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THE VICKERS-ARMSTRONG VISCOUNT.
The Viscount, or Viceroy as it was initially named was originally conceived as a result of the Brabazon Committee, a group of aviation experts, who were appointed during WW II by the British Government to look into the post war transport aircraft requirements of the country.
One of their ideas developed into what was to evolve into a very successful British civil airliner - the Vickers Viscount.
In 1946 the Ministry of Supply (MoS) issued specification 8/46 to cover the airliner concept and Vickers - Armstrong were issued with a contract for two V609 prototypes but this contract also specified that the company would finance a third prototype itself.George Edwards ( later Sir George Edwards ) was the Vickers designer of what was to be the worlds first four engined, turbine powered airliner to be used on scheduled services. As the expected lead customer BEAC were regularly consulted regarding their requirements and the aircraft was designed with their close co-operation.
There had, however, been some post war under-estimation of the number of passengers that would need to be carried and 27 was considered to be too low a number to be carried economically on the aircraft. This was to quickly lead to the requirement for a stretched version to cope with the increased passenger demand.
The second prototype VX217 (c/n 2) was modified to be powered by two Tay Turbojets in support of the Vickers Valiant bomber test programme. Ex G-AHRG a V663 series aircraft, the civilian registration was not taken up (NTU). The aircraft didn't make it's first flight until March 15th 1950 and flew at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow later that year. It was leased to Bolton Paul Aircraft who used it for electrically powered flying control trials followed by further leases to Louis Newmark Ltd and the Decca Navigation Company. In 1957 it was returned to the Ministry of Supply at Seighford , Staffordshire. On December 31st 1958 there was a fire in the wheel-bay which burnt through the main spar and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Having been withdrawn from the test programme it was scrapped for metal recovery in July 1959.
In the mean time Chief Test Pilot, Mutt Summers took the prototype, (Construction Number 1 (c/n 1), G-AHRF) on it's first test flight from Wisley Airfield in Surrey on July 16th 1948.The aircraft was to make the first scheduled passenger carrying flight between Northolt and Paris Le Bourget on July 29th 1950 following the issue of it's full Certificate of Airworthiness on the 27th of the month. The flight proved a great success.
Rolls-Royce were by this time able to offer a more powerful engine, the new 1250 ehp Mk 503, which enabled a stretched version of the Viscount, known as the V700, to be designed.
On 27th August 1952 G-AHRF was damaged beyond repair when the starboard main undercarriage collapsed while the aircraft was being used for trials of landing and navigation aids in the Sudan. It was reported that the airframe was buried in the desert sand as the success of the V700 series prototype c/n 3 influenced the decision to abandon the earlier model.
BEAC who had previously expressed concerns over the operation of the V 609 aircraft had under pressure from the Government ordered 20 of the 40 seater Airspeed Ambassadors in case the Viscounts proved not to be viable.They were now offered the V700 which would prove more economical with increased wingspan and fuselage length and were also capable of carrying 43 passengers with speed increased. The MoS prototype V700 G-AMAV (c/n 3) flew in late August 1950.
Production of the series V630 was put on hold and the V701 series for BEA commenced production with G-ALWE c/n 4 making it's first flight on 20th August 1952 and appeared at the September 1952 Farnborough Airshow in BEA colours with a 43 seat configuration. A single engined flypast with three engines feathered was made by test pilot Brian Trubshaw which certainly impressed those that witnessed it - me included!
BEA had ordered 20 V701 48/53 passenger configured aircraft in 1950 and this was soon followed by an order from Air France designated the V708 with many more airlines following their lead.
Aer Lingus V707 and Trans Canadian Airlines V724 soon followed and the order book looked very healthy indeed. In all there were to be 287 Viscounts built in the V700 series which was followed by 67 V800 series and a further 84 V810 series.
The 800 series had a shorter range but a higher passenger capacity than the 700's while the 810's were the same size as the 800's but were powered by the Dart R Da 7/1 Mk 225 engine which produced greater power giving a faster speed and longer range than the 800's.
Initially Vickers-Armstrong sold 439 new aircraft to 60 operators making £177 million in the process, but the number of operators increased as second-hand examples came onto the market with aircraft seeing service throughout the world carrying both passengers and freight. Supplies of spare parts and engines proved very lucrative indeed - the aircraft was a winner!
