Travel back in time with the Viscount
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Cyprus
G-ARGR - Cyprus Airways Ltd - July 1975 to March 1976
Wet leased from Alidair. Taken at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus in September 1975.
Seen here is Alidair licenced engineer John Wilde checking the engine oils as part of the pre-flight checks.
Generally the Dart needed less than a pint of oil after a two hour flight.
Under the aircraft on the ground and out of the sun is the Alidair avionic engineer.
Photo source - George Stringer
Aircraft Summary
Air France
This aircraft c/n 14, a V.708, was built for Air France as F-BGNN and first flew on Wednesday, 26 August 1953 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by Maitland Drewery Aviation Ltd, BKS Air Transport Ltd, Silver City Airways, British United Airways (BUA), Air Inter, Alidair, Cyprus Airways, Intra Airways, Bursa Hava Yollari, Dan-Air London, Inter City Airlines, British Air Ferries (BAF) and Hards Travel/Janus Airways
Its final owner/operator was MMM Aero Services (3MAS) as 9Q-CAN.Its fate:-
Purchased from Hards Travel / Janus Airways by MMM Aero Services (3MAS) 22 November 1984 and initially ferried to Middelkerke Airport, Ostend, Belgium together with Viscount c/n 36 G-ARIR for maintenance prior to the ferry flights to Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire.
Withdrawn from service at Ndolo Airport, Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire circa 1986.
Broken up for scrap in January 1987.