December 1957 to July 1968
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
G-AOYH * - c/n 311 - a V.806 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
January 1956
This was the 3rd Type 806 and the 26th 800 series Viscount ordered by British European Airways Corporation (BEA).
The first (C/N 255) was not delivered as it was loaned to Vickers-Armstrongs for V.810 development work.
Production Aircraft No. 37 - the 37th production 800 series Viscount built,
was the 30th 800 series Viscount fuselage assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England,
and the 37th 800 series Viscount assembled at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
Production Order No. F03/806. Sales Order No. F03/98B. Stock Order No. F26/33B.
20 December 1956
Registered to British European Airways Corporation (BEA). Certificate of Registration (CofR) 5790/1.
Their registered address was Keyline House, Ruislip, Middlesex.
This registration was originally allocated to C/N 257, which then became G-AOYI, instead of the nominated G-AOYH.
4 April 1957
Fuselage assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
May 1957
Fuselage transported by road from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England to Weybridge, Surrey, England.
31 May 1957
Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
20 June 1957
Registration reallocated from C/N 257 to 311 for British European Airways Corporation (BEA). Certificate of Registration (CofR) 5790/1 remained unchanged.
This aircraft was originally going to be built as a V.805 for Eagle Airways as G-APDW but they needed an aircraft earlier than was possible and BEA allowed them to take over C/N 258 in exchange for them taking over C/N 311.
25 October 1957
First flight from Brooklands Airfield, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
It landed at Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England for fitting out and test flying.
23 December 1957
Delivered to British European Airways (BEA) named as 'R M A William Harvey'.
BEA
‘Red Square‘ livery
27 January 1958
Operated the first BEA V.806 Viscount service from London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England to Abbotsinch Airport, Glasgow, Scotland.
16 November 1958
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
25 November 1958
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
14 January 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, 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.
18 February 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
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.
12 November 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
16 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.
8 December 1960
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
27 November 1961
Encountered severe turbulence during takeoff from Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany with twenty passengers injured.
It then made an emergency return to Munich.
8 April 1963
Engine fire during flight from London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England to Luqa Airport, Malta resulting in an emergency landing at Palermo Airport, Sicily, Italy.
25 January 1964
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
10 November 1964
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a London Airport (Heathrow) weather diversion.
1965
Converted to Type 806X standard by Marshall's at Teversham Airport, Cambridge, England.
This involved replacing the Dart RDa7 Mark 520 engines with RDa6 Mark 510 engines and installing an 802 style cabin.
The RDa7 Mark 520 engines were returned to Rolls-Royce where some of them were converted to Mark 526 standard for use on the BEA Armstrong Whitworth 650 Argosy.
31 July 1968
Registration to BEA cancelled.
31 July 1968
Sold to BKS Air Transport Ltd.
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