All production versions were powered by the RR Dart engine which was uprated as time passed. Aircraft were built at Wisley, Weybridge and Hurn and I remember seeing a complete bare metal fuselage being transported as an oversize load on a low loader, in the London direction along the A30. It was on the Basingstoke by-pass prior to the M3 being built, en-route Hurn - Wisley perhaps?
The popularity, success and good performance of the Viscount series persuaded Vickers to fund development of the larger Vanguard aircraft.
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SPECIFICATION VISCOUNT 810 SERIES.
Crew Two pilots + cabin crew
Capacity Up to 75 passengers
Length 85' 8" (26.11m)
Wingspan 93' 8" (28.56m)
Height 26' 9" (8.15m)
Weight Empty 41276 lb (18722 kg)
Weight Max Take Off 67500 lb (30617 kg)
Power 4X Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7/1 Mk. 525 turboprop, 1990shp (1484kW) each.
Speed Max 352 mph (566km/h)
Range 1380 miles (2220km)
Ceiling 25000' (7620m)
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COMPANIES THAT PURCHASED THE VISCOUNT NEW.
Ministry of Supply, BEAC, Air France, Aer Lingus, Trans-Canada Airlines, Trans Australia Airlines, Iraqi Airways, Canadian Dept. of Transport, BOAC Associated Companies, Hunting-Clan Air Transport, Fred Olsen Flyseiskap A/S, Indian Air Force, Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos (TACA), Pakistan Air Force, Misrair, Capital Airlines (USA), Airwork Ltd, Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV), Butler Air Transport Ply Ltd, Central African Airways, Braathens SAFE Airtransport A/S, KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, United States Steel Corporation, Union of Burma Airways, Standard Oil Company, Indian Airlines Corporation, Transair (UK) Ltd, South African Air Force (SAAF), New Zealand National Airways Corp (NAC). United Iran Airlines, Iranian Government, Philippine Air Lines (PAL), Eagle Airways Ltd, Compania Cubana de Aviacion, American Airlease, Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea (PLUNA), Linee Aeree Italiane (LAI), Lloyd Aereo Colombiano (LAC), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Forca Aerea Brasileira (FAB), South African Airways, Continental Airlines, Ghana Airways, Alitalia, Northeast Airlines, Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo SA (VASP), Ansett-ANA, British and Commonwealth Shipping Company, Northern Aircraft Operating Company, Turk Hava Yollari-Turkish Airlines (THY),Austrian Airlines (AUA), Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
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VISCOUNTS VISITING BLACKBUSHE
It should be noted that details shown below are of individual aircraft listed in alphabetical order and the dates they were seen at the airfield. Where dates are shown as a block (i.e 1.2.50-3.4.51) it means that the aircraft was noted on various dates between the opening and closing dates shown and not that the aircraft was present all the time. I have also tried to indicate the reason the aircraft was present, tr = training, ct = training circuits, LHR divn = London Heathrow diversion, ILS tr = Instrument Landing System training, cr = crashed, u/c = undercarriage, c/n = construction number, dam = damaged,
del = delivery, rep = repaired, t/o = take off, flt = flight.
Where nothing follows a date it indicates a normal or scheduled movement.
AN-AKP c/n 333 LANICA 8.1.58 del.
AP-AJE c/n 337 Pakistan Int.
Airways 4.3.59 ILS tr
AP-AJG c/n 376 Pakistan Int.
Airways 21.9.59 & 26.9.59 ILS tr.
CF-DTA c/n 229 Transport
Canada 22.11.58
CF-TGZ c/n 144 Trans Canadian
Airlines 19.4.56
CF-THH c/n 269 Trans Canadian
Airlines 15.5.57 ILS tr.
CF-THJ c/n 301 Trans Canadian
Airlines 21.5.57, 25.5.57, 30.5.57 all ILS tr flights.
CF-TIG c/n 387 Trans Canadian
Airlines 20.4.59, 212.4.59.
CU-T621 c/n 317 Cubana 5.8.59 del.
CU-T622 c/n 318 Cubana 22.12.58 ILS tr, 11.7.59 ILS tr, 5.8.59 del.
CU-T623 c/n 319 Cubana 24.7.59,30.7.59,22.8.59 del.
CX-AQN c/n 321 PLUNA 15.2.58.
CX-AQO c/n 322 PLUNA 15.2.58, 2.4.59 del.
CX-AQP c/n 323 PLUNA 13.2.60 del.
D-ANAB c/n 269 Lufthansa 30.4.59.
