Alan Beardmore has posted this CAA REG Archives photo of BAF - British Air Ferries V.802 series Viscount G AOHM. This Viscount was built for BEA - British European Airways as G-AOHM and first flew on Thursday, 30 May 1957 at Weybridge, Surrey, England powered by Rolls-Royce Dart 510 engines. During its life it was also owned and/or operated by BA - British Airways, BAF - British Air Ferries, Air Algerie, BAF Air Tours, Loganair, Manx Airlines, BWA - British World Airlines, Airwing 2000 Ltd., Interflight, and Transtel. Its fate:- While being operated by Transtel as 3D-OHM it was damaged beyond repair after an aborted takeoff at Ndjamena, Tchad 24 July 2001. Possibly scrapped in 2003. Ed Jones collections photo of the same aircraft was taken at Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire, England operating a charter flight. Click on this link to see the history and 58 photos of this Viscount. vickersviscount.net/Index/VickersViscount162History.aspx The Vickers Viscount Network is always on the lookout for more photos and information to help complete the histories of every Viscount built. If you can help please contact us by Facebook, Twitter or email. Your help will be really appreciated with this important historical project
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:27:43 +0000
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