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In the Beginning

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c/n 1 G-AHRF V.630
The Prototype Viscount

c/n 2 VX217 V.663
The Tay powered Viscount

c/n 3 G-AMAV V.700
The V.700 series prototype

c/n 4 G-ALWE V.701
The first BEA Viscount

c/n 5 G-ALWF V.701
The oldest surviving Viscount

c/n 8 F-BGNK V.708
The first Air France Viscount

c/n 30 EI-AFV V.707
The first Aer Lingus Viscount

c/n 40 CF-TGI V.724
The first TCA Viscount

c/n 44 VH-TVA V.720
The first TAA Viscount

c/n 67 YI-ACK V.735
The first Iraqi Airways Viscount

c/n 70 CF-GXK V.737
The first Canadian DoT Viscount

c/n 71 VP-TBK V.702
The first BOAC Associated
Companies Viscount

c/n 74 G-ANRR V.732
The first Hunting-Clan Viscount

c/n 77 LN-FOF V.736
The first Fred Olsen Viscount

c/n 79 IU-683 V.723
The first Indian Air Force Viscount

c/n 88 N7402 V.744
The first Capital Airlines Viscount

c/n 97 VH-BAT V.747
The first Butler Air
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Photo of British European Airways Corporation (BEA) Viscount G-AOJC

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G-AOJC - British European Airways Corporation (BEA) - January 1957 to July 1973

Delivered new to British European Airways (BEA) named 'R M A Robert O'Hara Burke'. Taken at Weybridge, Surrey, England on the production line in the Erecting Shop circa September 1956 with G-AOJD (C/N 153) and G-AOJE (C/N 154) behind.

Photo source - Des Pike collection

Aircraft Summary

British European Airways Corporation (BEA)

This aircraft c/n 152, a V.802, was built for British European Airways Corporation (BEA) as G-AOJC and first flew on Wednesday, 7 November 1956 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.

During its life it was also owned and/or operated by British Airways (BA), Wales Aircraft Museum.

Its final owner/operator was Spoors & Prive as G-AOJC.

Its fate:-

Ferried to Rhoose Airport, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales and withdrawn from service by British Airways (BA) 10 October 1975. Registration cancelled as aircraft permanently withdrawn from use 31 October 1975.

Donated to the South Wales Aircraft Preservation Society (SWAPS) for display at the Wales Aircraft Museum circa January 1976. Painted in Cambrian Airways final livery of orange upper fuselage, white window line and grey underside in 1978, even though the aircraft was never operated by Cambrian.

Noted painted up in a poor rendition of the BEA 'Red Square' livery in December 1993.

Dismantled after the closure of the Wales Aircraft Museum circa June 1996.

The fuselage less the tail was transferred to Spoors & Prive at Enstone, Oxfordshire.

Noted chopped up 30 March 1997 with only the forward fuselage section remaining at the airfield.

The forward fuselage section was reported in the Wrecks & Relics book Volume 16 (April 1998) as going to a 'watery grave'.

Does anyone know if this went to a diving school somewhere, as happened to G-AWXI C/N 339?

Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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