British South American Airways
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British South American Airways (BSAA) was a British state-run airline of the 1940s. Originally named British Latin American Air Lines (BLAIR) it was split off from British Overseas Airways Corporation to operate their South Atlantic routes. It commenced transatlantic services in March 1946, with a BSAA plane making the first operational flight from London Heathrow Airport.
The airline operated mostly Avro aircraft: Yorks, Lancastrians and Tudors, and flew to Bermuda, the West Indies and the western coast of South America.
BSAA was planning to introduce de Havilland Comet jet airliners, but in 1949 it was merged back into BOAC.
During its short existence BSAA seems to have suffered more than its fair share of mysterious accidents. The loss without trace of the Tudors Star Tiger and Star Ariel are often quoted to validate the existence of a mystery zone in the Bermuda Triangle, and the loss of the Lancastrian Star Dust in the Andes after sending a partly unreadable radio message has been named the Stendec incident. Though the discovery in 2000 of the wreckage of Star Dust appears to indicate a perfectly mundane accident, issues raised by the Bermuda Civil Aviation Board in the Tudor losses make a similar explanation more unlikely[1].
[edit] List of aircraft
- Avro Tudor Freighter 1
- G-AGRG Star Cressida'
- G-AGRH (not named)
- Avro 688 Tudor 4 and 4B
- G-AGRE Star Ariel
- G-AGRF (not named)
- G-AHNI Star Olivia
- G-AHNJ Star Panther
- G-AHNK Star Lion
- G-AHNN Star Leopard
- G-AHNP Star Tiger
- Avro 689 Tudor 5
- G-AKBZ Star Falcon
- G-AKCA Star Hawk
- G-AKCB Star Kestrel
- G-AKCC Star Swift
- G-AKCD Star Eagle
- Avro 691 Lancastrian 2
- G-AKMW Star Bright
- G-AKTB Star Glory
- Avro 691 Lancastrian 3
- G-AGWG Star Light
- G-AGWH Star Dust
- G-AGWI Star Land
- G-AGWJ Star Glow
- G-AGWK Star Trail
- G-AGWL Star Guide
- G-AHCD Star Valley
- Avro 691 Lancastrian 4
- G-AKFF Star Flight
- G-AKFG Star Traveller
- Avro Lancaster Freighter
- G-AGUJ Star Pilot
- G-AGUK Star Gold
- G-AGUL Star Watch
- G-AGUM Star Ward
- Avro York
- G-AGJA Star Fortune
- G-AGJE Star Way
- G-AGNN Star Crest
- G-AGNS Star Glory
- G-AGNU Star Dawn
- G-AGNX Lima
- G-AGOC Star Path
- G-AHEW Star Leader
- G-AHEX Star Venture
- G-AHEY Star Quest
- G-AHEZ Star Speed
- G-AHFA Star Dale
- G-AHFB Star Stream
- G-AHFC Star Dew
- G-AHFD Star Mist
- G-AHFE Star Vista
- G-AHFF Star Gleam
- G-AHFG Star Haze
- G-AHFH Star Glitter
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