May 1958 to July 1960
Airwork Ltd
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
20 May 1958
Registered to Airwork Ltd.
Their registered address was: - 35 Piccadilly, London, W1
9 March 1959
First flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
It was initially flown without any titles applied.
17 March 1959
Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued.
17 March 1959
Departed from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England as a Type 831 to Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England on delivery, now fitted with extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.
1 July 1960
Transferred to British United Airways (BUA) due to a corporate merger.
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July 1960 to March 1961
British United Airways (BUA)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
1 July 1960
Transferred from Airwork Ltd due to a corporate merger.
1 July 1960
Departed from Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England on the first day of BUA service.
circa March 1961
Leased to British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).
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March 1961 to June 1961
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
circa March 1961
Leased from British United Airways (BUA) in basic BUA livery with BOAC titles.
20 June 1961
Noted at London Airport (Heathrow), Middlesex, England with Central African Airways (CAA) titles still fitted with extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks operating a service to Africa.
Details of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) lease please to
information@vickersviscount.net
circa August 1961
Returned to British United Airways (BUA).
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June 1961 to July 1961
Central African Airways Corporation (CAA)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
c June 1961
Sub-leased from Britiish Overseas Airways Corporation in a basic BUA livery with C.A.A. titles.
20 June 1961
Noted at London Airport (Heathrow) still fitted with extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks and operating a service to Africa.
Details of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) / CAA lease please to
information@vickersviscount.net
circa July 1961
Returned to British Overseas Airways Corporation.
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August 1961 to October 1966
British United Airways (BUA)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
circa August 1961
Returned from British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) lease.
Noted back in service without the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.
1 October 1966
Leased to Alia - The Royal Jordanian Airlines.
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October 1966 to November 1966
Alia - The Royal Jordanian Airlines
JY-ADA - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Jordan registered
1 October 1966
Leased from British United Airways (BUA).
13 October 1966
UK registration to British United Airways (BUA) cancelled.
17 October 1966
The Jordanian registration was applied to the aircraft in the BUA maintenance area.
19 October 1966
Departed from Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England to Rome, Italy on delivery to Jordan.
18 November 1966
During the landing run at Kuwait City Airport, Kuwait, Persian Gulf the nose undercarriage leg collapsed, resulting in curled propeller blades and shockloaded Rolls-Royce Dart engines.
There were no reported injuries to the 66 passengers and 6 crew on board.
23 November 1966
Registered to British United Airways (BUA).
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November 1966 to April 1967
British United Airways (BUA)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
23 November 1966
Registered to British United Airways (BUA).
Repaired locally enough for a ferry flight back to the UK.
This included replacement Rolls-Royce Dart engines and Dowty propellers.
6 December 1966
Returned from Alia - The Royal Jordanian Airlines lease, via Genoa, Italy to Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England.
It was subsequently ferried to Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England for overhaul by Aviation Traders Ltd.
It is not known what livery was applied after the overhaul.
6 February 1967
Noted at Luton Airport, Bedfordshire, England back in BUA service.
It arrived here from Wildenrath, West Germany presumably on a trooping flight and had diverted here, instead of landing at Gatwick.
This was presumably due to bad weather at Gatwick.
7 February 1967
Ferried from Luton Airport, Bedfordshire, England to Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England.
1 April 1967
Sold to British Midland Airways (BMA).
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April 1967 to October 1968
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
1 April 1967
Purchased from British United Airways (BUA).
15 October 1968
Wet leased to Ghana Airways using British Midland Airways (BMA) crews.
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October 1968 to November 1968
Ghana Airways
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
15 October 1968
Wet leased from British Midland Airways (BMA) in full BMA livery using BMA crews and also an Engineer.
The aircraft was delivered via Seville, Spain - Dakar, Senegal - Robertsfield, Liberia with Captain Roger Wise in command.
The two operational routes were: - Accra, Ghana to Lagos, Nigeria and return and Accra, Ghana to Abidjan, Ivory Coast then on to Robertsfield in Liberia, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Bathurst in The Gambia and Dakar in Senegal and return.
20 November 1968
Returned to British Midland Airways (BMA).
