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EXTREMELY RARE 1970s PILOTS WINGS FROM BAF BRITISH AIR FERRIES - UK
VINTAGE BAF BRITISH AIR FERRIES - UK PILOT WINGS 1970s *EXTREMELY RARE*
ABSOLUTELY LOVELY CONDITION BLACK FELT BLUE CENTRE WITH GOLD BULLION PILOT WINGS FROM THE 1970s
THIS COMES FROM A PILOTS ESTATE WHICH WAS PREDOMINANTLY 50s 60s 70s MEMORABILIA THESE WINGS HAVE BEEN SEWN ON AND USED
BAF BRITISH AIR FERRIES - UK 1967-1993
MINT CONDITION WINGS FOR PILOTS
British Air Ferries started life as British United Air Ferries.
BUAF came into being on 1 January 1963 as a result of the merger of Channel Air Bridge and Silver City Airways. The newly formed airline was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Holdings, which in turn was a subsidiary of British & Commonwealth (B&C). This ownership structure made BUAF a sister airline of British United Airways (BUA), at the time Britain's biggest independent airline and the country's leading independent scheduled operator.
BUAF operated scheduled and non-scheduled vehicle ferry, passenger and freight services. This included scheduled routes from Southend, Lydd Ferryfield and Hurn to ten points in the Channel Islands and Continental Europe. Aviation Traders Carvairs operated what the airline called "deeper penetration" routes to Basle, Geneva and Strasbourg. Bristol Superfreighters plied the routes to Jersey, Guernsey, Cherbourg, Le Touquet, Calais, Ostend and Rotterdam.
On October 1, 1967, BUAF became known as British Air Ferries (BAF). By this time, the company only controlled 5 percent of the car ferry market, compared to 27 percent five years earlier. It could no longer offer lower prices than sea carriers, although faster service seemed to ensure a niche. BAF's last car ferry occurred on New Year's Day, 1977. A similar downturn had reached the scheduled services in the early 1970s.
In late June 1977, Keegan sold Trans Meridian Air Cargo (but not BAF) to the Cunard Shipping Company for £3.4 million. Around the same time, BAF bought seven Heralds turboprops from the Royal Malaysian Air Force, one of the only sources for the reliable aircraft. The decade, which had begun with declines in ferry and passenger flights, ended with a whimper. At the beginning of 1979, British Island Airways took over several routes and aircraft from BAF, who laid off about 40 administrative employees.
In the early 1970s, BAF purchased most of the Vickers Viscounts owned by British Airways. In April 1983, the new owners established a one-plane operation, Jersey Air Ferries (JAF), in the Channel Islands. However, the JAF identity only lasted the summer. In 1983, the company bought five-year-old Guernsey Airlines from the bankrupt Inter City Airlines. The purchase gave BAF several new scheduled routes. In 1987, a new base was established at Southampton to service Channel Islands routes. However, BAF began to show signs of a cash shortage, which resulted in the sale of Guernsey Airlines to Aurigny Aviation Holdings. A venture was proposed to operate a 747 freighter in cooperation with the American shippers Evergreen International. However, Evergreen had second thoughts about the project. The "Orient Express" project to link Hong Kong and several other southeast Asian cities also was aborted. To further Mostjet's difficulties, Federal Express canceled its contracts as it departed the European market in 1992.
Mostjet Ltd. was renamed British World Airlines Ltd. (BWA) on April 6, 1993. The new name replaced that of BAF as well, and the company executed a thorough redesign of its corporate image, including a sleek new leaping lion logo
British World Airlines eventually went bankrupt in 2001.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH EBAY POLICY AND RULES THESE WINGS ARE OVER 10 YEARS OLD AND NO LONGER IN USE ON A CURRENT UNIFORM
EXTREMELY RARE 1970s PIECE OF MEMORABILIA VINTAGE - PILOT WINGS FROM BAF BRITISH AIR FERRIES - UK
BECAUSE OF THE RARITY AND VALUE OF THIS ITEM IT WILL BE SENT SIGNED FOR POST ONLY ! THE POSTAGE PRICE SHOWN INCLUDES INSURANCE !
LOVELY PIECE OF HISTORY FROM A NOW DEFUNCT AIRLINE:-
BAF BRITISH AIR FERRIES - UK
PILOTS WINGS
BRITISH AIRLINE
BLACK FELT AND GOLD BULLION WINGS
APART FROM SLIGHT TARNISH OF GOLD BULLION WITH AGE - MINT
HAVE BEEN WORN
NICE PIECE OF AIRLINE HISTORY
COMES FROM MY OWN AIRLINE COLLECTION
NO SURCHARGE FOR PAYPAL
The price has been determined by an offer I have already received from a dealer. The price I quote her is £5 more than his offer !