D-ANAD c/n 340 Lufthansa 21.12.58, 10.1.59.
D-ANIP c/n 341 Lufthansa 15.2.59.
D-ANIZ c/n 344 Lufthansa 4.4.59.
D-ANUN c/n 338 Lufthansa 25.9.58.
EI-AFV c/n 30 Aer Lingus 23.7.55, 4.12.57 LHR divn.
EI-AFW c/n 31 Aer Lingus 00.54, 5.1.59 to Eagles VP-BBJ.
EI-AFY c/n 32 Aer Lingus 5.12.59 Eagle Airways Bermuda del ex Cambridge.
EI-AGI c/n 34 Aer Lingus 19.5.57.
EI-AJI c/n 289 Aer Lingus 21.5.57.
EI-AKJ c/n 421 Aer Lingus 31.12.58 LHR divn.
EI-AKK c/n 422 Aer Lingus 15.12.59 LHR divn.
EI-AKL c/n 423 Aer Lingus 14.3.59 ILS tr.
FAB 2101 c/n 345 Brazilian Air
Force 16.12.57 ILS tr, 4.9.58-22.9.58 tr.
F-BGNO c/n 16 Air France 22.12.58 LHR divn.
F-BGNQ c/n 33 Air France 21.5.54.
F-BGNV c/n 39 Air France 26.9.59 LHR div
G-AHRF c/n 1 Vickers/MoS 5.6.50, To Nairobi tropical trials. Prototype. 10.7.50 return from tropical trials
( Also see VX211).
G-ALWE c/n 4 BEA 7.4.54-5.5.56
G-ALWF c/n 5 BEA 15.3.53-1.5.59 (u/c dam tr 12.12.54 , rep Eagles 10.1.55), ( u/c dam tr 21.5.56),
20.1.58 ct , 21.3.58 burst tyre, April-May .58 ct.
G-AMAV c/n 3 Vickers/MoS 21.6.52, To India sales tour, 25.7.52 returned. 15.8.55, To Africa sales tour.
Noted 21.1.56 and 17.8.57.
G-AMNY c/n 6 BEA 31.12.58 ct.
G-AMNZ c/n 20 BEA 12.11.58 LHR divn, 14.3.59 ct, 4.11.59 ct.
G-AMOA c/n 9 BEA 14.9.53, 12.12.54 divn ex Le Bourget, 13.12.54 to LHR, 12.2.55 ct, 27.2.55.
G-AMOB c/n 11 BEA 13.12.54 Overran runway u/c collapsed, 10.1.55 still in place, 4.11.59.
G-AMOC c/n 13 BEA 12.52, 2.12.54-31.12.58, 2.12.54 ct, 31.12.58 ct.
G-AMOD c/n 15 BEA 30.4.55, 10.2.60.
G-AMOE c/n 17 BEA 27.1.57, 6.12.58 LHR divn.
G-AMOF c/n 19 BEA 15.12.57, 3.5.60.
G-AMOG c/n 20 BEA 3.56, 20.3.59 ct.
G-AMOH c/n 21 BEA 9.53.
G-AMOI c/n 22 BEA 00.54, 21.3.59 ct.
G-AMOJ c/n 23 BEA 13.12.58 ct.
G-AMOK c/n 24 BEA 00.53, 10.54, 15.12.59 LHR divn.
G-AMOL c/n 25 BEA 12.53, 00.54.
G-AMOM c/n 26 BEA 00.54, 20.1.56 cr on t/o on ct flt and burnt out.
G-AMON c/n 27 BEA 16.11.58 LHR divn, 2.3.59 divn, 19.3.59.
G-AMOO c/n 28 BEA 00.54, 29.12.58.
G-AMOP c/n 29 BEA 30.1.55, 4.12.57 LHR divn, 6.12.57 LHR divn, 14.12.57.
G-ANHA c/n 61 BEA 06.55, 5.11.59 ct.
G-ANHB c/n 62 BEA 12.54 - 1.3.60.
G-ANHF c/n 66 BEA 7.1.56, 10.1.59.
G-ANRR c/n 74 Hunting-Clan 29.6.55-30.10.58 ct, 3.11.58 ct in Airwork colours.
G-ANRS c/n 75 Hunting-Clan 06.55, 14.11.58 ct in Airwork colours, 23.1.59-12.5.59 mainly ct.
