Changing Face of Spotting

[thunderchild]

Did not BA name their aircraft after rivers?, Trent, Severn etc.!

The 747 200’s were all named after U.K. cities, I flew on Birmingham and Peterborough to/from Orlando and I think Leicester to Newark. I think the DC10s were named after forests and the Caledonian Tristars after Scottish lochs but I might be wrong.

The BA 757 that was based at BHX was renamed Sir Simon Rattle and I believe the 737s might have been Greek/Roman gods - I flew one one called Hippolyta?

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I believe the 737s might have been Greek/Roman gods - I flew one one called Hippolyta?

Hippolyta is a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. This reminds me that when BA at Birmingham were receiving their B737's they ran a competition to have them named after Shakespearean characters. Apparently, 'Bottom' (also from A Midsummer Nights Dream) was the most popular choice but no aircraft received that name.

Kevin

 

[thunderchild]

Hippolyta is a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. This reminds me that when BA at Birmingham were receiving their B737's they ran a competition to have them named after Shakespearean characters. Apparently, 'Bottom' (also from A Midsummer Nights Dream) was the most popular choice but no aircraft received that name.

Kevin

Ah yes, now you’ve said that I remember there was also a plane named Ariel - from The Tempest? I’m pretty sure Hippolyta appeared somewhere in Greek mythology which is probably why I got mixed up.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I’m pretty sure Hippolyta appeared somewhere in Greek mythology which is probably why I got mixed up.

Yes, Hippolyta did feature in Classical Greek mythology. You wouldn't have wanted to get in her bad books. She was a queen of the Amazons.