January 1959 to August 1959
Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd
AP-AJF - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Pakistan registered
14 August 1959
First flight from Brooklands Airfield, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
It landed at Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England for fitting out and test flying as a Type 815.
19 August 1959
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England carrying out multiple ILS approaches and overshoots.
31 August 1959
Leased to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
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August 1959 to March 1966
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
AP-AJF - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Pakistan registered
31 August 1959
Leased from Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd.
The PIA titles were in Urdu script on the port side and Bengali script on the starboard side of the fuselage.
Later named as 'City of Karachi', which had previously been used on AP-AJC (C/N 335). Was this name ever applied to this aircraft externally? Details please to information@vickersviscount.net
Noted in a later livery with a green tail instead of the original white one.
3 July 1964
Due to growth in passenger loads PIA placed an order for Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident IE-103 tri-jet aircraft to replace the Viscount.
The Trident order agreement included the transfer of PIA's remaining three Viscounts to Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd.
Under the agreement these three aircraft were immediately leased back to PIA until the delivery of the three Tridents in 1966.
15 March 1966
Returned to Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd as Vickers was now part of the group.
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March 1966 to March 1967
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd
AP-AJF - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Pakistan registered
15 March 1966
Returned from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) lease and stored with Scottish Aviation Ltd at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland.
A sale to Luxair was not completed.
21 March 1967
Re-registered G-AVJB.
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March 1967 to July 1967
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
21 March 1967
Re-registered from AP-AJF.
30 June 1967
Air tested from Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland after extensive maintenance work with Scottish Aviation Ltd. The flight lasted for 1 hour and 58 minutes.
4 July 1967
Sold to British Midland Airways (BMA).
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July 1967 to November 1968
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
4 July 1967
Purchased from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd and ferried from Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland to East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England.
This aircraft had the Bendix PB 10 Autopilot and Flight system installed with the remainder of the BMA fleet operating the Smiths systems, which created operating and engineering difficulties.
10 November 1968
Wet leased to Nigeria Airways i.e. using BMA crews.
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November 1968 to November 1969
Nigeria Airways
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
10 November 1968
Leased from British Midland Airways (BMA) in a modified BMA livery with Nigerian Airways titles. This was a wet lease, i.e. using BMA crews and also a Licensed Engineer.
Delivered to Lagos, Nigeria from East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, England via Seville, Spain, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, Dakar, Senegal and Robertsfield, Monrovia, Liberia.
13 November 1968
Operated its first commercial service for Nigeria Airways to Calabar, Nigeria with a mix of BMA and Nigeria Airways cabin crew.
Also operated passenger services to Kaduna and Port Harcourt at the height of the Biafran war. The Nigerian Government also wanted the aircraft to carry munitions but this was refused by the BMA flight crew. Due to a war precaution curfew at Lagos, all flights had to operate between 07:00 and 20:00.
13 May 1969
Returned to British Midland Airways (BMA) for scheduled maintenance and was temporarily replaced by Viscount G-AWGV (C/N 116).
June 1969
Continued the lease from British Midland Airways (BMA) reconfigured with the forward cabin converted to a freight area and a reduced 56 seat passenger cabin at the rear.
8 November 1969
Returned to British Midland Airways (BMA).
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November 1969 to March 1972
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
8 November 1969
Returned from Nigeria Airways lease to East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England.
20 December 1969
Returned to service with British Midland Airways (BMA) after an overhaul.
27 December 1971
Noted in the latest British Midland Airways (BMA) livery.
1 March 1972
Sold to Kestrel International Airways.
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March 1972 to November 1972
Kestrel International Airways
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
1 March 1972
Purchased from British Midland Airways (BMA).
8 March 1972
Last service for British Midland Airways (BMA) in Kestrel International Airways livery.
13 March 1972
Field Aircraft Services Ltd applied to the CAA for an Airworthiness Approval Note (AAN) to allow for a cabin change to 78 seats.
14 April 1972
Airworthiness Approval Note (AAN) No.12028 approved by the CAA.
1 November 1972
Repossessed by British Midland Airways (BMA) after Kestrel went into voluntary liquidation.
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November 1972 to January 1974
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
1 November 1972
Repossessed from Kestrel International Airways after they went into voluntary liquidation.
circa January 1973
Noted at Prestwick Airport outside the Scottish Aviation Ltd facility with British Midland titles applied to a basic BMA livery, but with a white tail.
19 April 1973
Noted at Jersey, Channel Islands now repainted in a full BMA livery but with an incomplete tail livery.
This aircraft had the Bendix PB 10 Autopilot and Flight system installed with the remainder of the BMA fleet operating the Smiths systems, which created operating and engineering difficulties.
14 January 1974
Leased to Site Aviation.