G-ANRT c/n 76 Hunting-Clan 25.8.55 ct, 30.1.58 ct.
G-ANYH c/n 145 Vickers 29.8.56-4.9.56 ct for Butler Air Transport.
G-AODG c/n 77 Airwork 21.3.58-12.2.59. 12.2.59 permanently to Gatwick.
G-AODH c/n ? Airwork 26.7.58-6.2.59. 6.2.59 permanently to Gatwick.
G-AOFX c/n 182 BEA 12.2.58 ct, 7.11.59 LHR divn, 15.12.59 LHR divn.
G-AOHC c/n 152 BEA 6.12.57 LHR divn.
G-AOHG c/n 156 BEA 2.3.57-24.1.59, 7.11.59 LHR divn.
G-AOHH c/n 157 BEA 28.3.57, 5.12.57 LHR divn.
G-AOHI c/n 158 BEA 16.3.57, 29.10.58 LHR divn.
G-AOHJ c/n 159 BEA 21.3.57, 5.4.57, 12.11.58 LHR divn
G-AOHK c/n 160 BEA 7.4.57, 19.8.57.
G-AOHL c/n 161 BEA 19.3.57, 19.4.57, 6.12.57 LHR divn, 29.10.58 LHR divn.
G-AOHN c/n 163 BEA 2.5.57-2.12.58, 6.12.57 LHR divn, 2.12.58 LHR divn.
G-AOHO c/n 164 BEA 2.5.57, 15.12.59 LHR divn.
G-AOHP c/n 165 BEA 21.5.57.
G-AOHR c/n 166 BEA 6.12.57 LHR divn.
G-AOHS c/n 167 BEA 22.6.57, 16.11.58LHR divn.
G-AOHT c/n 168 BEA 7.1.58, 11.1.58 Burst tyre on landing.
G-AOHV c/n 170 BEA 20.7.57, 6.12.57 LHR divn.
G-AOJA c/n 150 BEA 10.12.56 ct.
G-AOJB c/n 151 BEA 2.3.57-1.4.60, 13.3.57 ct, 28.2.59 ct, 15.12.59 LHR divn, 1.4.60 LHR divn.
G-AOJC c/n 152 BEA 20.1.57, 6.2.57, 30.9.59 LHR divn, 26.2.60 LHR divn.
G-AOJD c/n 153 BEA 29.12.56, 19.1.57, 16.11.58 LHR divn.
G-AOJE c/n 154 BEA 2.2.57, 13.4.57.
G-AOJF c/n 155 BEA 10.2.57-10.2.60.
G-AORC c/n 253 BEA 19.8.57
G-AORD c/n 171 BEA 7.9.57-4.8.58, 15.12.59 LHR divn.
G-AOXU c/n 248 Transair 7.9.57-10.2.58.
G-AOXV c/n 249 Transair 21.3.58-6.3.59.
G-AOYF c/n 255 BEA 2.9.57, 5.9.57 ct, 12.9.57.
G-AOYG c/n 256 BEA 2.9.58, 2.12.58 LHR divn, 24.10.59 Vickers Co Flt Rome-BB-Wisley.
G-AOYI c/n 257 BEA 2.12.58 & 6.12.59 LHR divns.
G-AOYJ c/n 259 BEA 19.12.57.
G-AOYK c/n 260 BEA 01.58, 2.2.58 ct, 14.11.58 & 2.12.58 LHR divns.
G-AOYL c/n 261 BEA 14.11.58 & 15.12.59 LHR divns, 25.3.59.
G-AOYO c/n 264 BEA 2.9.58.
G-AOYR c/n 266 BEA 17.2.60.
G-AOYS c/n 267 BEA 14.11.58 & 5.12.59 LHR divns.
G-AOYT c/n 268 BEA 18.12.59 LHR divn.
G-AOYV c/n 316 BEA 27.1.58 in Continental livery not del,14.2.58 BEA ct.
G-APDW c/n 258 Eagle 23.12.57 del, 24.12.57 first service, 25.12.57 tr, 30.12.57 ct,
31.12.57- 2.1.58 tr, 4.1.58 to Las Palmas, 5.12.58-18.1.58 tr,
19.1.58 to Las Palmas, 21.1.58-29.1.58 tr, 2.2.58 & 3.2.58,
4.2.58 tr, 9.4.58.
