
June 1955 to October 1955
Hunting-Clan Air Transport Ltd (HCA)
G-ANRS - c/n 75 - a V.732 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
circa 1954
This was the second Type 732 ordered by Hunting-Clan Air Transport Ltd (HCA).
Production Aircraft No. 59 - the 59th production Type 700 series Viscount built,
was the 34th Viscount fuselage assembled at Weybridge, Surrey, England,
and the 30th Viscount assembled at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
Production Order No. F02/732. Sales Order No. F02/52B. Stock Order No. F24/22B.
17 October 1954
Fuselage assembly commenced at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
30 December 1954
Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
2 March 1955
Registered to Hunting-Clan Air Transport Ltd (HCA).
7 June 1955
First flight from Brooklands Airfield, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
It landed at Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England for fitting out and test flying.
8 June 1955
Departed from Wisley at 09:30 on a test flight flown by Vickers test pilot ……. Alan and HCA Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell who had previously worked for Vickers as a test pilot. The flight lasted for 3 hours and 10 minutes.
A second test flight departed at 15:30 flown by the same crew and lasted for 2 hours and 30 minutes.
14 June 1955
Certificate of Airworthiness issued.
It then departed from Wisley at 15:00 flown by Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell who had previously worked for Vickers as a test pilot.
The flight lasted for 3 hours and 30 minutes as Brian was allowing several HCA pilots on board to take over the controls.
It eventually landed at London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England at 18:30 on delivery to HCA.
Another training flight took off at 21:00 with Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell training several HCA pilots (1 hr 30 min).
29 June 1955
Departed from Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England with Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell training several HCA pilots (1 hr 10 min).
3 July 1955
Departed from London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England at 22:05 on a route proving flight to Côte D'Azur Airport, Nice, France flown by Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell (2 hr 40 min).
4 July 1955
Departed from Côte D'Azur Airport, Nice, France at 01:00 on a route proving flight to Luqa Airport, Malta flown by Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell (2 hr 25 min).
4 July 1955
Departed from Luqa Airport, Malta at 05:40 on a route proving flight to Côte D'Azur Airport, Nice, France flown by Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell.
The flight lasted for 2 hour 45 minutes.
4 July 1955
Departed from Côte D'Azur Airport, Nice, France at 09:00 on a route proving flight to London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England flown by Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell (3 hr).
7 October 1955
Registration cancelled as aircraft exported.
7 October 1955
Leased to Middle East Airlines (MEA).
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