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Was there ever a timetable that permitted that kind of day trip, as they took off and landed in pretty civilized hours?

A schedule I found was:

BA002 dep JFK 08:30 -> arr LHR 17:15

BA003 dep LHR 18.25 -> arr JFK 17:00

Still, certainly allowed "oh crap, need to get to london to do some very important same day business (and return the next day)"

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Yeah. You're probably right. The time change sort of kills you. You could fly to London for a dinner and return the following day. (You can sort of do that today but it's going to be a late dinner.)

I found [0]

BA 001 LHR-JFK 10.30am arrive JFK 9am

BA 002 JFK-LHR 9am arrive LHR 17.25

BA 003 LHR-JFK 18.25pm arrive JFK 5pm

BA 004 JFK-LHR 12pm arrive LHR 8pm

A same-day return would be useless as you'd have only 3 hours at JFK.

[0]: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=458613

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