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January 1974 to January 1974
Site Aviation
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
14 January 1974
Leased from British Midland Airways (BMA).
28 January 1974
Returned to British Midland Airways (BMA).
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January 1974 to March 1976
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
28 January 1974
Returned from Site Aviation lease.
31 March 1976
Leased to British Airways (BA).
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March 1976 to June 1976
British Airways (BA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
31 March 1976
Leased from British Midland Airways (BMA).
June 1976
Operated on the British Airways (BA) Scottish services from Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland to Belfast, Northern Ireland as BA541 & BA542, and from Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh to Dyce Airport, Aberdeen, Scotland as BA548 & BA549, instead of Viscounts G-BAPE (C/N 341) and G-BAPG (C/N 344).
18 June 1976
Returned to British Midland Airways (BMA).
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June 1976 to December 1976
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
18 June 1976
Returned from British Airways (BA) lease.
23 December 1976
Sold to Intra Airways.
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December 1976 to October 1979
Intra Airways
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
23 December 1976
Purchased from British Midland Airways (BMA) and delivered from East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England to Jersey Airport, Channel Islands.
March 1979
Returned to service after winter storage at Stansted Airport, Essex, England.
8 June 1979
Total time 34,022:05 hours.
11 July 1979
Total time 34,135:19 hours.
9 August 1979
Total time 34,297:37 hours.
21 September 1979
Total time 34,517:42 hours.
16 October 1979
Total time 34,657:20 hours.
28 October 1979
Operated the last Intra Airways flight on a Jersey-Cambridge-Jersey service.
This Intra Airways last flight cover was carried on G-AVJB on a Jersey-Cambridge-Jersey service
23 November 1979
Ferried from Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England to Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Dorset, England for short term storage.
14 January 1980
Transferred to Express Air Freight Ltd due to a corporate takeover.
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January 1980 to January 1980
Express Air Freight Ltd (EAF)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
14 January 1980
Transferred from Intra Airways due to a corporate takeover.
23 January 1980
Transferred to Field Aviation Ltd.
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January 1980 to April 1980
Field Aviation Ltd
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
23 January 1980
Transferred from Express Air Freight Ltd (EAF).
19 April 1980
Entered service in full Jersey European Airways (JEA) livery at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England.
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April 1980 to November 1980
Jersey European Airways (JEA)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
19 April 1980
Entered service in full Jersey European Airways (JEA) livery at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England.
A commercial agreement was then entered into between Jersey European Airways Ltd and Field Aviation Ltd, who owned the aircraft whereby on-going passenger services would be operated by the two companies under the common marketing name 'Jersey European Airways'.
2 November 1980
Returned to Field Aviation Ltd.
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November 1980 to September 1981
Field Aviation Ltd
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
2 November 1980
Returned from Jersey European Airways (JEA) operation and ferried to Exeter Airport, Devon, England and stored outside the West Country Aircraft Servicing Ltd facility.
30 September 1981
Leased to British Air Ferries (BAF).
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September 1981 to October 1983
British Air Ferries (BAF)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
30 September 1981
Leased from Field Aviation Ltd and ferried from East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire to Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England.
15 October 1981
Rolled out in full British Air Ferries (BAF) livery with an unusual design on the tail which was changed in 1982.
23 October 1981
Entered service from Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England to Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England and then to Jersey Airport, Channel Islands.
In storage at
East Midlands Airport
6 October 1983
Returned to Field Aviation Ltd.
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October 1983 to September 1985
Field Aviation Ltd
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
6 October 1983
Returned from British Air Ferries lease at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England and stored.
August 1985
Noted still stored at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England but now with all four Rolls-Royce Dart engines removed, presumably for shop maintenance or overhaul.
11 September 1985
Sold to British Air Ferries (BAF).
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September 1985 to October 1986
British Air Ferries (BAF)
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
11 September 1985
Purchased from Field Aviation Ltd and ferried to Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England with the undercarriage locked down.
18 September 1986
Registration SE-IVY was reserved for Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO) which was an oil trading company run by a Nils Wargaarden.
22 September 1986
An Application for Registration (dated 19 September 1986) was received by the Swedish CAA on behalf of Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO).
12 October 1986
Test flown in full Baltic Aviation AB livery using the UK registration with tape placed over the Swedish registration SE-IVY.
24 October 1986
Sold to Svenska AB.
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October 1986 to November 1986
Svenska AB
G-AVJB - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
24 October 1986
Purchased from British Air Ferries BAF).
It was sold for the sum of £500,000.00.
Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO) an oil trading company managed by Nils Wargaarden was the principle financier of Baltic Aviation AB.
The SADKO address was: - Bengt Langs Gata 5, 25006 Helsingborg, Sweden.
28 October 1986
UK registration cancelled as aircraft exported.
