
March 1958 to September 1970
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
G-AOYG - c/n 256 - a V.806 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
29 March 1958
Finally delivered to British European Airways (BEA) named as 'R M A Charles Darwin'.
2 September 1958
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
2 December 1958
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
29 January 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
BEA 'Red Square' livery
March 1959
A new BEA 'Red Square' livery was adopted and aircraft were repainted during the early 1960s when they next went in for overhaul.
Sadly, after repainting, the aircraft no longer carried a name including the nameplate on the forward cabin bulkhead.
31 March 1959
BEA annual report quotes a total time of 2,214 hours.
24 October 1959
Departed from Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England to Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy, returning to Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England. This was a Vickers trials flight.
7 November 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
18 November 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England carrying out multiple ILS approaches and overshoots.
1 December 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
5 February 1960
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
24 September 1960
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
8 December 1960
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
14 October 1965
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
31 January 1966
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
circa 1969-1970
Operated the Tangier, Morocco to Gibraltar service for Gibraltar Airways Ltd. BEA had a 49% share in Gibraltar Airways Ltd. With the other 51% and controlling interest being with the old-established Gibraltar shipping and travel company Blands. Because of the closure of the Spanish frontier with Gibraltar in 1965 BEA had been ferrying passengers from London to Tangier using the DH Comet 4B and later the DH Trident 2E.
8 September 1970
Sold to Cambrian Airways / British Air Services.
Total time 22,947 hours.
FURTHER READING: Books about BEA - British European Airways
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