
October 1958 to November 1975
Viação Aérea São Paulo SA (VASP)
PP-SRC - c/n 397 - a V.827 series Viscount
Brasil registered
circa 1957
This was the 1st Type 827 ordered by Viação Aérea São Paulo SA (VASP).
Production Aircraft No. 75 - the 75th production 800 series Viscount built,
was the 52th Viscount fuselage assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England,
and the 2nd Viscount assembled at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Production Order No. F01/827. Sales Order No. 01/32C. Stock Order No. 33/35B.
January 1958
Fuselage assembly commenced at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
30 March 1958
Fuselage to Erecting Shop 'E' at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
30 September 1958
First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Viscount illustrations by David Carter
28 October 1958
Handed over to Viação Aérea São Paulo SA (VASP) as a Type 827 fitted with integral front 'airsteps'.
29 October 1958
Noted at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, England carrying out ILS approaches.
29 October 1958
Noted at Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland before heading on its way across the northern route to Iceland, Greenland and Canada, before heading south to Brasil.
November 1958
Noted at Washington National Airport, District of Columbia, USA.
4 November 1958
Arrived at Congonhas Airport, São Paulo, Brasil.
VASP 'Blue flash tail' livery
14 April 1960
Total time 2,252 hours and 1,426 total landings.
circa 1972
Noted repainted in the VASP' Blue flash tail' livery.
7 November 1975
Sold to Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea (PLUNA).
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