Good effort American cousins.
First entry in my BOAC Junior Jet Club Log Book is 6 Feb 1959, London to Rome, 960 miles in a Brittania 312!
25000 certificate awarded 1 Aug 1968.
Have run out of space. Good idea to replicate blank pages. Any chance of a copy, as an attachment to an e-mail?
Happy flying, Brenda (Reading, Berkshire UK)

I have two BOAC Junior Jet Club pins that were given to me. I was about to list them on E-bay, but thought I woulf check out some background on them. Do you know anyone that would be intrested in them?

Hi, grown up in the sixties B.O.A.C. and BEA have been our favourite airlines. I like to collect some old and rare items from the good old days. So, I am interested in the Junior Jet Club pins. Bytheway, how about a B.O.A.C. pin (speedbird)?
Thank you for responding.
Best regards,
Michael C Douglas

I thought you might be interested to know that the Captain who signed the book for the flight London to Jo'burgh on the 1/1/66 was Norman Todd. This Captain went on to be head of pilot training in BOAC/ BA on the B747 and Concorde aircraft and infact was the Captain on the BA Concorde's first flight London -Bahrain

I was boac cabincrew from 1958 for 24 years and filled in many junior jet books. I worked on stratocruisers comets vc10s 707s 747s and concorde

anyone any idea where, if possible to get a new book?

Hi, I flew aound the world twice with my parents before I was 5 before we landed in England and my dad sold the first ever dishwasher to the queen ! - my mom said I slept most of the time - I do remember the DC 10's though and I have the junior jet club pin and the book and certificates which I am going to hand down to my eldest son.

Hi there,

I just chanced upon your website. And Boy! I was just transported back to the 60s and 70s. I too was a member of BOAC's Junior Jet Club. My dad worked with BOAC (which later went on to become British Airways) from 1951 to 1981. He was throughout in Bahrain, and myself and my sister, who were then studying in India, would make twice-yearly trips to the island. It was only a short 3 1/2-hour hop but every minute of it enjoyable. Back then we did not have inflight movies (at least not until the mid 70s). But we were kept occupied with crayons and drawing books and at times even taken to the flight deck to say hello to the captain and the other crew members. And what is more, the flights were hardly full. We had the entire aircraft to ourselves.

As it usually happened, all the unaccompanied kids (mostly children of BOAC staff members joining their parents in Bahrain for holidays) would be chaperoned by a gorgeous looking hostess, made to wear a triangle shaped "Unaccompaneid Passenger" tag. All of us would also be wearing the JJC pin and carrying the JJC log book. Once on board the aircraft (which was usually a VC10 or a 707 back in the 60s and then in the 70s Boeing 747), the hostess would collect our JJC log book to be signed by the captain. The longest distance in my log book is Hong Kong-Bahrain.

I still have the JJC log book and the pin and I have no intention of parting with either of them.

I remember the occasion when JJC members were taken aboard the Concorde for a walk-about at Bahrain airport. I think the captain's name was Leo Budd. One side of the aircraft fuselage was painted in the BA livery and the other in Singapore Airlines colours. Simply Unforgettable!

Since then, over the years, I have flown many airlines, but BOAC, with which I have come to associate my growing-up years, is my all-time favourite.

Acquired mine flying Comets to Lagos in 1960 aged 4
when Nigeria was still part of the Empire............
How ancient & politically incorrect IS THAT!

First flew by Boeing Stratocruiser.

I was a Junior Jet Club member in the 1960s and received my 150000 mile certificate.

My father, Capt Stan Ward, was a BOAC Captain fron 1946 to 1971 and I am sure, wrote in many of your log books.
He flew all manner of aircraft including the first scheduled passenger transatlantic jet service from london to New York on a Comet 4, where he met my mother, who was a stewardess.

I have many fond memories of my flying experiences and was fortunate enough to have been allowed to sit in the "jump seat" in the cockpit, on many flights, including a landing at Kaitak airport in HongKong in 1967.

I still have my JJC book and certificates but not my badge, which I think I swapped for a pet rabbit age 7!

These were great years and BOAC was a wonderful experience as a child

Travelled as a very young child from 1951 onwards Airwork, vickers viking to khartoum, took two days ,Parents were out there for a few years but we used to come home on leave on the Breamar castle, and Warwick castle from Port Sudan. Then eventually flew in the comet, then vc10. When I was a teenager I met Cats eyes Cunningham who was putting the vc 10 through it's paces in the Sudan.
Interestingly though during a different spell in Nigeria my parents had, I used to travel school holiday special from uk, by Brittannia to Lagos, stopping i think in Barcelona, and Kano. I do remember during the Congo problems a plane was diverted to rescue missionaries and others, and we as children returned to the Uk from Nigeria with very different frightened l Belgians who also had their little dogs on board with them, escaping the massacres in the Congo.

We always used to say BOAC, better on a camel!
How lovely to read everyones wheni stories!

I just noticed the comment about the captain flying the first Concorde flight from London to Bahrein.

