
October 1956 to October 1958
Fôrça Aérea Brasileira (FAB)
FAB 2100 - c/n 141 - a V.742D series Viscount
Brasil registered
1 October 1956
Purchased from Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd retaining the Braathens Type 742D designation.
Issued with Brasilian military serial number FAB 2100.
Painted in Forca Aérea Brasileira livery
18 October 1956
Noted at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England in a basic white livery with Brasilian military serial FAB-2100 applied. Note the hyphen added in error.
Painted in full Fôrça Aérea Brasileira (FAB) livery. Note that the Brasilian military serial FAB 2100 no longer has the hyphen.
7 November 1956
Handed over in a ceremony at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
It was then ferried to Tollerton Airfield, Nottinghamshire, England where Field Aircraft Services Ltd installed a luxury VIP interior which had a 22 seat cabin, separate sleeping quarters, and a radio operator's compartment.
January 1957
Noted at Croydon Airport, Surrey, England visiting Field Aircraft Services Ltd after its return from Tollerton Airfield, Nottinghamshire, England where a VIP interior had just been installed by the same company.
18 January 1957
Noted back at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
1 February 1957
Departed fom Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England on delivery to the Fôrça Aérea Brasileira (FAB). It now had extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks fitted.
28 August 1958
Departed from London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England at 11:05 on a ferry flight to Wymeswold Airfield, Leicestershire, England flown under contract by Hunting-Clan Chief Flying Instructor Brian Alexander Powell (1 hr 25 min). It was going there for maintenance with Field Aircraft Services Ltd.
At 16:10 Brian took the aircraft for a local air test (50 min) and then returned to Wymeswold.
1 October 1958
Brasilian military serial number changed to C-90 2100. C-90 was the type designation issued by the FAB for the Viscount.
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