Travel back in time with the Viscount
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England
G-AOHV - Euroair Transport Ltd - August 1983 to June 1984
Leased from British Air Ferries (BAF). Taken at Tegel Airport, Berlin, West Germany in May 1984 operating a charter flight.
Photo source - Planeboys
Aircraft Summary
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
This aircraft c/n 170, a V.802, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOHV and first flew on Wednesday, 10 July 1957 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by British Airways (BA), British Air Ferries (BAF), Oasis Oil Company, Esso Standard Libya Inc, Polar Airways, Euroair Transport Ltd, Tunisavia, British World Airlines (BWA), Airwing 2000 Ltd, Interflight, Transtel, Ivory Coast Government, Pegasus Aviation, Global Airways and GTRA Airways
Its final owner/operator was Ferme Hasna as 9Q-COD.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service by Global Airways and stored at Luano Airport, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo in January 2009.
This is the last known flight of a Vickers Viscount anywhere in the world.
Sold to GTRA Airways but remained stored at Luano Airport, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Offered for sale in September 2012 for US $250,000 reportedly in a 'flyable' condition. Still visible on Google Earth 18 August 2014. Noted on Google Earth at Ferme Hasna, near Futuka Village, a tourist resort off the main N5 road to Mwangalala, northeast of Lubumbashi 18 October 2015.