I was comanding an RAF Mountain/Desert Rescue Team In the ME at the time and we were put on 30 Minute standby during its flight in case of emergency. Thankfully nothing happened, but it is a curious coincidence.

My logbook says 30 Aug 1960, Comet GAPDJ, Nairobi London. I can't read the Captains signature. I still fly frequently with British Airways, but sadly life has changed, then it was magical. I have lots of other log books both as a military and civilian pilot but none of the entries hold the same sense of wonder.

I became a member of the BOAC Junior Jet Club when my family and I flew to Australia in 1965 to migrate and continue our lives there. Flying in a BOAC Comet 4 Aircraft we left London to Cario to Karachi to Bankok to Singapore to Darwin then our final destination Melbourne Australia. I was 10 years old then and now I am 52. I remember that I was invited to visit the cockpit of the aircraft while in flight, Thats something that dosen't happen any more these days. It was a great and safe flight considering a few of the Comet's fell out of the sky in the 50's until the problem was solved. I still have my Junior Jet Club Badge but unfortunatly lost my Junior Jet Club Log Book. I hope this is of intrest to someone.

Regards Peter Pisani

Don I wonder if you can email me the blank page for the junior jet club book as i am still filling mine in and have run out of space , fly tomorrow to Namibia always leave everything to the last second, Thanks Debbie

I was a member of the JJC and travelled from the UK to Nigeria many times between 1954 and 1963, then several times to the US. I don't know what happened to my logbook, and unfortunately my badge was stolen in a jewelry theft from my home many years ago. In addition to having the log book signed on each trip, my other fond memory of early intercontinental flying was the very plush bathrooms, and the Elizabeth Arden makeup, perfumes and lotions provided. In this day and age, I probably wouldn't be allowed to spend as much time as I did then in the bathroom, fiddling around and looking at myself in the mirror!

Hi,
just found your web page. Still have my wings but unfortunatly lost my log book. I first flew when i was 9, unaccompanied, in 1957 from london to nigeria with a stop over at rome to refuel! It took the best part of the day to get there. Happy memories. Kept the ciggie case of my mothers. and books

Just stumbled on this site from BOAC's Wikipedia page. My brothers and I all earned our 25,000 mile certificate in the mid to late 1960s when my father was working in Baghdad and we were at school in England. His company chose which airline we had to use, so we didn't fly on BOAC every time, I still recall the distance credited was just over 3000 miles.

I think the local BOAC representative used to have a party in Baghdad at Christmas which we were invited to as JJC members. There was also a newsletter which was sent to us with stories about BOAC. I recall reading about when they introduced the Boeing 747, but we mostly flew on VC-10s.

My three sisters and myself received our log books and wings on our first flight from Nairobi to London on BOAC Britannia 102 G-ANBF (04.04.1961) and over the years Comet(EAA) and 707s(QANTAS). Through the years have flown many different airlines and aircraft types which have all earned a place in the log book. I have two log books(one full,while the other is close ,being the last two pages). Still have the wings too which i received when requesting my second log book all those years ago.
Other airline in log book are-BOAC,EAA,QANTAS,PAN AM,UTA,AIR NEW ZEALAND,BRITISH AIRWAYS,JETSTAR,ALASKAN,DELTA UNITED,WESTERN,VIRGIN BLUE,ANSETT,EMIRATES and some minor players too.
Best flights ever were first three and Alaskan.

All the best,
Stuart

Would there be any responsible repository of manifests/passenger lists( for BOAC flights from the early '60's Nairobi-London-Miami
or any other well-traveled routes) still in existence?
OR have all such official records been discarded or destroyed

This summer having just turned 50 I found my Junior Jet Club Log Book.
I only used it once flying to and fro from London to New York.I was 11 and flew with my sister age 10 to stay with my Auntie. We flew out on a Super VC10 GMSGR on 08 April 1971 Captain R W Harwood (looks like) Flew home 25 April 1971 G APPD 707 Captain Dennis Lundy.This November I flew BA to Miami and joked with my children that I would take my log book with me and get it signed. They were very embarassed at the thought so I did.This time Captain Tim Home and John Coates signed it .The cabin crew said it was probably quite valuable as it was in pristine condition,so I shall put it safely away again !

Leon, I've sent you an email with an image of the blank pages attached.

I remember with fondness my membership of the Junior Jet Club in the 1970s. Does anyone have copies of the official magazine featuring the cartoon version of Dilbert? I would love to see it again. We crossed the world twice from NZ to the UK and I proudly earned my cadet's badge. However, having infamously kicked (aged 6) the back of JK Galbraith's seat from London to Washington, I hold my membership all the more precious, having nearly been expelled. He eloquently shook his fist at me after the first 8 hours of torment.

I purchased a Junior Jet Cadet pin at a Tallahassee flea market this past weekend for two dollars, could anyone tell me if it has any real worth.

Sadly lost my logbook and badge years ago!

Very much enjoyed looking at your site and hope you don't mind but I put a link to your page on the following Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=40433364928&ref=ts

Happy to remove if an issue.

Cheers,

Simon