![Country of Registration Sudan](../images/Flags/Sudan.gif)
June 1959 to December 1962
Sudan Airways
ST-AAN - c/n 419 - a V.831 series Viscount
Sudan registered
5 June 1959
Leased from Airwork Ltd.
8 June 1959
Departed from Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England at 12:36 local time as SD111 on its first service to Sudan, via Rome, Italy and Cairo, Egypt.
It had 'Blue Nile Viscount' titles on the tail.
Viscount illustrations by David Carter
13 June 1959
Noted back at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England, now fitted with extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.
24 April 1960
Noted back at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England but without the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks.
1 July 1960
Airwork Ltd merged with Air Charter Ltd into British United Airways (BUA).
29 April 1961
Noted back at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England with the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks now refitted.
17 June 1961
Arrived at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England with the extended range 'slipper' fuel tanks still fitted.
It then performed three services to Jersey, Channel Islands on behalf of British United Airways (BUA).
19 June 1961
Departed from Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England on its return to the Sudan.
1 August 1962
Noted back at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England for maintenance with BUA including a Rolls-Royce Dart engine replacement.
26 September 1962
Noted back at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England for maintenance with BUA including another Rolls-Royce Dart engine replacement.
8 December 1962
Arrived at Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England and handed back to British United Airways (BUA).
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