I remember flying one ATL-LGW-ATL in June/July 1980, but other than a dim recollection of (perhaps!) an S-duct, I have no idea which type. Was this prior to the BA takeover, or did I score my only L1011 flights? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Kinniburgh" <SKinniburg@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 21:11 Subject: Re: Curiosities at LGW > Steve: > > British Caledonian operated both the DC-10 and the L-1011. > > The DC-10 was operated by British Caledonian prior to the takeover by British > Airways. > > When BA bought British Caledonian, BA merged BCal with British Airtours and > Caledonian was picked for the name. Caledonian operated as the leisure dept. > BA also swaped their L-1011 for Caledonians DC-10s which they operated til > about 2 or 3 yrs ago (fuzzy with the retirement year), and I believe they > only had about 6 or 7 of them.. > > Scott SFO >