerard d’Erlanger, BOAC’s Chairman, aboard the westbound aircraft, and >>> Basil Smallpiece, Managing Director, in the eastbound aircraft, exchanged >>> messages during the flights. >>> >>> [Image] >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Revised: 20250507 >> >> You are receiving The Mifnet because you requested to join this list. >> >> The Mifnet is largely a labor of love, however the infrastructure isn't >> exactly cost-free. 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