Considering the age of the piece and the quality, it seems very fair as he will make more of a profit if he sold it
I DOUBT VERY MUCH YOU WILL EVER SEE ANOTHER LIKE THIS COME UP ON EBAY !!! CERTAINLY NOT IN AS GOOD CONDITION AS THIS ONE !
TERMS AND CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE RARITY VALUE AND THE DIFFICULTY
IN REPLACING THIS ITEM THE POSTAGE AND PACKING COSTS
INCLUDE FULL INSURANCE AND ENSURE THE ITEM IS SIGNED FOR ON
DELIVERY
PAYMENT SHOULD BE SETTLED WITHIN 5 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE AND CAN BE MADE BY EITHER
- FROM THE UK:- UK POSTAL ORDER UK BANK TRANSFER PAYPAL
FROM EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD PAYPAL ONLY ! BY USING NEARLY ANY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS YOU DO
NOT NEED AN ACCOUNT AT PAYPAL TO PAY IT CAN BE USED AS A CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
SEE BELOW FOR POSTAL
CHARGES
AS MOST OF THE
ITEMS I SELL CANNOT BE REPLACED AS THEY ARE COLLECTIBLES AND
MOST ARE EXTREMELY RARE
WHEN PAYING BY UK CHEQUE, ITEMS WILL NOT BE SENT UNTIL CHEQUE HAS
CLEARED WHICH IS NORMALLY 6 WORKING DAYS
BUYER TO PAY SHIPPING
COSTS
. SHIPPING COSTS INCLUDE:- SPECIALLY MADE
ALL-CARD ENVELOPES WHICH ARE CHARGED AS AN AVERAGE AS I USE FOUR
DIFFERENT SIZES SOMETIME 2 PER PACKET IF THE STICKERS ARE LARGE OR
LONG ALSO INCLUDED ARE POLYTHENE BAGS WHICH PROTECT THE
STICKERS LABELS WHICH ARE USED TO COPY AND PASTE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS SO NO POSSIBLE MISTAKE CAN BE MADE WITH DELIVERY PLUS ALSO
THE POSTAGE TO YOU IN MOST CASES I ACTUALLY LOSE OUT A FEW PENCE ON THE
POSTAGE AS THE UK POST OFFICE HAVE HAD 5 INCREASES IN 3
YEARS MY PRICES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME OVER THAT PERIOD
!!!
YOU MUST EITHER USE THE EBAY FORM OR PAYPAL FORM WITHIN 3 DAYS
TO TELL ME
HOW YOU INTEND TO PAY IF YOU ARE NOT INTENDING TO USE PAYPAL THIS OBVIOUSLY APPLIES TO UK BUYERS
ALL ITEMS ARE EXPERTLY PACKED IN NEW PACKAGING AND I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ITEM DAMAGED DURING SHIPPING YET !
ALL ITEMS SENT WILL HAVE PROOF OF POSTAGE FROM THE POST OFFICE. IF INSURANCE IS NOT TAKEN UP, MY LIABLITY ENDS WITH POSTING OF THE ITEM (although I will do everything I can to claim from
the post office on your behalf)
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SUBSEQUENT PURCHASES WILL BE DISCOUNTED ON POSTAGE PLEASE NOTE THE NEW POSTAGE CHARGES - THEY HAVE BEEN REDUCED
!!!! THESE NEW CHARGES WILL APPLY TO ALL PURCHASES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT
IS ON THE DESCRIPTION
UK AND UK POSTCODES (Inc N.IRELAND, ISLE OF MAN, CHANNEL
ISLANDS) RECORDED DELIVERY FIRST ITEM
£4.10 Then 5p PER EXTRA ITEM IF BULK IS BOUGHT I CHARGE ACCORDING
TO WEIGHT
SPECIAL DELIVERY
FIRST ITEM
£4.10 Then 5p PER EXTRA ITEM IF BULK IS BOUGHT I CHARGE ACCORDING
TO WEIGHT
EUROPE (EEC AND NON-EEC) INTERNATIONAL SIGNED-FOR
DELIVERY £6.50 FOR THE FIRST BADGE
THEN 5p PER EXTRA ITEM IF BULK IS BOUGHT I CHARGE ACCORDING TO WEIGHT REST OF THE
WORLD INTERNATIONAL SIGNED-FOR DELIVERY £7.00 FOR THE FIRST BADGE THEN 5p
PER EXTRA ITEM IF BULK IS BOUGHT I CHARGE ACCORDING TO
WEIGHT
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ISSUES.
PLEASE BID ONLY IF YOU
INTEND TO BUY
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PLEASE READ
THE "ABOUT ME" PAGE TO READ HOW I OPERATE MY
AUCTIONS.
MY AIM IS
TO MAKE YOUR BUYING EXPERIENCE WITH ME A PLEASANT AND REWARDING ONE AND MY FEEDBACK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IF YOU FEEL
THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH EITHER PRODUCT OR SERVICE I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO ENTER INTO EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE.
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SURCHARGE PLUS MANY MORE
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