Travel back in time with the Viscount
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Canada
CF-GXK - Canadian Department of Transport - March 1955 to May 1955
Delivered new to the Canadian Department of Transport. Taken at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England circa January 1955 on the production line in the Erecting Shop during the painting phase.
The distinctive DOT livery is clearly evident.
Vickers Photo Ref MP2029X1.
Photo source - BAE Systems Heritage Photographic Archive
Aircraft Summary
Canadian Department of Transport
This aircraft c/n 70, a V.737, was built for Canadian Department of Transport as CF-GXK and first flew on Tuesday, 15 March 1955 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) and Crown Assets Disposal Corporation
Its final owner/operator was Uplands Airport Authority as CF-GXK.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service by the Canadian Department of Transport and stored at Uplands Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada due to a cracked wing spar cap in July 1982.
Robbed of all useful parts with the remains being donated to the Airport Manager at Uplands Airport, Ottawa, Canada for use by the fire department for training purposes in 1984.
Airlifted by a Canadian Armed Forces Boeing Vertol Chinook helicopter to a nearby landfill site October 1984.
It was placed on its belly on a downslope to simulate a crash position for training purposes by the airport fire department.
Subsequently broken up for scrap.