
February 1957 to November 1975
Standard Oil Company
N306 - c/n 191 - a V.765D series Viscount
United States registered
circa 1956
This was the 1st Type 765 ordered by the Standard Oil Company.
Production Aircraft No. 174 - the 174th production 700 series Viscount built,
was the 126th Viscount fuselage assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England,
and the 129th Viscount assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Production Order No. F01/765. Sales Order No. F01/81B. Stock Order No. F09/32B.
3 September 1956
Fuselage assembly commenced Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
17 October 1956
Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
24 January 1957
First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
11 February 1957
Delivered to the Standard Oil Company of California fitted with integral front airsteps and extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.
September 1958
Noted at Omaha Airport, Nebraska, USA with a black radome.
21 January 1960
Noted at London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England now with a grey radome instead of the black one and without the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.
Painted in a slightly modified livery
18 February 1967
Noted at Belpmoos Airport, Berne, Switzerland.
23 February 1967
Noted at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark.
March 1967
Noted at San Francisco International Airport, California, USA in a new Standard Oil Company livery.
Standard Oil Co. 'Blue and White' livery
Early 1970s
Painted in the Standard Oil Company 'Blue and White' livery.
5 November 1975
Sold to Stephen M Birdman.
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