
February 1972 to May 1986
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-AZNC - c/n 352 - a V.813 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
8 February 1972
Registered to British Midland Airways (BMA).
11 February 1972
Rolled out at Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa with the correct British registration applied to the basic South African Airways (SAA) livery minus titles and fin logo.
22 March 1972
Departed Jan Smuts Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa on delivery in ex South African Airways (SAA) livery with the correct UK registration applied.
25 March 1972
Arrived at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England.
18 April 1972
UK Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued.
20 May 1972
First British Midland Airways (BMA) service from East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England to Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man.
August 1975
Departed on temporary deployment to Cyrus Airways in full BMA livery to cover one of the leased aircraft that had returned to the UK for maintenance.
20 October 1980
Withdrawn from service and stored at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands.
27 March 1981
Returned to service after major overhaul on a service from East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
February 1982
Withdrawn from service and stored at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England.
25 November 1982
Ferried to Teesside International Airport, Darlington, County Durham, England for further storage inside a hangar.
18 May 1983
Certificate of Airworthiness expired.
7 May 1986
Sold to British Aerospace PLC (BAe) as part of an ATP part-exchange deal.
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