G-APDX c/n 312 Eagle 4.9.57, 15.2.58-15.3.58,1.4.58 & 2.4.58 tr, 26.4.58,
3.5.58, 11.5.58from Manchester with cup final supporters,
25.5.58-29.12.58.
G-APEX c/n 381 BEA 28.2.59, 4.3.59 & 18.12.59 divns.
G-APEY c/n 382 BEA 4.6.58, 20.7.58, 29.10.58 & 2.12.58 LHR divns.
G-APFR c/n 229 Vickers 5.9.57 ex Capitol Airlines.
G-APJU c/n 413 BEA 29.10.58 & 16.11.58 LHR divns.
G-APKG c/n 395 Transair 10.6.59.
G-APKJ c/n 88 Vickers 13.4.60.
G-APND c/n 402 Airwork 27.2.59, 28.2.59 to Gatwick permanently.
G-APPC c/n 362 Continental AL 7.10.58 to become N250V.
G-APTB c/n 424 Hunting-Clan 2.7.59-18.8.59 mainly tr.
G-APTC c/n 425 Hunting-Clan 6.2.60-26.2.60 tr
G-APTD c/n 426 Hunting-Clan 10.7.59-22.2.60 tr & ILS tr.
G-APZC c/n 34 Tradair 2.2.60Aer Lingus markings.
HK-943X c/n 332 Lloyd Aero
Colombiano 15.7.57 tr.
I-LAKE c/n 328 Alitalia 7.8.57, 24.8.57, 02.58 ILS tr.
I-LIFT c/n 326 Alitalia 14.11.58 LHR divn, 15.11.58-16.11.58.
I-LIRT c/n 118 Alitalia 28.6.57 ILS tr.
IU-684 c/n 80 Indian Air Force 3.56.
LN-SUN c/n 141 Fred Olsen 7.56 not delivered.
N241V c/n 355 Continental AL 6.49.
N242V c/n 356 Continental AL 23.5.58.
N243V c/n 354 Continental AL 14.6.58.
N245V c/n 358 Continental AL 4.6.58.
N246V c/n 359 Continental AL 1.9.58.
N247V c/n 389 Continental AL 23.7.58.
N248V c/n 360 Continental AL 31.8.58, 13.9.58.
N249V c/n 361 Continental AL 3.10.58.
N250V c/n 362 Continental AL 25.10.58, 28.10.59 on delivery.
N252V c/n 364 Continental AL 25.3.59 on delivery.
N254V c/n 366 Continental AL 4.4.59 & 11.9.59 ILS tr.
N40N c/n 435 Union Carbide 22.5.60 ILS tr.
N500T c/n 320 Tenessee Gas
Transmission 26.9.59 delivery
N6593C c/n 286 Northeast AL 2.9.58.
N6594C c/n 284 Northeast AL 22.9.58.
N6596C c/n 288 Northeast AL 1.11.58.
N6598C c/n 392 Northeast AL 10.1.59 delivery.
N6599C c/n 226 Northeast AL 28.2.59.
N7409 c/n 107 Capital AL 29.12.55.
N7414 c/n 112 Capital AL 01.58.
N7423 c/n ? Capital AL 11.5.56, 21.5.56.
N7436 c/n 134 Capital AL 15.8.56.
N7447 c/n 203 Capital AL 5.11.56.
N7458 c/n 213 Capital AL 31.12.56.
N7459 c/n 214 Capital AL 2.1.57.
N7461 c/n 216 Capital AL 9.2.57 ILS tr.
N7466 c/n 228 Capital AL 5.9.57 ILS tr.
OD-ACL c/n ? Middle East AL 22.7.57
OD-ACT c/n 239 Middle East AL 16.11.58 & 17.11.58 LHR divn.
OD-ACU c/n 240 Middle East AL 29.10.58 LHR divn.
OD-ACW c/n 242 Middle East AL 7.12.58,10.7.59,11.11.59 ex Beiruit, 18.12.59 all LHR divns.
OE-LAC c/n 251 Austrian AL 7.12.58 LHR divn.
OE-LAE c/n 247 Austrian AL 29.10.58 LHR divn.
OE-LAF c/n 437 Austrian AL 18.2.60.
OE-LAG c/n 438 Austrian AL 2.3.60.
OE-LAH c/n 439 Austrian AL 15.3.60 ILS tr.
OE-LAK c/n 440 Austrian AL 12.3.60 ILS tr.
OE-LAL c/n 441 Austrian AL 6.5.60 ILS tr.
