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Submitted by 2ik7ns-AW_

This is a still from the cinefilm and appears to show an aeroplane with fuselage lettering "B.O." which I can only assume is B.O.A.C.. No doubt one of your readers

can provide more information. Where do these planes come from and fly too. I suspect the cinefilm is late 1940s and 1950s.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, January 1, 1950
Connections: 
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Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2020-11-17 04:07.

As seen here, it is a BOAC Argonaut aircraft.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Wed, 2020-11-18 04:58.

Yes, definitely an Argonaut.  B.O.A.C. had a fleet of 19 of these DC4 derivatives which were built under licence by Canadair.  They were powered by four Rolls Royce Merlin engines. Those engines had powered the R.A.F.'s Lancaster bombers, Spitfires, Hurricanes and Mosquitto planes during the war.  I flew out to Hong Kong in late October 1957 on board GALHY 'Arion', the youngest Argonaut in the B.O.A.C. fleet. It was a VERY noisy three days out of Heathrow Airport, with those powerful Merlin engines hammering away just a few feet beyond the windows.  Our hearing was affected for several days. I suspect that the Argonauts were gradually being phased out as, over the next year, we mainly saw B.O.A.C Constellations passing the mouth of Litte Sai Wan Bay on or out of the new Kai Tak runway that opened some time in mid(?) 1958.

Submitted by 2ik7ns-AW_ on Tue, 2020-11-24 21:27.

My apologises for the delay with a reply. Many thanks for the additional information which was very helpful