Travel back in time with the Viscount
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England
G-BNAA - British Air Ferries (BAF) - August 1985 to July 1991
Purchased from Euroair Transport Ltd and now named 'Viscount Rotterdam'. Taken at Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England 3 March 1986 with 'British' titles which were previously used by British Airways.
Note the BAF Ford Transit crew bus in the foreground.
Photo source - Michael Kelsey
Aircraft Summary
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
This aircraft c/n 311, a V.806, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOYH and first flew on Friday, 25 October 1957 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by BKS Air Transport Ltd, Northeast Airlines (UK), British Airways (BA), Keegan Leasing and Management Ltd, Air Algerie, British Air Ferries (BAF), North Cariboo Air, Euroair Transport Ltd and Tunisavia
Its final owner/operator was Hanningfield Metals as G-BNAA.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service by British Air Ferries (BAF) and stored at Southend Airport, Rochford, Essex, England May 1987.
Certificate of Airworthiness expired 22 March 1988.
Noted in derelict condition 14 February 1990.
Sold to Hanningfield Metals for scrap 11 July 1991 with the broken down sections being transferred to their yard at Templewood Industrial Estate, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Essex, England.
Forward fuselage section still noted in existence in February 1994. What happened to it? Details please to information@vickersviscount.net