PH-VIA c/n 172 KLM 14.4.57, 17.4.57.
PH-VIB c/n 173 KLM 26.12.58, 19.12.59 LHR divn
PH-VIC c/n 174 KLM 7.8.57 ILS tr, 10.4.59.
PH-VID c/n 175 KLM 22.8.57 ILS tr, 23.10.57,
PH-VIE c/n 176 KLM 14.10.57.
PH-VIF c/n 177 KLM 22.10.57, 2.12.59 LHR divn.
PH-VIG c/n 178 KLM 1.4.60 LHR divn.
PH-VIH c/n 179 KLM 18.11.57, 16.11.58 LHR divn.
PH-VII c/n 180 KLM 21.12.57, 7.12.58, 8.12.58 & 6.2.60 LHR divns.
PP-SRC c/n 397 VASP 29.10.58 ILS tr.
PP-SRD c/n 398 VASP 31.10.58 & 10.11.58 ILS tr.
PP-SRF c/n 400 VASP 1.1.59, 3.1.59, 5.1.59 del.
PP-SRG c/n 401 VASP 13.5.59 del.
SU-AKW c/n 427 Misrair 1.4.60 ILS tr.
TC-SEC c/n 246 Turkish AL 14.1.58, 10.2.58.
TC-SEL c/n 430 Turkish AL 20.9.58, 25.9.58.
TC-SET c/n 432 Turkish AL 1.1.59.
TF-ISN c/n 140 Icelandair 19.3.57-23.5.57 mainly tr.
TF-ISU c/n 149 Icelandair 21.5.57, 27.5.57 tr.
VH-RMG c/n 414 Ansett-ANA 10.3.59. 14.3.59 del.
VH-RMH c/n 415 Ansett-ANA 1.4.59 ILS tr.
VH-RMI c/n 416 Ansett-ANA 25.4.59 del.
VH-RMJ c/n 417 Ansett-ANA 8.5.59 ILS tr, 15.5.59, 17.5.59 del.
VP-YNB c/n 99 Central
African AW 11.11.59 LHR divn.
VP-YND c/n 101 Central
African AW 23.6.56, 8.11.59.
VR-BAX c/n 258 Eagle Bermuda 15.4.58-27.2.59.
VR-BAY c/n 312 Eagle Bermuda 16.2.59, 31.1.60, 2.2.60 ex Bermuda.
VR-BBH c/n 32 Eagle Bermuda 21.1.60, 23.1.60, 27.1.60 Eagle Airways.
VR-BBJ c/n 31 Eagle Bermuda 18.2.60, 20.2.60.
VR-BBL c/n 92 Eagle Bermuda 26.2.60.
VR-BBM c/n 93 Eagle Bermuda 21.2.60.
VT-DIF c/n 193 Indian Airlines 14.9.57 ILS tr.
VT-DIG c/n 194 Indian Airlines 1.11.57-29.11.57 mainly ct,tr.
VT-DIO c/n 192 Indian Airlines 20.8.57-30.8.57 mainly ct,tr.
VT-DIX c/n 292 Indian Airlines 7.3.58-8.3.58 tr.
VT-DIZ c/n 293 Indian Airlines 10.4.58 tr, 11.4.58
VT-DJA c/n 294 Indian Airlines 04.58, 6.5.58.
VX211 c/n 1 Ministry
of Supply 00.50, prototype trials. (Also see G-AHRF)
XY-ADF c/n 188 Union of
Burma AW 19.7.57 ILS tr.
XY-ADG c/n 189 Union of
Burma AW 2.9.57-3.9.57 ILS tr.
YI-ACL c/n 68 Iraqi Airways 29.12.57.
YI-ACU c/n 331 Iraqi Airways 3.1.58.
YS-09C c/n 82 TACA 30.10.58.
YV-C-AMV c/n 94 Linea Aeropostal
Venezolana 17.2.56.
ZK-BRF c/n 283 NZNAC 14.3.59 del.
ZS-CDV c/n 348 South African AW 12.11.58.
ZS-CDY c/n 251 South African AW 2.1.59.
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Credit: Internet - Wikipedia plus others.
rj for supply of data & dates, including sources; Arthur Alexander, John Lowe,
Michael Jones and Tony Pratt.
Air Pictorial,
PB for the great photographs.
Don't forget rj's new book on B'Bushe history due soon.
flyboy 15.3.2016.