28 October 1986
Swedish Interim registration (CofR # 31/86) issued for SE-IVY in the name of Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO).
1 November 1986
Transferred to Baltic Aviation AB.
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November 1986 to March 1988
Baltic Aviation AB
SE-IVY - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Sweden registered
1 November 1986
Transferred from Svenska AB.
Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO) an oil trading company managed by Nils Wargaarden was the principle financier of Baltic Aviation AB.
3 November 1986
Departed from Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England on delivery to Sturup Airport, Malmo, Sweden.
Sean T Hulley who was based at Southend was involved in the technical support of this airline.
20 November 1986
Swedish Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued.
It was then formerly registered as SE-IVY by the Swedish CAA (CofR # 4941) with Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO) still shown as the official owner.
Total time 36,670 hours and 28,248 total landings.
21 November 1986
Formerly registered by the Swedish CAA to Baltic Aviation AB.
6 March 1988
Leased to British Air Ferries (BAF).
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March 1988 to April 1988
British Air Ferries (BAF)
SE-IVY - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Sweden registered
6 March 1988
Leased from Baltic Aviation AB in full Baltic livery.
8 March 1988
Baltic Aviation AB officially changed their operating name to Baltic Airlines Sweden AB.
2 April 1988
Returned to Baltic Airlines Sweden AB at Sturup Airport, Malmo, Sweden.
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April 1988 to June 1992
Baltic Airlines Sweden AB
SE-IVY - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Sweden registered
2 April 1988
Returned from British Air Ferries (BAF) lease to Sturup Airport, Malmö, Sweden.
28 April 1989
Final service from Sturup Airport, Malmö, Sweden to Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England as BAB210.
2 May 1989
A temporary Permit to Fly was issued by the Swedish CAA for the period 23 to 27 May 1989 to allow the aircraft to be ferried to Ringway Airport, Manchester, England for maintenance.
11 May 1989
Svenska AB för Direkta Kompensationsaffärer (SADKO) was taken over by P Akerle Holding of Helsingborg, Sweden but the aircraft remained registered to Baltic Airlines Sweden AB.
23 to 27 May 1989
Did the aircraft actually go to Ringway Airport, Manchester, England for maintenance, and if so, who with?
Details please to information@vickersviscount.net.
1989
Ferried back to Sturup Airport, Malmö, Sweden.
25 September 1989
The Swedish CAA received an official request from P Akerle Holding to remove Baltic Airlines Sweden AB as the registered operator of this aircraft.
30 November 1989
Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) expired.
10 January 1990
Owner P Akerle Holding declared bankrupt.
15 October 1991
Noted with the engines removed and the propellers left lying on the tarmac under the rear of the aircraft.
The engines were repossessed by their owner, Sean T Hulley.
circa June 1992
Aircraft dismantled and transferred to High Chaparral AB for display at a Wild West Theme Park.
The actual date is not known.
Details please to information@vickersviscount.net
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June 1992 to April 2019
High Chaparral AB - Wild West Theme Park
SE-IVY - c/n 375 - a V.815 series Viscount
Sweden registered
circa June 1992
Acquired from the liquidators of Baltic Airlines Sweden AB, dismantled and transported by road from Sturup Airport, Malmö, Sweden to a theme park near Kulltorp, Sweden.
Put on display marked up as 'Big Airland' and mounted outside the Big Bengt museum / Kopcentrum shopping centre.
The actual date is not known.
Details please to information@vickersviscount.net
The aircraft is mounted on a frame above a red London AEC RM Routemaster bus,
9 June 2001
A fire broke out in the nearby Theme Park shopping centre during a biker event and was thought to be deliberate.
The fire consumed the bus and damaged the Viscount.
2006
Noted with the fire damage repaired.
The actual date of repair is not known.
Details please toinformation@vickersviscount.net
At Kulltorp, Sweden
2018
Plans for a sale by auction by Klaravik AB were delayed due to legal issues including mortgages and liens, which needed to be discharged.
7 March 2019
Noted advertised for sale by auction by Klaravik AB.
Photographs on the Klaravik AB website (www.klaravik.se) show the aircraft to be in very poor condition with heavy corrosion to all external surfaces.
The cabin is bare and a lot of the cockpit items missing, with the remainder in poor condition.
13 March 2019
The Klaravik AB auction closed at 10:46 local time and the aircraft was sold to an unknown Estonian scrap dealer.
The hammer price was 47,000 Swedish Krona + 25% auction fees. This equates to £4,789.00 or USD$6,290.00 (at the time of sale).
April 2019
Cut up sections noted on two Estonian registered flatbed trucks heading north on the E4 motorway and then east on the E18 motorway on its was to the port of Kapellskär, near Stockholm, Sweden.
This means it was going by vehicle ferry to Finland and then on to Estonia for final metal processing.
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