The BEA Herald Story

During the 1950s there were a heap of new airliners vying to fulfil the role of DC-3 replacement. As well as piston liner Martin 4-0-4s, Convairliners and Airspeed Ambassadors there were turboprop Fokker F27s, Nord 262s, Avro 748s and Handley Page Heralds. They couldn't all succeed and the Herald struggled for sales. Several aircraft wore BEA colours for both sales and operational purposes and here's their tale told by Adrian Balch.

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