The 1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident occurred when a twin-engined British European Airways Douglas DC-3 (registration: G-AHCY) crashed on Saddleworth Moor in the Pennines near Oldham, Lancashire, after a flight from Belfast.

Thanks to Max Johnson, DC3-878, DC-3 Airways pilots can fly the 1950s schedule of British European Airways, BEA. This short-range airline served the UK and Northern Continental Europe. An act of Parliament created British European Airways in 1946.

In early 1951, BEA introduced its first "Pionair" class Douglas DC-3, a Scottish Aviation DC-3 conversion featuring British instrumentation and an increased seating capacity of 32. In addition to having 38 DC-3s converted to Pionair passenger carriers, BEA had a further 10 DC-3s modified as "Leopard" class freighters.

BEA converted most of their fleet of DC-3s with new interiors, fitted airstairs and gave them the fleet name of "Pionair", with the freighters being the "Pionair Leopard". All BEA aircraft carried names, this one being RMA William Henson (RMA = Royal Mail Aircraft), plus the Royal Mail logo on the side of the fuselage, as Royal Mail was carried ...

Douglas DC-3 Pionair... A new livery for the 1950s brightened up the BEA fleet which sported a British flag on the fin and white top fusalages. See the main BEA page for info on FS2002 and FS2004 versions of this aircraft. Return to top of document

G-AGZB Douglas DC-3 (c/n 12180) A somewhat washed out photograph of a BEA DC-3 (probably taken by F/Lt D.A.S. Mckay at Northolt circa 1947) from the Jennifer Gradidge collection. A former RAF Dakota III (FZ624), it was civilianized in 1946 for Railway Air Services. It passed to BEA in 1947, and was converted

The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft that revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. With it's impact on the airline industry it is perhaps the most important airliner in history.

BEA "Pionair" class "Lanoe Hawker" disembarks its passengers after a UK domestic flight. Note the air-stair door fitted to the class by Scottish Aviation. G-AGHL served BEA from 08.46 until sale as 9G-AAF in 04.60. - Photo taken at Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC) in England, United Kingdom on June 4, 1955.

2010年3月16日 · Two BEA DC-3s were converted to Dart engines- G-ALXN "Sir Henry Royce" and the other DC-3, G-AMDB "Claude Johnson", BEA's managers, pilots, and maintenance crews gained valuable experience in turbine operations before the arrival of the Vickers Viscount.

2021年1月7日 · Hi everyone, this build was inspired by reading Flight from the croft by Bill Innes, who as a young boy living in the outer hebrides manages to fulfill his dream of becoming a pilot, firstly in the RAF and then joining BEA and flying all the …