Travel back in time with the Viscount
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England
G-AOYP - British Air Ferries (BAF) - December 1987 to July 1988
Returned from Virgin Atlantic Airways lease. Taken at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands circa May 1988 still in full Virgin livery named 'Dublin Lady'.
Photo source - Jez Masterman
Aircraft Summary
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
This aircraft c/n 265, a V.806, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOYP and first flew on Saturday, 3 May 1958 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Cambrian Airways, British Airways (BA), British Air Ferries (BAF), Air Algerie, BAF Air Tours, Jersey Air Ferries, Virgin Atlantic Airways, British World Airlines (BWA), Parcelforce International and Heli-Jet Aviation Ltd
Its final owner/operator was Dave Walkley as G-PFBT.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service by Heli-Jet Aviation Ltd and stored at Lanseria International Airport, near Johannesburg, South Africa in June 1997.
Broken up into sections in April 2006 with the forward fuselage remaining at Lanseria Airport.
Forward fuselage section moved to a builder’s yard at Kya Sand Industrial Estate, Randburg, South Africa in January 2008.
Forward fuselage section purchased by Dave Walkley and moved to Peter Road, Ruimsig, Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa in March 2012 for restoration. Noted with airsoft-hq slogans 25 September 2017. Still visible on Google Earth 20 April 2020.