Travel back in time with the Viscount
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England
G-AZLP - Brooklands Museum - November 2013 to current
Forward fuselage donated by Imperial Air Salvage. Taken at Weybridge, Surrey, England 27 June 2017.
It has now been moved to another area of the museum to allow for the painting phase to be completed in its support trolley with Concorde 202 G-BBDG in the background.
Photo source - Brian R Burrage collection (gallery 3)
Aircraft Summary
South African Airways (SAA)
This aircraft c/n 346, a V.813, was built for South African Airways (SAA) as ZS-CDT and first flew on Wednesday, 17 September 1958 at Hurn, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
During its life it was also owned and/or operated by British Midland Airways (BMA), Air Anglia, British Aerospace PLC (BAe), Dowty Aerospace, Technical Aeroparts, Civil Aviation Authority Fire Training School, North East Aircraft Museum (NEAM) and Imperial Air Salvage
Its final owner/operator was Brooklands Museum as G-AZLP.Its fate:-
Withdrawn from service by British Midland Airways (BMA) and stored at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England on the 2 April 1982. Ferried using a one-off permit to fly, from East Midlands Airport to Teesside International Airport, Darlington, County Durham, England on the 7 November 1983 and stored in a hangar.
Sold to British Aerospace (BAe) in part-exchange for the new British Midland Airways (BMA) ATP turboprop fleet 7 May 1986. Parts recovery by Dowty Aerospace and Technical Aeroparts during 1986.
Donated to the CAA Fire Training School at the same airport for training and test purposes circa June 1986. Noted as a fuselage only, lying on its belly March 2000.
Transferred to joint ownership between the North East Aircraft Museum (NEAM) and the RAF Millom Aviation and Military Museum on the 25 June 2008. Plans to restore it were eventually abandoned and it was sold to Imperial Air Salvage for scrap metal recovery circa October 2013. The forward fuselage section was donated by Captain Mustafa Azim (retd) to Brooklands Museum in November 2013. Now on display in an 'under construction' condition inside the relocated and refurbished 'Bellman' hangar. This 'Aircraft Facorty' feature opened to the public 14 November 2017. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the museum closed to the general public 20 March 2020 but has now reopened.