December 1957 to May 1966
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM)
PH-VII - c/n 180 - a V.803 series Viscount
Netherlands registered
June 1955
An order for nine Type 803 was placed by Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM).
This was the 9th and final aircraft for KLM.
Production Aircraft No. 40 - the 40th production 800 series Viscount built,
was the 11th 800 series Viscount fuselage assembled at Weybridge, Surrey, England,
and the 40th 800 series Viscount assembled at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
Production Order No. F09/803. Sales Order No. F09/83B. Stock Order No. F31/26B.
13 March 1957
Fuselage assembly commenced at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
26 June 1957
Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
22 November 1957
First flight from Brooklands Airfield, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
It landed at Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England for fitting out and test flying.
17 December 1957
Local test flight from Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England with Captain W D Jarvis and John W Charles Judge which lasted for 50 minutes.
They were checking vibration levels.
21 December 1957
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England during the test flight period.
23 December 1957
Registered to Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM).
23 December 1957
Delivered to Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM) named as 'Daidalos' (Daedalus) with a 53 seat cabin.
The original livery had ‘The Flying Dutchman’ titles on the port side and ‘De Vliegende Hollander’ titles on the starboard side.
The cabin seating was later increased to 59/64 all-tourist class configuration.
7 December 1958
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
17 February 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
25 January 1960
Noted at Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
6 February 1960
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
Viscount illustrations by David Carter
KLM 'diagonal striped tail' livery
circa 1960
Painted in the new KLM 'diagonal striped tail' livery with ‘KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines’ titles.
KLM 'horizontal striped tail' livery
circa 1965
Painted in the new KLM 'horizontal striped tail' livery.
1 May 1966
Sold to Aer Lingus.
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