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November 1968 to September 1972
British Midland Airways (BMA)
G-APNE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
20 November 1968
Returned from Ghana Airways lease to East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England via Madrid, Spain.
British Midland Airways (BMA)
'Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines' livery
10 December 1969
Noted at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England due to a Heathrow Airport weather diversion. The passengers were transferred to London by coach.
13 October 1970
Noted at Middelkirke Airport, Ostend, Belgium on a training flight.
7 April 1972
Operated the first BMA scheduled service from East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
19 July 1972
Noted at Collinstown Airport, Dublin, Ireland in Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery but with a white tail and British Midland Airways (BMA) titles.
September 1972
Sold to Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines.
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September 1972 to May 1982
Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines Ltd
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
September 1972
Purchased from British Midland Airways (BMA).
20 September 1972
Delivered to Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines via Rome, Italy.
4 April 1979
Arrived at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England from Nice, France for maintenance with Field Aircraft Services Ltd.
17 May 1982
Sold to Go Transportation Inc.
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May 1982 to January 1992
Go Transportation Inc
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
17 May 1982
Purchased from Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines in full Arkia livery.
It departed from Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel to Kerkira Airport, Corfu, Greece together with 4X-AVG (C/N 419).
18 May 1982
Departed from Kerkira Airport, Corfu, Greece to Stuttgart Airport, West Germany, Collinstown Airport, Dublin, Ireland and Keflavik Airport, Iceland and onwards to Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, USA together with Viscount 4X-AVG (C/N 419).
It was then gradually robbed of all useful parts.
circa January 1992
Remains donated to the Pima Community College Aviation School.
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January 1992 to October 1998
Pima Community College Aviation School
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
circa January 1992
Remains donated by Go Transportation Inc for instructional use, still in full Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
23 September 1995
Noted minus the No.4 Rolls-Royce Dart engine.
Pima County Community College
April 2004
Rear fuselage section still noted at the Pima Community College and still in Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
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October 1998 to April 2003
K-Tech Aviation Inc
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
19 October 1998
Aircraft moved to K-Tech scrap yard, Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
circa 2000
Broken up with the fuselage split into two sections and the tail removed.
April 2003
Forward fuselage section noted at DMI Aviation Sales Corporation (Dross Metals) scrap yard, Tucson, Arizona, USA still in Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
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April 2003 to August 2007
DMI Aviation Sales Corporation
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
April 2003
Forward fuselage section noted at DMI Aviation Sales Corporation (Dross Metals) scrap yard, Tucson, Arizona, USA still in Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
DMI Aviation scrap yard
August 2007
Aircraft Restoration & Marketing (ARM) took over the compound formerly used by DMI Aviation Sales Corporation (Dross Metals), Tucson, Arizona, USA and still in faded Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
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August 2007 to April 2022
Aircraft Restoration & Marketing (ARM)
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
August 2007
Aircraft Restoration & Marketing (ARM) took over the compound formerly used by DMI Aviation Sales Corporation (Dross Metals), Tucson, Arizona, USA and still in faded Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
29 December 2018
Forward fuselage section still noted stored at the ARM yard and still in faded Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
1 April 2022
Forward fuselage section sold to MotoArt Studios, still in faded Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
The MotoArt website states that they acquired this in the Spring of 2022, so the actual date is not yet known.
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April 2022 to
MotoArt Studios
4X-AVE - c/n 403 - a V.831 series Viscount
Israel registered
1 April 2022
Forward fuselage section purchased from Aircraft Restoration & Marketing (ARM), still in faded Arkia - Israel Inland Airlines livery.
The MotoArt website states that they acquired this in the Spring of 2022, but the actual date is not yet known.
It still remains within the ARM compound at E Nebraska Street, near the Davis Monthan AFB.
ARM regularly operate a tour of their various stored aircraft marketed as a 'Boneyard Safari'.
The rear section of the forward fuselage has been cut away behind the cabin door and then de-skinned.
The skin from this section was then turned into small souvenir tags which had a variety of finishes and designs on it.
24 March 2023
Forward fuselage section and the de-skinned cut off section were noted still stored in the ARM yard and are lying near a boundary fence.
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