
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 2nd V.732 ordered by Hunting-Clan Air Transport Ltd (HCA).
Production Aircraft No. 59 - the 59th production V.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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