Travel back in time with the Viscount
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England
G-AOYO - British European Airways Corporation (BEA) - April 1958 to May 1968
Delivered new to British European Airways (BEA) and now un-named. Taken at Abbotsinch Airport, Glasgow, Scotland 18 July 1967 after running off the runway and hitting a fence during a training flight for a Cyprus Airways crew.
Note that the BEA logo has already been painted out.
Photo source - Bob Ellis
Aircraft Summary
British European Airways Corporation (BEA)
This aircraft c/n 264, a V.806, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOYO and first flew on Tuesday, 18 March 1958 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), British Air Ferries (BAF) and Lineas Aereas Canarias (LAC)
Its final owner/operator was Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Aeronáutica de Canarias (CETAC) as EC-DXU.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service and stored at Los Rodeos Airport, Santa Cruz, Tenerife Norte, Canary Islands, Spanish Territory in May 1989.
Transferred to Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Aeronáutica de Canarias (CETAC) circa September 2011 for use as an instructional aircraft to train engineers. It has gradually deteriorated externally ever since and is now surrounded by several light aircraft. Still visuble on Google Earth 20 March 2020. Registration finally cancelled in July 2021.